| Traductions supplémentaires |
| hard adj | (rugged) | ardu adj |
| | This is a very hard hike, over rocks and boulders. |
| | C'est une randonnée très ardue, il y a de gros rochers. |
| hard adj | (inclement) (météo) | rude, rigoureux adj |
| | | pénible, dur adj |
| | It was a hard winter, but they survived. |
| | Ce fut un hiver rude (or: rigoureux) mais ils survécurent. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Ce fut une période pénible (or: dure). |
| hard adj | (stern) | dur adj |
| | She gave him a very hard stare. |
| | Elle lui lança un regard dur. |
| hard adj | (vigorous) | rude adj |
| | They put up a long, hard fight. |
| | Ils se livrèrent une rude et longue bataille. |
| hard adj | (bad) | hard luck : malchance nf |
| | We have had some very hard luck. |
| | Nous avons eu beaucoup de malchance. |
| hard on [sb] adj | (severe) | dur, sévère adj |
| | He's too hard on his children. |
| | Il est trop dur (or: sévère) avec ses enfants. |
| hard adj | figurative (person: tough, unemotional) (figuré) | dur adj |
| | (familier) | dur à cuire adj |
| | The old woman rarely showed any emotion and people said she was hard. |
| | La vieille dame montrait rarement la moindre émotion and les gens disaient qu'elle était dure. |
| hard adj | (sharp, distinct) | dur, rude, saillant adj |
| | Her face has hard features. |
| | Les traits de son visage étaient durs. |
| hard adj | (photograph: high contrast) | dur adj |
| | Print the photo using hard paper. |
| | Prends du papier dur pour imprimer la photo. |
| hard adj | figurative (unsentimental) | dur adj |
| | When I started to cry in his office, he just gave me a hard look and asked me to leave. |
| | Lorsque je me suis mise à pleurer dans son bureau, il m'a lancé un regard dur et m'a demandé de partir. |
| hard adj | colloquial (stingy) | dur adj |
| | (familier) | vache adj |
| | He won't lend you any money? That's rather hard. |
| | Il ne veut pas te prêter d'argent ? C'est plutôt dur. |
| | Il ne veut pas te prêter d'argent ? C'est vache. |
| hard adj | figurative (currency) (argent) | liquide adj |
| | | liquide nm |
| | | espèces nfpl |
| | You'll need hard currency to pay for this. |
| | Tu dois payer en argent liquide pour ça. |
| | Tu dois payer en liquide pour ça. |
| | Tu dois payer en espèces pour ça. |
| hard adj | figurative (drink: alcoholic) | fort adj |
| | | fortement alcoolisé adj |
| | (drogue) | dur adj |
| | He only drinks hard liquor, never beer. |
| | Il ne boit que de l'alcool fort, jamais de la bière. |
| | Il ne boit que des boissons fortement alcoolisées, jamais de la bière. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Il prend des drogues dures. |
| hard adj | (water: with minerals) (eau) | dur adj |
| | Water is hard if it leaves deposits in the shower. |
| | On voit que l'eau est dure quand elle laisse des dépôts dans la douche. |
| hard adj | (baked goods: crusty) | croustillant adj |
| | This bread has a lovely hard crust. |
| | Ce pain a une croûte bien croustillante. |
| hard adj | (baked goods: stale) (pain, gâteau) | dur adj |
| | (pain, gâteau) | to go hard : durcir⇒, rassir⇒ vi |
| | Ellen used the previous day's hard bread to make breadcrumbs. |
| hard adj | technical (textiles: smooth) (textile) | dur, rêche nm |
| | The cloth is made with a hard fibre. |
| | Ce tissu est fait de fibres dures (or: rêches). |
| hard adj | (destructive) | violent adj |
| | The army made a very hard attack on the enemy town. |
| | L'armée a lancé une attaque très violente contre la ville ennemie. |
| hard adj | (military installation: protected) | fortifié adj |
| | The location of the army's hard missiles is secret. |
| | L'emplacement de la base militaire fortifiée qui abrite les missiles est tenu secret. |
| hard adj | (phonetics) (Phonétique, Linguistique) | dur adj |
| | You should pronounce this word with a hard "c", not a soft. |
| | Tu devrais prononcer ce mot avec un "c" dur. |
