word

A. n

• 1 mot (m) to have the last word = avoir le dernier mot I couldn't get a word in = je n'ai pas pu placer un mot in other words = en d'autres termes a word of warning = un avertissement a word of advice = un conseil too sad for words = trop triste I believed every word he said = je croyais tout ce qu'il me disait I mean every word of it = je pense ce que je dis a man of few words = un homme peu loquace not a word to anybody = pas un mot à qui que ce soit I don't believe a word of it = je n'en crois pas un mot

• 2 (information) nouvelles (fpl) (about concernant) there is no word of the missing climbers = on est sans nouvelles des alpinistes disparus word got out that… = la nouvelle a transpiré que… to bring/send word that = annoncer/faire savoir que

• 3 (promise, affirmation) parole (f) he gave me his word = il m'a donné sa parole to keep/break one's word = tenir/ne pas tenir parole to take sb's word for it = croire qn sur parole take my word for it! = crois-moi!

• 4 (rumour) word has it that he's a millionaire = on dit qu'il est millionnaire word got around that… = le bruit a couru que…

• 5 (command) ordre (m) to give the word to do = donner l'ordre de faire

B. n pl (words)

• (of play) texte (m); (of song) paroles (fpl)

C. vtr

• formuler [reply, letter, statement]