front Signification, définition

Signification de front en français

• 0 the side facing forward, or that you look at -- l’avant

  • the front of the house le devant / la façade de la maison

  • the front of my sweater le devant de mon pull

  • A few people moved to the front of the theater. Quelques personnes se sont déplacées vers le premier rang du cinéma.

  • the author’s name in the front of the book le nom de l’auteur sur la couverture du livre

• 1 the side of sb’s body where their face is -- le ventre de qqn

  • Lie down on your front. Allongez-vous sur le ventre.

• 2 the line between two different air masses that indicates a change in the weather -- front [ masculine ]

  • a cold front bringing snow to the area un front froid amenant la neige dans la région

• 3 [ singular ] behavior that hides your true feelings -- façade [ feminine ]

  • Don’t feel you have to put up a front and pretend everything is OK. N’aies pas l’impression que tu dois faire bonne figure et prétendre que tout est OK.

• 4 in war, the line where opposing armies meet -- front [ masculine ]

  • the western front le front ouest

• 5 in a place that is ahead of sb or sth -- devant

  • the man in front of me in line l’homme devant moi / me précédant dans la file d’attente

  • In front of her were the mountains and behind her the ocean. Devant elle il y avait les montagnes et derrière elle l’océan.

  • The horse was now in front by several lengths. Le cheval avait maintenant plusieurs longueurs d’avance / était maintenant en tête de plusieurs longueurs.

  • She started talking about sex right in front of my parents. Elle s’est mise à parler de sexe carrément devant mes parents.

  • to perform in front of an audience jouer devant un public

  • Don’t spend all day in front of the computer. Ne passe pas toute la journée devant l’ordinateur.

• 6 leading a competition -- en tête

  • the candidate who is out front in the polls le candidat qui est en tête dans les sondages

  • I’ll meet you out front in ten minutes. Je te rejoindrai devant dans dix minutes.

• 7 paid before goods or services are delivered -- d’avance

  • I gave him $800 up front, and I’ll pay the rest later. Je lui ai donné 800 $ d’avance et je paierai le reste plus tard.

• 8 at, in, or on the front of sth -- (à l’)avant

  • the front porch la véranda de devant

  • the front cover of the book la couverture du livre

  • the dog’s front legs les pattes avant du chien

• 9 the part of anything (intended to be) nearest the person who sees it; usually the most important part of anything -- devant, première (page)

  • the garden at the front of the house

  • the houses in the front of the picture

  • (also adjective) the front page.

• 10 the foremost part of anything in the direction in which it moves -- avant, de devant

  • the front of the ship

  • (also adjective) the front seat of the bus.

• 11 the part of a city or town that faces the sea -- bord de mer

  • We walked along the (sea) front.

• 12 (in war) the line of soldiers nearest the enemy -- front

  • They are sending more soldiers to the front.

• 13 a boundary separating two masses of air of different temperatures -- front

  • A cold front is approaching from the Atlantic.

• 14 an outward appearance -- contenance

  • He put on a brave front.

• 15 a name sometimes given to a political movement -- front

  • the Popular Front for Liberation.