| be hard on [sb] adj | (treat [sb] harshly, sternly) | être dur avec [qqn] vi + adj + prép |
| | | être sévère avec [qqn] vi + adj + prép |
| | | être intraitable avec [qqn] vi + adj + prép |
| | My parents were hard on me when I was growing up. |
| | Mes parents étaient durs avec moi quand j'étais jeune. |
| hard adv | (intently) | attentivement adv |
| | | bien adv |
| | She looked hard at the exam question. |
| | Elle regarda attentivement la question de l'examen. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Regarde-le bien. |
| hard adv | (severely) | sévèrement adv |
| | The teacher looked at him hard, and told him to leave the room. |
| | L'enseignant le regarda sévèrement, et lui dit de quitter la pièce. |
| hard adv | (nautical: to an extreme) (Navigation) | toute adv |
| | | à fond adv |
| | Go hard aport and make sure everything is alright. |
| | Bâbord toute ! Et veille à ce que tout se passe bien. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Tourne le volant à fond à droite. |
| hard adv | (with difficulty) | difficile adj |
| | Her victory was all the sweeter for being hard won. |
| | Difficile, la victoire n'en était que plus savoureuse. |
hard on [sth],
hard upon [sth] adv + prep | (near, coming up to) | juste après loc prép |
| | It was hard upon nightfall when they arrived. |
| | Ils sont arrivés juste après la tombée de la nuit. |
| hard n | UK (solid beach) | rivage nm |
| | | grève, rive nf |
| | (Nautique, technique) | estran nm |
| | (Nautique, technique) | laisse nf |
| | You can access the hard during low tide. |
| | Vous pouvez atteindre le rivage à marée basse. |
Formes composées
hard | harder |
| a hard one n | informal ([sb] difficult) (familier) | ne pas être commode loc v |
| | Mark is a hard one; you never know what he is thinking. |
| a hard one n | informal ([sb] cold, severe) (familier) | ne pas être commode loc v |
| | The boss is a hard one; he is very strict. |
| between a rock and a hard place expr | (facing two bad choices) | entre le marteau et l'enclume expr |
between the devil and the deep blue sea,
between a rock and a hard place,
between Scylla and Charybdis expr | figurative (facing a dilemma) | entre le marteau et l'enclume loc adv |
cider,
also UK: cyder n | UK (alcoholic apple drink) | cidre nm |
| | After work, we stopped by the pub to have a half pint of cider. |
| | Après le travail, nous nous sommes arrêtés au pub pour boire une demi-pinte de cidre. |
cold,
hard cash n | figurative (making money) (familier) | fric nm |
| | | argent nm |
| | He didn't care about performing a service; all he cared about was cold, hard cash. |
cold,
hard cash n | (money, not credit) (un peu familier) | pièces sonnantes et trébuchantes nfpl |
| | I'll sell you this bike, but you have to pay me in cold, hard cash. |
| | Je te vendrai ce vélo, mais il faudra payer en pièces sonnantes et trébuchantes. |
| come down hard on [sb] v expr | informal, figurative (punish) | punir sévèrement vtr + prép |
| | (familier) | engueuler⇒ vtr |
die-hard,
die hard n | (rigid traditionalist) | jusqu'au-boutiste nmf |
| | | conservateur pur et dur, conservatrice pure et dure nm, nf |
| | She's a die hard who believes in the old ways. |
die-hard,
die hard adj | (rigidly traditionalist) | intransigeant, ferme, irréductible, invétéré adj |
| | (fan, admirateur,...) | fervent, absolu adj |
| | (attitude) | radical adj |
| | He's a die-hard supporter of the Republican Party. |
| do [sth] the hard way v expr | (make [sth] unnecessarily difficult) | choisir la difficulté loc v |
| | (apprendre, découvrir) | à ses dépens loc adv |
| drive a hard bargain v expr | (be tough negotiator) | être dur en affaires loc v |
| | | ne rien lâcher loc v |
| | The shopkeeper drove a hard bargain, but we eventually agreed on a price for the vase. |
| | Le commerçant n'a rien lâché mais finalement, nous nous sommes mis d'accord sur le prix du vase. |
fall on hard times,
fall upon hard times v expr | (be in financial difficulties) | connaître des temps difficiles loc v |
