'closing' a une référence dans l'entrée 'complimentary close'. Il se trouve dans une ou plusieurs des lignes ci-dessous.'closing' is cross-referenced with 'complimentary close'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
| Principales traductions |
| close adv | (nearby) | à côté loc adv |
| | | à proximité loc adv |
| | Keep your phone close, in case he calls! |
| | Laisse ton téléphone à côté, au cas où il appellerait ! |
| | Garde ton téléphone à proximité, au cas où il appellerait. |
| close adj | (near) | proche adj |
| | Be careful, the 'edit' and 'delete' buttons are dangerously close! |
| | Attention, les boutons "Éditer" et "Supprimer" sont excessivement proches l'un de l'autre. |
| close to [sth/sb] prep | (near to) | près de prép |
| | The bank is close to the post office. |
| | La banque est près de la poste. |
| close adj | (relation: near) | proche adj |
| | The two boys are close cousins. |
| | Les deux garçons sont de proches cousins. |
| close adj | (people: intimate) | proche adj |
| | | bon, bonne adj |
| | Jill and I are close friends. |
| | Jill et moi sommes des amis proches. |
| | Jill et moi sommes de bons amis. |
| close to [sb] adj + prep | figurative (intimate with) | proche de [qqn] adj + prép |
| | Ben has always been close to his sister. |
| | Ben a toujours été proche de sa sœur. |
| close adj | (closely associated) | proche, similaire adj |
| | Her philosophy is close to that of Roger, who was her teacher and mentor. |
| | Sa philosophie est proche (or: similaire) de celle de Roger, qui était son professeur et son mentor. |
| close [sth]⇒ vtr | (shut) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| | Please close the window. |
| | Ferme la fenêtre, s'il te plaît. |
| close⇒ vi | (become shut) | se fermer⇒ v pron |
| | The door slowly closed. |
| | La porte se ferma lentement. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| close adj | (united) | proche, similaire adj |
| | Their views about history are extremely close. |
| | Leurs points de vue à propos de l'histoire sont extrêmement proches (or: similaires). |
| close adj | (similar) | similaire adj |
| | The twins are close in appearance. |
| | Les jumeaux ont une apparence similaire. |
| close adj | (relationship: intimate) | intime, proche adj |
| | They have a close, romantic relationship. |
| | Ils ont une relation intime (or: proche) et romantique. |
| close adj | (compact, tight) | serré adj |
| | My sweater has a close weave. |
| | Le tissage de mon pull est serré. |
| close adj | (fitting tightly) | tout juste loc adv |
| | (plus familier) | pile-poil loc adv |
| | This key is a close fit to the lock. |
| | La clé rentre tout juste dans la serrure. |
| | La clé rentre pile-poil dans la serrure. |
| close adj | (cut near to the base) | de près adv |
| | I prefer a straight razor because it gives me a close shave. |
| | Je préfère un rasoir simple parce que cela me permet d'être rasé de près. |
| close adj | (on topic) | proche adj |
| | Please stay close to the question under discussion. |
| | Restez proche de la question, s'il vous plaît. |
| close adj | (rigorous) | détaillé, minutieux, approfondi adj |
| | A close examination will reveal that the theory is correct. |
| | Une étude détaillée (or: minutieuse) révèlera que la théorie est correcte. |
| close adj | informal (atmosphere: stuffy) (figuré : atmosphère) | chargé adj |
| | The atmosphere in the room was close. |
| | L'atmosphère de la pièce était chargée. |
| close adj | (contest: almost even) (compétition) | serré, disputé adj |
| | Alan won a close race. |
| | Alain a gagné une course serrée (or: disputée). |
| close adj | (secret: well guarded) (secret) | bien gardé adv + adj |
| | The information was a close secret. |
| | Cette information est un secret bien gardé. |
| close adj | (confined) | confiné adj |
| | The guards kept the prisoner at close quarters. |
| | Les gardes détenaient le prisonnier dans des quartiers confinés. |
| close to [sth] adj + prep | (nearly equal, almost) | presque, pratiquement adv |
| | You and I are close to the same height. |
| | Toi et moi, nous avons presque (or: pratiquement) la même taille. |
| close n | (act of closing) | fin nf |
| | You have to finish by close of business today. |
| | Tu dois terminer avant la fin de la journée. |
| close n | (conclusion) | terme nm |
| | The conference came to a close. |
| | La conférence arriva à son terme. |
