| Traductions supplémentaires |
| face n | (expression) (expression) | air nm |
| | (familier) | mine nf |
| | She did not have a happy face that day. |
| | Elle n'avait pas l'air contente ce jour-là. |
| | Elle n'avait pas bonne mine ce jour-là. |
| face n | often plural (grimace) | grimace nf |
| | Stop pulling faces! |
| | Arrête de faire des grimaces ! |
| face n | (surface) | surface nf |
| | I was the luckiest man on the face of the earth. |
| | J'étais l'homme le plus chanceux sur la surface de la terre. |
| face n | (façade) (bâtiment) | façade nf |
| | The face of the house was covered in plaster. |
| | La façade de la maison était recouverte de plâtre. |
| face n | figurative, informal (impudence) (familier) | culot, toupet nm |
| | He had the face to ask me for more money! |
| | Et il a eu le culot (or: toupet) de me demander plus d'argent ! |
| face n | (visible side) (côté) | face nf |
| | Simon stared up at the face of the moon. |
| | Simon regarda la face de la Lune. |
| face n | (geometry: side) (d'un cube,...) | face nf |
| | | côté nm |
| | A cube has six faces. |
| | Un cube a six faces. |
| face n | (typography: design) | typographie nf |
| | | typo nf, abr |
| | They used a large, heavy face for the title. |
| | Au niveau du titre, ils ont opté pour une typographie massive aux larges contours. |
| face n | (mining: wall) (d'un mur,...) | paroi nf |
| | They drilled into the face of the rock. |
| | Ils ont creusé la paroi du rocher. |
| face n | figurative (public representation) (figuré) | visage nm |
| | The face of the party must be someone who appeals to all voters. |
| | Le visage du parti doit être quelqu'un qui plaît à tous les électeurs. |
| face⇒ vi | (turn) | se tourner⇒ v pron |
| | | être tourné vi + adj |
| | Her mind faces towards the future. |
| | Son esprit se tourne vers l'avenir. |
| | Son esprit est tourné vers l'avenir. |
| face vi | (be orientated) | être orienté vi + adj |
| | | faire face loc v |
| | | donner loc v |
| | Our bedroom faces east. |
| | Notre chambre est orientée plein est. |
| | Notre chambre fait face à l'est. |
| | Notre chambre donne à l'est. |
| face [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | (turn toward) | faire face à loc v + prép |
| | Turn and face the audience. |
| | Tournez-vous et faites face au public. |
| face [sth/sb]⇒ vtr | (confront) | faire face à loc v + prép |
| | | affronter⇒ vtr |
| | | prendre à bras-le-corps vtr |
| | You've got to face your problems. |
| | Vous devez faire face à vos problèmes. |
| | Vous devez affronter vos problèmes. |
| | Vous devez prendre vos problèmes à bras-le-corps. |
| face [sth]⇒ vtr | (cover) | revêtir⇒, recouvrir⇒, enduire⇒ vtr |
| | The front of the house was faced with limestone. |
| | La façade de la maison était recouverte de chaux. |
| face [sth] vtr | (card: turn upward) (une carte) | retourner⇒ vtr |
| | Lay your cards down without facing any of them. |
| | Posez vos cartes sans les retourner. |
| face [sb]⇒ vtr | (soldiers: turn toward) (Armée : commande) | face nf |
| | Face the soldier to your right! |
| | Face à droite ! |
| face [sth]⇒ vtr | (ice hockey: drop a puck) (Sports) | placer⇒ vtr |
| | The referee faced the ball between the two opposing players. |
| | L'arbitre plaça la balle entre les deux adversaires. |
| face [sth] vtr | (have difficulty ahead) | faire face à loc v |
| | | être confronté à loc v |
| | Voters will be facing a tough choice in the upcoming election. |
Verbes à particule
face | faced | -faced |
face [sth/sb] down,
face down [sth/sb] vtr phrasal sep | (overcome by confronting) | tenir tête à loc v + prép |
| | I faced down my attacker and he ran away. |
| | J'ai tenu tête à mon adversaire et il s'est enfui en courant. |
| face out vi phrasal | (be looking outwards) | être tourné vers l'extérieur loc v |
| | Books that face out are more likely to catch the customer's eye. |
| face up to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | colloquial (acknowledge: [sth] unpleasant) | accepter⇒ vtr |
| | | se confronter à v pron + prép |
| | You need to face up to reality, and deal with the matter swiftly. |
| | Il faut accepter la réalité et s'occuper du problème rapidement. |
| | Il faut se confronter à la réalité et s'occuper du problème rapidement. |
| face up to [sb] vi phrasal + prep | colloquial (confront) | affronter⇒ vtr |
| | | faire face à loc v |
| | | se confronter à v pron + prép |
| | If you face up to bullies, they usually leave you alone afterwards. |
