| Traductions supplémentaires |
| writing n | (written language) | écriture nf |
| | | ce qui est écrit nm |
| | Can you read this writing? I don't know the language. |
| | Peux-tu déchiffrer ces écritures ? Moi, je ne connais pas cette langue. |
| | Tu comprends ce qui est écrit ? Moi, je ne connais pas cette langue. |
| writing n | (compositions) | écrits nmpl |
| | | œuvre nf |
| | His writings were mainly short articles. |
| | Ses écrits étaient principalement des articles courts. |
| | Son œuvre se composait principalement d'articles courts. |
| writing n | (inscription) | inscription nf |
| | Did you see the hieroglyphic writing on this wall? |
| | As-tu vu l'inscription en hiéroglyphes sur ce mur ? |
| writing n | (the act of writing) | écriture nf |
| | | écrire⇒ vi |
| | I find writing to be a relaxing activity. |
| | Je trouve que l'écriture est une activité qui détend. |
| | Je trouve qu'écrire est une activité qui détend. |
| Principales traductions |
| write [sth]⇒ vtr | (form letters, inscribe) | écrire⇒ vtr |
| | George can write his name already. |
| | George peut déjà écrire son nom. |
| write [sth] vtr | (author: a book, etc.) | écrire⇒ vtr |
| | (un rapport,...) | rédiger⇒ vtr |
| | Elizabeth wants to write a book. |
| | Elizabeth veut écrire un livre. |
| write [sth] vtr | (compose: a document, letter, etc.) | écrire⇒ vtr |
| | (un rapport,...) | rédiger⇒ vtr |
| | I wrote a long email and then deleted it. |
| write [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep | (communicate in writing) | écrire [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | I'm going to write a letter to my friend. |
| | Je vais écrire une lettre à mon ami. |
| write to [sb] vi + prep | (send [sb] a letter, email) | écrire à [qqn] vi + prép |
| | I wrote to my MP to ask her to back my campaign. |
| write [sb]⇒ vtr | US (send [sb] a letter, email) | écrire à [qqn] vi + prép |
| | Will you write me while you're in Spain? |
| | Tu m'écriras quand tu seras en Espagne ? |
| write⇒ vi | (form letters) | écrire⇒ vi |
| | Rachel is learning to write. |
| | Rachel apprend à écrire. |
| write vi | (to express thoughts in writing) | écrire⇒ vi |
| | When I want to get things clear in my head, I write. |
| | Quand je veux avoir les idées claires, j'écris. |
| write vi | (write letters) | écrire⇒ vi |
| | I never have time to write. |
| | Je n'ai jamais le temps d'écrire. |
| write vi | (write professionally) | écrire⇒ vi |
| | Brian has always wanted to write. |
| | Brian a toujours voulu écrire. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| write on [sth] vi + prep | (inscribe [sth] on) | écrire sur vi + prép |
| | He broke his leg and we wrote on his cast to wish him a speedy recovery. |
| | Il s'est cassé la jambe et nous avons écrit sur son plâtre pour lui souhaiter un prompt rétablissement. |
| write [sth]⇒ vtr | (compose: music) (Musique) | écrire⇒, composer⇒ vtr |
| | Andrew is writing a symphony. |
| | Andrew écrit (or: compose) une symphonie. |
| write [sth] vtr | (computers: record) (Informatique) | écrire⇒, enregistrer⇒ vtr |
| | The computer is writing the information to the drive. |
| | L'ordinateur écrit (or: enregistre) les informations sur le disque. |
| write [sth] vtr | (record in writing) (un rapport) | rédiger⇒ vtr |
| | She wrote a report of the incident. |
| | Elle a rédigé un rapport sur l'accident. |
Verbes à particule
write | writing |
| write back vi phrasal | (send a written reply) | répondre (par retour de courrier⇒, par courrier⇒, par écrit) vi |
| | Please write back soon. Please write back as soon as you can. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Je vous saurais gré de bien vouloir répondre par retour de courrier. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe, put in writing) | noter⇒ vtr |
| | That was a great idea! Let's find some paper and write it down. You should write the phone number down before you forget it. |
| | C'est une super idée ! Il faut trouver un papier pour la noter. Tu devrais écrire le numéro de téléphone avant de l'oublier. |
write [sth] down,
write down [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (reduce value of asset) (Finance) | déprécier⇒ vtr |
| | The company's assets were written down by $20m last year. |
write [sth] in,
write in [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (inscribe [sth] inside) | inscrire⇒ vtr |
| | If you can solve the final crossword clue, feel free to write it in. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (record as total loss) (Comptabilité) | passer [qch] au compte de pertes et profits, passer [qch] en pertes et profits loc v |
| | (courant) | passer [qch] par pertes et profits loc v |
| | We're going to have to write off the warehouse that burnt down. |
| | Nous allons devoir passer l'entrepôt qui a brûlé au compte de pertes et profits. |
write [sb] off,
write off [sb] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (consider a failure) | considérer [qqn] comme un bon à rien loc v |
| | Even though he did so poorly on the exam, I wasn't going to write him off completely. |
| | Même s'il n'a pas réussi son examen, je ne le considère pas comme un bon à rien. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | UK, informal (car, vehicle: completely wreck) | réduire [qch] à l'état d'épave loc v |
| | | rendre [qch] bon pour la casse loc v |