| | (familier) | connaître une période de vaches maigres loc v |
| | The company fell on hard times and eventually had to close down. |
| give [sb] a hard time v expr | informal (treat harshly) | donner du fil à retordre loc v |
| | (familier) | en faire baver à [qqn], en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à [qqn] loc v |
| | They gave me a hard time at the interview. |
give [sb] a hard time about [sth],
give [sb] a hard time over [sth] v expr | informal (berate) | donner du fil à retordre loc v |
| | (familier) | en faire baver à [qqn], en faire voir de toutes les couleurs à [qqn] loc v |
| | My dad gave me a hard time about not finishing my homework. |
| go hard at [sth] vtr | informal (do [sth] intensely) (familier) | se mettre à fond à, se donner à fond à v pron |
| | I started learning Italian a year ago, and I've been going hard at it ever since. |
| hard as nails adj | (tough, durable) | dur comme de la pierre adj |
| | I can't crack the ice, it is as hard as nails. |
| | Je n'arrive pas à casser la glace, elle est dure comme de la pierre. |
| hard as nails adj | ([sb]: tough, without sympathy) | dur adj |
| | | dur à cuire, dure à cuire nm, nf |
| | | coriace adj |
| | | sans cœur adv + adj |
| | Don't expect any sympathy from him, he is as hard as nails. |
| | Ne t'attends pas à de la pitié de sa part, il est sans cœur. |
| be hard at it v expr | informal (do [sth] with effort) (familier) | bosser dur vi + adv |
| hard at work adj | (working hard) | travailler dur vi + adv |
| | Miguel was hard at work doing his history project. |
| | Miguel travaillait dur sur son projet d'histoire. |
| hard blow n | (forceful punch or strike) | coup violent nm |
| | Although the jab to the chin dropped him, it was the hard blow to the ribs that did the damage. |
| hard blow n | figurative (emotional setback) (figuré) | coup dur nm |
| | The loss of his job dealt a hard blow to his self-confidence. |
| | La perte de son emploi fut un coup dur pour sa confiance. |
| hard boiled adj | (egg: cooked until firm) (œuf) | dur adj |
| | How do you prefer your eggs - hard boiled or soft? |
| | Comment tu préfères tes œufs : dur ou à la coque ? |
hard boiled,
hard-boiled adj | figurative (person: tough) (familier : personne) | dur à cuire adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | The main character is a hard-boiled private detective. |
| | Le personnage principal est un détective dur à cuire. |
| hard bop n | (energetic 1950s jazz) (jazz) | hard bop nm |
| hard by prep | informal (near) | à côté de loc prép |
| | The bakery is hard by the grocery store. |
| | La boulangerie est à côté de l'épicerie. |
| hard candy n | US (boiled sweets) | bonbon nm |
| | My grandmother always kept a dish of hard candies on her coffee table. |
| a hard case n | informal ([sb] severe, unemotional) | dur, dure nm, nf |
| | (familier) | dur à cuire, dure à cuire nm, nf |
| hard cash n | (tangible money, not credit or check) | argent liquide, liquide nm |
| | | espèces sonnantes et trébuchantes nfpl |
| hard cheese expr | informal, figurative (tough luck) (familier) | pas de bol (pour [qqn]) expr |
| | (familier) | la guigne expr |
| | | tant pis (pour [qqn]) expr |
| hard cider n | US (alcoholic apple drink) | cidre nm |
| | That tavern serves the best hard cider in the state. |
| | Cette taverne sert le meilleur cidre de l'État. |
| hard clam | (animal) | palourde américaine nf |
| hard coal | (a mineral coal) | anthracite nf |
| hard copy n | (physical copy of data) | version papier, copie papier nf |
| | | document papier nm |
| | Can you send me a hard copy of the data? |
| | Peux-tu m'envoyer une version papier (or: une copie papier) des données ? |
hard-core,
hardcore adj | (pornography: obscene) (anglicisme) | hardcore adj |
hard-core,
hardcore adj | (person: staunch, committed) | fervent, ardent adj |
| | | déterminé, résolu adj |
