hand Signification, définition

Signification de hand en français

• 0 the part of your body with fingers -- main [ feminine ]

  • Hold your knife in your right hand. Tiens ton couteau dans ta main droite.

  • They walked along holding hands. Ils marchaient en se tenant la main.

  • They shook hands politely. Ils se serrèrent poliment la main.

  • Hands off the camera! Ne touchez pas à la caméra !

  • Raise your hand if you know the answer. Levez la main si vous connaissez la réponse.

• 1 one of the parts of a clock or watch that points to the numbers -- aiguille [ feminine ]

  • the small/big hand la petite/grande aiguille

• 2 [ singular ] help or assistance -- coup [ masculine ] de main

  • Would you like a hand carrying that? Voulez-vous un coup de main pour porter ça?

  • Let me give you a hand with the cooking. Laisse-moi te donner un coup de main pour la cuisine.

  • If everyone lends a hand we’ll finish quickly. Si tout le monde donne un coup de main nous aurons vite fini.

• 3 near enough to reach or get easily -- à portée de la main

  • I usually keep a bottle of water at hand. Je garde généralement une bouteille d’eau à portée de la main.

• 4 made or done be a person, not a machine -- à la main

  • The fruit has to be picked by hand. Il faut cueillir ces fruits à la main.

• 5 sb’s responsibility -- entre les mains de qqn

  • The future of the company is in his hands. L’avenir de la société est entre ses mains.

• 6 available to be used -- disponible

  • volunteers on hand to help des bénévoles disponibles pour aider

• 7 used for introducing two opposing opinions -- d’une part… d’autre part

  • On one hand I’d love to see them, but on the other hand it’s a long way to travel. D’un côté je serais ravi de les voir mais d’un autre côté c’est une longue distance à parcourir.

• 8 out of control -- incontrôlable

  • The party was getting out of hand. La soirée échappait à tout contrôle.

• 9 no longer in sb’s control -- qui n’est plus du ressort de qqn

  • The matter is out of my hands. L’affaire n’est plus de mon ressort.

• 10 to give sth to sb with your hand -- donner

  • He handed her an envelope. Il lui donna une enveloppe.

  • Lea handed the note to Dad. Léa a donné la note à Papa.

• 11 the part of the body at the end of the arm -- main

  • She injured her left hand

  • People often shake hands when they meet for the first time.

• 12 a pointer on a clock, watch etc -- aiguille

  • Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.

• 13 a person employed as a helper, crew member etc -- ouvrier/-ière, membre de l’équipage

  • a farm hand

  • All hands on deck!

• 14 help; assistance -- coup de main

  • Can I lend a hand?

  • Give me a hand with this box, please.

• 15 a set of playing-cards dealt to a person -- main, jeu

  • I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.

• 16 a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses -- main

  • a horse of 14 hands.

• 17 handwriting -- écriture

  • The note was written in a neat hand.

• 18 to give (something) to someone by hand -- donner, rendre, transmettre

  • I handed him the book

  • He handed it back to me

  • I’ll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.

• 19 to pass, transfer etc into another’s care etc -- remettre, retourner

  • That is the end of my report from Paris. I’ll now hand you back to Fred Collins in the television studio in London.