contact Signification, définition

Signification de contact en français

• 0 communication between people -- contact [ masculine ]

  • I haven’t been in contact with him recently. Je n’ai pas été en contact avec lui récemment.

  • little contact between family members peu de contact entre les membres de la famille

  • We finally made contact with her in Rio. Nous sommes finalement entrés en contact avec elle à Rio.

  • to lose contact with the space shuttle perdre le contact avec la navette spatiale

• 1 a situation in which people or things touch -- contact [ masculine ]

  • simple human contact le simple contact humain

  • food that has come into contact with chemicals de la nourriture qui est entrée au contact de produits chimiques

• 2 [ singular ] a situation when sb meets sb or learns about sth -- contact [ masculine ]

  • students’ first contact with philosophy les premiers contacts des étudiants avec la philosophie

  • when the settlers first came into contact with Native Americans quand les colons sont pour la première fois entrés en contact avec les Indiens d’Amérique

• 3 sb you know who can help you -- contact [ masculine ]

  • He has many contacts in the medical world. Il a de nombreux contacts dans le monde médical.

• 4 a contact lens -- lentille [ feminine ] de contact

  • I lost a contact. J’ai perdu une lentille de contact.

• 5 to communicate with sb -- contacter

  • I contacted them about the job opening. Je les ai contactés au sujet de l’offre d’emploi.

• 6 physical touch or nearness -- contact

  • Her hands came into contact with acid

  • Has she been in contact with measles?

• 7 communication -- contact

  • I’ve lost contact with all my old friends

  • We have succeeded in making (radio) contact with the ship

  • How can I get in contact with him?

• 8 a person with influence, knowledge etc which might be useful -- relation(s)

  • I made several good contacts in London.

• 9 (a place where) a wire etc carrying electric current (may be attached) -- contact

  • the contacts on the battery.

• 10 a person who has been near someone with an infectious disease -- contaminateur/-trice possible

  • We must trace all known contacts of the cholera victim.

• 11 a person or thing that provides a means of communicating with someone -- contact, lien

  • His radio is his only contact with the outside world.

• 12 to get in touch with in order to give or share information etc -- contacter

  • I’ll contact you by telephone.