| the hard core n | (those most committed to [sth]) (figuré) | le noyau dur nm |
| | | les plus déterminés nmpl |
| | The arduous ascent soon separated the wimps from the hard core. |
| | L'ascension ardue sépara vite les mauviettes des plus déterminés. |
| hard court n | (tennis: type of playing surface) (Tennis) | terrain en dur, terrain en surface dure nm |
hard credit check,
hard credit search,
hard credit pull,
hard inquiry n | (check: affects credit score) | enquête de solvabilité nf |
| hard currency n | (coins and bills) | espèces nfpl |
| | We accept only hard currency, no checks or credit cards. |
| | Nous n'acceptons que les espèces : ni chèques, ni cartes bleues. |
| hard currency n | (currency unlikely to lose value) | devise forte nf |
| | The price of a hard currency tends to remain stable in the short term. |
| | Le prix d'une devise forte tend à rester stable à court terme. |
hard disk,
magnetic disk n | (computing: disk-reading hardware) (Informatique) | disque dur nm |
| hard done by expr | UK (unfairly treated) | traité injustement loc adj |
| | | lesé adj |
| hard drive n | (data-reading hardware) (Informatique) | disque dur nm |
| | The police were able to retrieve information from the fraudster's hard drive. |
| | La police a pu récupérer les informations du disque dur de l'escroc. |
| hard drugs npl | (cocaine, heroin, etc.) | drogues dures nfpl |
| | He started off abusing alcohol and later moved on to hard drugs. |
| | Il a commencé à boire puis s'est mis aux drogues dures. |
hard earned,
hard-earned adj | (gained through strife) | durement gagné, durement acquis loc adj |
| | | obtenu à la sueur de son front loc adj |
| hard fact n | ([sth] harsh but true) | dure réalité nf |
| | The hard fact was that I had failed, and nothing could change that. |
| | La dure réalité était que j'avais échoué, et rien ne pouvait changer cela. |
| hard feelings npl | informal, often neg (resentment) | rancune, rancœur nf |
| | When they broke up there were no hard feelings. |
| | Quand ils se sont séparés, il n'y a eu aucune rancune (or: rancœur). |
| hard-fought adj | (achieved through great struggle) | durement gagné loc adj |
| | | remporté de haute lutte loc adj |
| | | conquis de haute lutte loc adj |
| | The campaigners were celebrating their hard-fought victory. |
| hard frost n | (temperature below 28⁰ F) | forte gelée nf |
| hard going n | informal ([sth] difficult or strenuous) | difficile adj |
| | The climb was hard going, but the view from the top was magificent. |
| hard goods npl | (durable goods) | biens durables, biens de consommation durables nmpl |
| | There has been a slowdown in sales of hard goods such as appliances and furniture. |
| | Il y a une baisse des ventes des biens durables, tels que l'électroménager et le mobilier. |
| hard graft n | UK, informal (hard work) | travail acharné nm |
| | (soutenu) | dur labeur nm |
| | (familier) | trimer⇒ vi |
| | After forty-five years of hard graft, I intend to enjoy my retirement. |
| | Après quarante-cinq ans à trimer, j'ai bien l'intention de profiter de ma retraite. |
| hard ground n | (etching ground) | traduction non disponible |
| hard hat n | (protective helmet) | casque nm |
| | | casque de chantier nm |
| | Visitors to this building site are required to wear a hard hat at all times. |
| | Toute personne visitant le chantier doit porter un casque en permanence. |
| hard hat n | US (construction worker) | ouvrier, ouvrier du bâtiment, ouvrier du BTP nm |
| | There was a group of hard hats hanging out at the bar tonight. |
| | Il y avait un groupe d'ouvriers du BTP qui traînait au bar ce soir. |
| hard hat n | informal, US (conservative person) | ultra-conservateur, ultra-conservatrice nm, nf |
| | | réactionnaire nmf |
| | (familier) | réac nmf |
| hard-hat adj | informal, US (conservative) | ultra-conservateur, ultra-conservatrice adj |
| | | réactionnaire adj |
| | | réac adj |
| hard head n | figurative (unsentimental person) | dur nm |