| | Si vous affrontez les brutes, elles vous laisseront habituellement tranquille par la suite. |
Formes composées
faced | face | -faced |
| baby-faced adj | (child-like, cute face) | au visage poupin, au visage poupon, au visage enfantin, aux traits enfantins loc adj |
baldfaced,
bald-faced adj | mainly US, figurative (lie: brazen, flagrant) | éhonté adj |
baldfaced,
bald-faced adj | mainly US, figurative (liar: brazen) | éhonté adj |
barefaced,
bare-faced adj | figurative (lie, cheek: brazen) (mensonge) | éhonté adj |
| | How dare you tell me such a barefaced lie! |
barefaced,
bare-faced adj | figurative (liar: brazen) (personne) | éhonté, impudent, effronté adj |
| | Don't believe Colin's version of events; he's a bare-faced liar! |
barefaced,
bare-faced adj | (with face uncovered) | le visage nu loc adj |
| | (spécifiquement) | sans maquillage loc adj |
| | Lily rarely goes out barefaced; she usually wears at least a little blusher. |
bold-faced,
boldfaced adj | (brazen, audacious) | effronté adj |
| bold-faced adj | (in bold font) (police) | gras, en gras adj |
brazen,
brazen-faced adj | (shameless, overly bold) (sans honte) | effronté adj |
| | | éhonté adj |
| | Their brazen disregard for the law shocked everyone involved. |
| | Leur mépris effronté de la loi a choqué toutes les personnes impliquées. |
| double-faced adj | (disloyal, treacherous) | hypocrite adj |
| double-faced adj | (having two faces) | à deux faces loc adj |
| | (matière textile) | réversible adj |
| | The double-faced clock showed the time in London as well as Tokyo. |
faced with [sth],
faced with doing [sth] adj + prep | (having to confront) | se trouver face à, se retrouver face à, se retrouver confronté à loc v |
| | I don't want to be faced with that problem. |
| | Je ne veux pas me retrouver face à (or: me trouver face à, or: me retrouver confronté à) ce problème. |
| fresh-faced adj | (youthful, healthy skin) | poupin adj |
| | | à la bonne mine loc adj |
| grim-faced adj | (with somber facial expression) | à la mine sombre, à la mine sinistre, au visage sombre loc adj |
| | The grim-faced teacher told off the students. |
| hard-faced adj | (person, face: stern) | au visage impassible, au visage sévère loc adj |
| | Mr Henderson was a hard-faced man who never smiled. |
| moon-faced adj | (having a very round face) (personne) | au visage rond loc adj |
| open-faced adj | (person: with frank expression) (personne) | au visage ouvert loc adj |
| open-faced adj | (watch: having no cover) | à face ouverte, à face exposée loc adj |
open-faced,
open-face adj | US (sandwich: no bread on top) (sandwich) | ouvert adj |
| | (sandwich) | de type croque-monsieur, de type tartine loc adj |
| pale-faced adj | (frightened, shocked) | pâle, livide adj |
| po-faced adj | (person: stern expression) | austère adj |
| po-faced adj | figurative (humorless) | austère adj |
| | (figuré : personne) | bonnet de nuit nm |
| poker-faced adj | (showing no emotion) (visage) | impassible adj |
| | | de marbre loc adj |
| red-faced adj | figurative (embarrassed) (figuré) | tout rouge loc adj |
| | | confus, gêné adj |
| red-faced adj | (with flushed face) | tout rouge loc adj |
| round-faced adj | (face: circular-shaped) | au visage rond loc adj |
| sharp-faced adj | (facial features) | aux traits anguleux loc adj |
| smooth-faced adj | (hairless, clear skin) | au visage glabre, au visage lisse loc adj |
| sour-faced adj | (appearing displeased) | à l'air aigri, qui fait la grimace loc adj |
| square-faced adj | (having angular jaw) | au visage carré loc adj |
stone-faced,
stony-faced adj | (having an emotionless facial expression) | au visage impassible, au visage de marbre loc adj |
| | (rester) | de marbre, impassible adj |
stony-faced,
stone-faced adj | (serious, expressionless) | au visage impassible, au visage de marbre loc adj |
| | (rester) | de marbre, impassible adj |
| straight-faced adj | (showing no emotion) (en apposition) | impassible adj |
| | (personne) | à l'air impassible loc adj |
| two-faced adj | figurative (deceitful) | hypocrite adj |
| | I learned the hard way how two-faced Paul is. |
| whey-faced adj | (having pale face) | livide, blafard adj |
| white-faced adj | (having pale face) | livide, blafard adj |
| white-faced adj | (horse: white on head) (cheval) | à tête blanche loc adj |
| white-faced adj | (having white front) (animal) | à face blanche loc adj |
| | (maison) | à la façade blanche loc adj |
| | A row of white-faced houses stood a few feet back from the shoreline. |