| close n | UK (cul-de-sac) | cul-de-sac nm |
| | We live on a lovely close near the edge of town. |
| | Nous vivons dans un joli cul-de-sac en bordure de la ville. |
| close vi | (unite) | se fermer⇒, se joindre⇒ v pron |
| | Her hands closed in prayer as she bowed her head. |
| | Ses mains se fermèrent en signe de prière et sa tête se courba. |
| close vi | (end) | se terminer⇒ v pron |
| | The proceedings closed on time. |
| | Les procédures se sont terminées à l'heure. |
| close vi | (cease to operate) (cesser son activité) | fermer⇒ vi |
| | (figuré, familier) | mettre la clé sous la porte vi |
| | My favourite restaurant closed. |
| | Mon restaurant préféré a fermé. |
| | Mon restaurant préféré a mis la clé sous la porte. |
| close vi | (store: cease trading) | fermer⇒ vi |
| | The store closed at nine pm. |
| | Le magasin ferma à vingt-et-une heures. |
| close vi | (end performances) | s'arrêter⇒ v pron |
| | The play closes on Monday. |
| | La pièce s'arrête lundi. |
| close vi | (financial: market day end) (Finances : marché) | fermer⇒, clôturer⇒ vi |
| | The market closed on a high today. |
| | Le marché a fermé en hausse aujourd'hui. |
| close [sth]⇒ vtr | (fill in) | boucher⇒ vtr |
| | The builders closed the wall with the last brick. |
| | Les ouvriers bouchèrent le mur à l'aide d'une dernière brique. |
| close [sth] vtr | (conclude) (conclure) | clôturer⇒ vtr |
| | The final speaker closed the session. |
| | Le dernier orateur clôtura la séance. |
| close [sth] vtr | (block) | fermer⇒, barrer⇒ vtr |
| | Workers have closed the road. |
| | Les ouvriers ont fermé (or: barré) la route. |
| close [sth] vtr | (join, unite) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| | The people closed the circle by joining hands. |
| | Les gens ont fermé le cercle en se tenant les mains. |
| close [sth] vtr | (finalize) | terminer⇒, achever⇒ vtr |
| | (familier : achever) | boucler⇒ vtr |
| | Let's close the negotiations now. |
| | Terminons les négociations à présent. |
| | Maintenant, bouclons les négociations. |
| close [sth] vtr | informal (make a sale) | conclure⇒ vtr |
| | (figuré, familier) | emballer⇒, boucler⇒ vtr |
| | The salesman hopes to close the deal today. |
| | Le vendeur espère conclure la vente aujourd'hui. |
| | Le vendeur espère emballer (or: boucler) l'affaire aujourd'hui. |
| close [sth] vtr | (cease operations) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| | The company closed the factory on Christmas day. |
| | La compagnie a fermé l'usine pour Noël. |
| close [sth] vtr | (nautical: approach) | approcher⇒ vtr |
| | | s'approcher de [qch] v pron |
| | The ship closed land that morning. |
| | Le bateau a approché la rive ce matin. |
| | Le bateau s'est approché de la rive ce matin. |
Verbes à particule
close | closing | complimentary close |
| close down vi phrasal | (business: cease trading) | fermer (définitivement) vi |
| | (magasin) | fermer boutique loc v |
| | (figuré) | mettre la clé sous la porte loc v |
| | | cesser son activité loc v |
| | When the doctor was killed, the clinic was forced to close down. |
| | Quand le médecin a été tué, son cabinet a dû fermer. |
| close [sth] down vtr phrasal sep | (prevent [sth] from operating) | faire fermer⇒ vtr |
| | The Women's Anti-Exploitation League vowed to close down the porno shop. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Elles font tout pour faire fermer le sex shop près de la gare. |
| close in vi phrasal | (pursuit: get closer) | se rapprocher⇒ v pron |
| | The enemy was closing in; the soldier clutched his rifle and prepared to fight to the death. |
| | L'ennemi se rapprochait ; le soldat a serré son fusil et s'est préparé à se battre à mort. |
| close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | (pursuit: get closer) | rattraper⇒ vtr |
| | Drive faster! The cops are closing in on us! |
| | Accélère ! Les flics nous rattrapent ! |
| close in on [sb/sth] vtr phrasal insep | figurative (make claustrophobic) (figuré) | écraser⇒ vtr |
| | | se refermer sur v pron + prép |
| | Inside the small room, he felt like the walls were closing in on him. |
| | Dans cette petite pièce, il avait l'impression que les murs l'écrasaient. |
| | Dans cette petite pièce, il avait l'impression que les murs se refermaient sur lui. |
close [sth] off,
close off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (block, shut off) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| | (une route,...) | barrer⇒ vtr |