| | He has a hard head on him for someone so young. |
| hard heart n | figurative (unsentimental) (figuré) | cœur dur, cœur de pierre nm |
| | She has a hard heart; I've never seen her cry. |
| | Elle a un cœur de pierre : je ne l'ai jamais vue pleurer. |
hard hit,
hard-hit adj | (suffering setback) | durement touché loc adj |
| hard job n | (difficult occupation) | métier difficile nm |
| | Long haul trucking is a hard job. |
| hard job n | (difficult task) | tâche difficile nf |
| | In this recession, we're going to have a hard job persuading the boss to spend money on new computers. |
| hard knocks npl | figurative, informal (real-life experience) (figuré) | coups durs nmpl |
| | Dan brings to the job a life-long experience of hard knocks. |
| | Dan apporte au poste une longue expérience de coups durs. |
| hard knocks npl | figurative, informal (difficult experiences) | coups durs nmpl |
| | The advertising industry has taken some hard knocks in the recent economic downturn. |
| | Le monde de la publicité a pris quelques coups durs avec la baisse économique de ces derniers temps. |
hard labor (US),
hard labour (UK) n | (physical work done by prisoners) | travaux forcés nmpl |
| hard landing n | (aircraft: descending with heavy impact) | atterrissage brutal nm |
| | The pilot misjudged his rate of descent and made a hard landing, which buckled the undercarriage. |
| hard life n | (difficult existence) | vie difficile nf |
| | Working in the coal mines was a hard life. |
| | Travailler dans les mines de charbon était une vie difficile. |
| hard lines npl | UK, slang (bad luck) (familier) | pas de bol, pas de pot, pas de cul interj |
| | (familier) | la guigne interj |
| | | pas de chance interj |
| hard liquor n | US (spirits, alcoholic drink) | alcool fort nm |
| | (au pluriel surtout) | spiritueux nm |
| | The store sells wine and beer but no hard liquor. |
| hard luck n | (misfortune) | malchance nf |
| hard-luck adj | (relating to unfavorable conditions) | larmoyant adj |
| | Tired of all the hard-luck updates her friend kept posting on social media, Tania unfriended him. |
| hard money n | (repetitive funding) | financement échelonné nm |
| hard money n | US (campaign money) (États-Unis, campagne électorale) | financement direct nm |
| hard money n | (gold, silver, etc.) | argent nm |
| hard news n | informal (information about serious and current events) | informations sérieuses nfpl |
| | This newspaper has a reputation for hard news rather than celebrity gossip. |
hard of hearing,
hard-of-hearing adj | (partially deaf) | malentendant adj |
| | | dur d'oreille loc adj |
| | (familier) | dur de la feuille adj |
| Note: hyphens used when term is before a noun |
| | My grandfather is hard of hearing, so don't bother talking to him from across the room. |
| | Mon grand-père est dur d'oreille alors pas la peine de lui parler de l'autre côté de la pièce. |
| | Mon grand-père est dur de la feuille alors pas la peine de lui parler de l'autre côté de la pièce. |
| the hard of hearing npl | invariable (partially-deaf people) | les malentendants nmpl |
| | Subtitles are provided for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| | Des sous-titres sont fournis pour les sourds et les malentendants. |
| hard palate n | (bone at roof of the mouth) | volute du palais nf |
| | | voûte du palais nf |
| | | palais dur nm |
| hard paste n | (true porcelain) | porcelaine dure nf |
hard porn,
hardcore porn n | figurative, informal (explicit pornography) | pornographie dure nf |
| be hard put to do [sth] v expr | (have difficulty doing [sth]) | être (bien) en peine de faire [qch] loc v |
| | | avoir du mal à faire [qch] loc v |
| hard rock n | (heavy form of popular music) | hard rock nm |
| | I prefer easy listening and jazz to hard rock. |
| hard rubber n | (vulcanized rubber) | caoutchouc durci nm |
| | The truck's tires were made of hard rubber. |
| | Les pneus du camion étaient en caoutchouc durci. |