FRANÇAISTraduction de place
place
[plas]nom féminin
- [espace disponible] space (substantif non comptable), room (substantif non comptable)faire de la place to make room ou spacefaites-lui une petite place give her a bit of roomil reste de la place pour quatre personnes there's enough space ou room left for four peopleprendre de la place to take up a lot of space ou roomne prends pas toute la place
- [à table, au lit] don't take up so much room
- [sur la page] don't use up all the space
laisser la ou faire place à to make room ou way forla machine à écrire a fait place au traitement de texte wordprocessors have taken over from ou superseded typewritersce travail ne laisse aucune place à la créativité there's no place ou room for creativity in this kind of workles anciens font place aux jeunes older people give way to the young generationla musique tient une grande place dans ma vie music is very important in ou is an important part of my lifeplace au sol [d'un ordinateur, d'une voiture] footprintfaire place nette- (sens propre) to tidy up
- (figuré) to clear up, to make a clean sweep
- [endroit précis] place, spotchanger les meubles/la cuisinière de place to move the furniture around/the stovemets/remets les clefs à leur place put the keys/put the keys back where they belongest-ce que tout est à sa place ? is everything in order ou in its proper place ?[d'une personne]savoir rester à sa place to know one's placeje ne me sens pas à ma place parmi eux I feel out of place among themta place n'est pas ici you're out of place heretu auras toujours une place dans mon cœur there'll always be a place in my heart for youreprendre sa place
- [sa position] to go back to one's place
- [son rôle] to go back to where one belongs
notre collègue ne pourra pas reprendre sa place parmi nous our colleague is unable to resume his post with uspour rien au monde je ne donnerais ma place I wouldn't swop places for anything in the worldremettre quelqu'un à sa place to put somebody in his/her placese faire une place au soleil to make a success of things, to find one's place in the sun - [siège] seat[billet] ticketavoir la place d'honneur
- [sur l'estrade] to sit at the centre of the stage
- [à table] to sit at the top ou head of the table
à la place du conducteur in the driver's seatune voiture à deux places a two-seater (car)une caravane à quatre places a caravan that sleeps fourune salle de 500 places a room that can seat 500 peopleréserver une place d'avion/de train to make a plane/train reservationpayer place entière to pay full pricej'ai trois places de concert I have three tickets for the concertça vous ennuierait de changer de place ? would you mind swapping ou changing places ?place assise seatil ne reste plus que des places debout it's now standing room onlyà la place du mort in the (front) passenger seatdans le monde du spectacle, les places sont chères it's difficult to gain a foothold in show businessla place est toute chaude (sens propre & figuré) the seat's still warm - [dans un parking] (parking) spaceun parking de 1 000 places a car park with space for 1,000 cars
- [espace urbain] squarela place du village the village squaresur la place de Paris : le plus cher sur la place de Paris the most expensive in Parissur la place publique in publicporter le débat sur la place publique to make the debate public
- [poste, emploi] position, postune bonne place a good jobje cherche une place de secrétaire I'm looking for a job as a secretary
- [rang - dans une compétition] place, rankavoir la première place to come first ou topavoir la dernière place to come bottom (UK) ou lastelle est en bonne place au dernier tour she's well placed on the last lapêtre ou partir en bonne place pour gagner to be (all) set to win
- bourseplace financière financial centreplace financière internationale money marketle dollar est à la hausse sur la place financière de New York the dollar has risen on the New York exchange
- militaireplace (forte) fortress, strongholdnous voici dans la place
- (sens propre) [ville assiégée] here we are, inside the walls (of the city)
- [endroit quelconque] here we are
- (figuré) we've now gained a foothold
- (Belgique) [pièce d'habitation] room
à la place
locution adverbiale
instead
on ira en Espagne à la place we'll go to Spain instead
j'ai rapporté la jupe et j'ai pris un pantalon à la place I returned the skirt and exchanged it for a pair of trousers
à la place de
locution prépositionnelle
- [au lieu de] instead ofj'irai à sa place I'll go instead of him
- [dans la situation de] à ma/sa place in my/his placeà ta place, j'irais if I were you I'd gomettez-vous à ma place put yourself in my place ou shoesje ne voudrais pas être à sa place rather him than me, I wouldn't like to be in his shoes
en place
locution adjectivale
[important] established
un homme politique en place a well-established politician
les gens en place disent que... the powers that be say that...
en place
locution adverbiale
- [là] in positionles forces de police sont déjà en place the police have already taken up their positionest-ce que tout est en place ? is everything in order ou in its proper place ?
- (locution) mettre en place
- [équipement] to set up (separable), to install
- [plan] to set up (separable), to put into action
- [réseau] to set up (separable)
la méthode sera mise en place progressivement the method will be phased in (gradually)ça va lui mettre/remettre les idées en place it'll give him a more realistic view of things/set him thinking straight againtenir en place : il ne tient pas en place- [il est turbulent] he can't keep still
- [il est anxieux] he's nervous
- [il voyage beaucoup] he's always on the move
| PLACE |
la place Beauvau square in Paris (also refers to the Ministry of the Interior, whose offices are situated there) la place de la Concorde square in Paris (one of the biggest and busiest squares in Paris, laid out in the reign of Louis XV) la place du Colonel-Fabien square in Paris (also refers to the Communist party headquarters, which are situated there) la place de Grève former name of the Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in Paris. (The place where the unemployed gathered to wait for work, it was the origin of the expression "se mettre en grève") la place Rouge Red Square la place Saint-Marc Saint Mark's Square la place Tian'anmen Tiananmen Square la place Vendôme square in Paris (the name evokes opulence and luxury because of the Ritz hotel and the jewellery shops situated on the square) la place des Vosges elegant and fashionable square in the Marais district of Paris, built under Henri IV |