| | The police closed off the road due to a bad accident. |
| | Suite à un grave accident, la police a dû barrer la route. |
| close out vi phrasal | US (discount stock) (Commerce) | liquider⇒ vi |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | US (account: terminate) (Finances, Comptabilité) | clôturer⇒ vtr |
| | (un compte) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (sport: bring to end) (Sports) | terminer⇒, finir⇒ vtr |
| | The team closed the game out with a goal in the final minute to win 3-1. |
| | L'équipe a terminé (or: fini) le match avec un but à la dernière minute pour le remporter sur le score de 3 à 1. |
| close [sb] out vtr phrasal sep | (exclude, prevent from entering) | mettre en dehors, laisser en dehors (de [qch]) vtr |
| | | exclure⇒ vtr |
| | Bill closed the dog out of the room. |
| | Bill a laissé le chien en dehors de la pièce. |
| close [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | US (bar tab, etc.: settle) (une dette...) | régler⇒ vtr |
| close up vi phrasal | (shop: shut) | fermer⇒, fermer boutique vi |
| | He closed up and counted the day's takings. |
| | Il a fermé boutique et a fait les comptes de la journée. |
| close up vi phrasal | (wound: heal) (blessure) | se refermer⇒ v pron |
| | The wound will gradually close up over time. |
| | La plaie va se refermer graduellement avec le temps. |
close [sth] up,
close up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (shut) | fermer⇒ vtr |
| | Nina closed up the shop and went home. |
| | Nina a fermé la boutique et est rentrée chez elle. |
Formes composées
closing | close | complimentary close |
| closing argument n | (law: final statement by counsel) (Droit) | plaidoyer final nm |
| closing balance n | (bank account: ending balance) | solde de fin de période nm |
| | The closing balance of your account was $1,879 as of the end of the month. |
| closing costs npl | US (fees paid when buying a house) | frais de notaire nmpl |
| | The closing costs added 5% to the of the cost of the house. |
| | Avec les frais de notaire, tu peux ajouter 5% au prix de la maison. |
| closing date n | (deadline for applications, entries) | date limite nf |
| | The closing date for submitting an application form is July 15th. |
| closing price n | (stock market: ending price) | cours à la clôture nm |
| | The closing price of the telephone company stock has risen for five consecutive days. |
| closing sale n | (risk-reducing transaction) | vente de liquidation nf |
| closing statement n | (property purchase document) | relevé de clôture nm |
| closing statement n | (lawyer's summing up in court) | conclusions nfpl |
| | Lawyers for the prosecution and the defense gave their closing statements today. |
closing the stable door after the horse has bolted,
shutting the barn door after the horse has bolted n | figurative, informal (acting too late) | agir trop tard loc v |
| | Tony's debts are huge now; buying a few items second-hand seems like closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. |
| closing time n | (hour when a business closes) | heure de fermeture nf |
| | The closing time of most shops in the city centre is between 5pm & 8pm. |
| | L'heure de fermeture de la plupart des magasins du centre-ville est entre 17 h et 20 h. |
| closing time n | UK (hour when a pub closes) | fermeture nf |
| | At closing time, there are lots of drunk people on the streets. |
| | À la fermeture, il y a beaucoup de gens saouls dans la rue. |
| closing-down sale n | (sale: stock clearance) | liquidation nf |
| early closing n | (shop closure at earlier hour) | fermeture anticipée nf |
| | (courant : magasin) | fermer plus tôt vi + loc adv |
| | Don't forget that it's early closing today; you'll have to run if you want to get to the shops on time. |
| | Le mercredi, les magasins ferment plus tôt dans ma ville. |
| early closing adj | (shop closure: earlier than usual) (jour) | de fermeture anticipée loc adj |
| | (courant : magasin) | fermer plus tôt vi + loc adv |
| | Wednesday's early closing day in my hometown. |
| | Le mercredi, ils ferment plus tôt dans ma ville. |
| holiday closing n | UK (business closure during vacation) | fermeture nf |
| | Summer holiday closing: we will be closed for business from 18 to 31 August inclusive. |
| self-closing adj | (can close by itself) | à fermeture automatique loc adj |