come Signification, définition

Signification de come en français

• 0 to move toward a speaker or a place mentioned by the speaker -- venir

  • Please come here. Viens ici, s’il te plaît.

  • Would you like to come to the lake with us? Ça te dirait de venir au lac avec nous ?

  • Someone was coming along the path. Quelqu’un arrivait le long du chemin.

  • Kids, come and get your backpacks. Les enfants, venez prendre vos sacs à dos.

  • Look, here comes Chris! Regardez, voilà Chris !

• 1 to happen or occur -- venir

  • First came the heat, and then came the fires. D’abord vint la chaleur et puis vinrent les incendies.

  • Her remarks came as a surprise to me. Ses remarques m’ont pris par surprise.

• 2 to change or start to be in a particular state -- en venir à

  • Everything must come to an end. Il faut que tout cela cesse.

  • a new law that comes into force next month une nouvelle loi qui entrera en vigueur le mois prochain

  • My shoe had come untied. Ma chaussure s’est délacée.

• 3 to be at or reach a particular level or position -- venir

  • Flood water came as high as the second floor. L’inondation monte jusqu’au deuxième étage.

  • G comes before H in the alphabet. G vient avant / précède H dans l’alphabet.

• 4 to exist or be sold in a particular form -- exister

  • a shirt that comes in three different colors une chemise qui existe en trois couleurs différentes

• 5 to win after being in a losing position -- revenir de loin

  • They came from behind to win the championship. Ils sont revenus de loin et ont gagné le championnat.

• 6 to be easy for sb to do -- être tout naturel pour qqn

  • Doing math came naturally to him. Faire des maths est tout naturel pour lui.

• 7 used to ask how or why -- comment ça se fait ?

  • “She’s decided not to do it.” “Oh, how come?” “Elle est décidée à ne pas le faire.” ” Oh, comment ça se fait ?

• 8 about to happen -- à venir

  • Life would be hard in the weeks to come. La vie serait difficile dans les semaines à venir.

• 9 to move etc towards the person speaking or writing, or towards the place being referred to by him -- venir, arriver

  • Come here!

  • Are you coming to the dance?

  • John has come to see me

  • Have any letters come for me?

• 10 to become near or close to something in time or space -- approcher

  • Christmas is coming soon.

• 11 to happen or be situated -- venir

  • The letter ‘d’ comes between ‘c’ and ‘e’ in the alphabet.

• 12 (often with to) to happen (by accident) -- se faire que

  • How did you come to break your leg?

• 13 to arrive at (a certain state etc) -- aboutir

  • What are things coming to? We have come to an agreement.

• 14 (with to) (of numbers, prices etc) to amount (to) -- se monter à

  • The total comes to 51.

• 15 expressing disapproval, drawing attention etc -- allons!

  • Come, come! That was very rude of you!