race Signification, définition

Signification de race en français

• 0 a competition of speed -- course [ feminine ]

  • a running race une course à pied

  • to win/lose a race gagner/perdre une course

• 1 a competition to get the best position or most power -- course [ feminine ]

  • the race for president la course à la présidence

• 2 a group of people defined by the color of their skin, shape of their features, etc. -- race [ feminine ]

  • race and gender race et sexe

  • people of many races des personnes de nombreuses races

• 3 a situation in which sth must be done quickly -- une course contre la montre

  • The rescue was a race against time. Le sauvetage a été une course contre la montre.

• 4 to take part in a race -- faire la course

  • Come on, I’ll race you to that post. Viens, on fait la course jusqu’à ce poteau.

• 5 to go somewhere, move, or do sth quickly -- courir à toute allure

  • We watched her racing along the hight street. Nous l’avons regardée courir à toute allure dans la grand-rue.

  • He raced through his speech. Il débita son discours à toute allure.

• 6 to take sb somewhere quickly -- emmener à toute vitesse

  • They raced him into the operating theater. Ils l’ont emmené à toute vitesse en salle d’opération.

• 7 a competition to find who or which is the fastest -- course

  • a horse race.

• 8 to (cause to) run in a race -- (faire) courir

  • I’m racing my horse on Saturday

  • The horse is racing against five others.

• 9 to have a competition with (someone) to find out who is the fastest -- faire une course avec

  • I’ll race you to that tree.

• 10 to go etc quickly -- filer (à toute allure)

  • He raced along the road on his bike.

• 11 any one section of mankind, having a particular set of characteristics which make it different from other sections -- race, racial

  • people of different races

  • (also adjective) race relations.

• 12 the fact of belonging to any of these various sections -- race(s)

  • It is illegal to discriminate against anyone because of race.

• 13 a group of people who share the same culture, language etc; the Anglo-Saxon race. -- race