| | | complètement détruire [qch] loc v |
| | Brian had an accident and he wrote his car off. |
| | Brian a eu un accident et a complètement détruit sa voiture. |
write [sth] off,
write off [sth] vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discount, dismiss) | ignorer⇒ vtr |
| | We can certainly write off his opinion: he never knows what he's talking about! |
| | On peut certainement ignorer son point de vue: il ne sait jamais de quoi il parle ! |
| write off for [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (send, apply for [sth]) | commander⇒ vtr |
| | Joe wrote off for the skin cream he'd seen advertised in a magazine. |
| | Joe a commandé la crème pour la peau qu'il avait vu dans un magazine. |
| write [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (transcribe in full) | écrire⇒ vtr |
| | (un chèque,...) | établir⇒ vtr |
| | I signed my name and wrote it out in block capitals underneath. |
| | J'ai signé de mon nom et l'ai écrit en majuscules au-dessus. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write out in full) | rédiger⇒ vtr |
| | | mettre [qch] au propre loc v |
| | Please write up your notes from the classroom observation. |
| | Merci de mettre au propre vos notes sur l'observation de la classe. |
write [sth] up,
write up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (write a critique of) | faire la critique de, faire le compte rendu de loc v + prép |
| | Jessica writes up movies for her school newspaper. |
write [sb] up,
write up [sb] vtr phrasal sep | US (record misbehaviour) | écrire un rapport sur [qqn], faire un rapport sur [qqn] loc v + prép |
| | One more infraction and I will have to write you up. |
| | Encore une infraction, et je vais devoir faire un rapport. |
Formes composées
writing | write |
| creative writing n | (art of writing fiction and poetry) | création littéraire, écriture créative nf |
| | I don't think I learnt much in the creative writing classes I did as a teenager. |
| | Je ne crois pas que j'ai appris beaucoup aux cours de création littéraire que j'ai suivis adolescent. |
| good writing n | (skilful use of written language) | style nm |
| | His good writing helped us all understand the situation better. |
| | | qualité, clarté, beauté, etc. du style nf |
the handwriting on the wall (US),
the writing on the wall (UK) n | (clear indication) | signe avant-coureur, avertissement nm |
| | | nobody saw the (hand)writing on the wall : tout le monde a été surpris, personne ne l'a vu venir expr |
| in writing adv | (in written form) | par écrit loc adv |
| | I told him all about it on the phone, but he said he'd need it in writing as well. |
| | Je lui ai déjà tout dit au téléphone mais il le veut aussi par écrit. |
notice in writing,
written notice n | (law: written notice) | avis écrit nm |
| obscure writing n | (text which is hard to decipher) | écriture illisible nf |
| | (familier) | écriture de cochon nf |
| | Doctors always have obscure writing. |
| | Les médecins ont toujours une écriture illisible. |
| obscure writing n | (writing whose meaning is hard to discover) | écrits obscurs, écrits abscons nmpl |
| | (soutenu) | écrits sibyllins nmpl |
| | | écrire de façon obscure, écrire de façon absconse loc v |
| | Though the philosopher was at times accused of obscure writing, his ideas still transformed his field. |
| | On l'a souvent accusé d'écrire de façon obscure (or: absconse), mais ce grand philosophe a marqué son époque. |
| picture writing n | (by preliterate peoples) | écriture pictographique nf |
| picture writing n | (writing through pictorial symbols) | écriture imagée nf |
| put [sth] in writing⇒ vtr | (make official or binding) | mettre par écrit vtr |
| | Contracts for the sale of land must be put in writing to be valid. |
| | Les contrats pour la vente des terres doivent être mis par écrit pour être valides. |
reading,
writing,
and arithmetic npl | (basic skills: literacy, numeracy) | lire, écrire et compter loc v |
| | When you go to primary school, you have to focus on reading, writing, and arithmetic. |
| | À l'école primaire, on se concentre sur l'écriture, la lecture et les mathématiques. |
| speech writing n | (scriptwriting of public addresses for [sb] else) | rédaction de discours nf |
| spidery writing n | (handwriting: thin scrawl) | écriture en pattes de mouches nf |
| | (fig) | pattes de mouches nfpl |
style of writing,
writing style n | (author's way of writing) | style, style d'écriture, style de ses écrits nm |
| | Although many considered his style of writing pompous and tiresome, his latest book soon became a best-seller. |
| | Même si beaucoup trouvaient son style lourd et pompeux, son dernier roman est rapidement devenu un best-seller. |
| writing desk n | (furniture for writing) (meuble) | secrétaire nm |
| writing desk n | (portable desk) (plateau, pupitre) | écritoire nf |
| writing pad n | (notepad) | bloc-notes nm inv |
| writing paper n | (smooth paper in sheets) | papier à lettres nm |
| | It's still a pleasure to receive a letter written by hand on fine writing paper. |
| writing prompt n | (topic to write about) | sujet de devoir nm |
| | The literature teacher assigned a writing prompt about one of Joseph Conrad's novels. |
| writing sample n | (specimen of [sb]'s handwriting) | échantillon d'écriture nm |
| | The lawyer submitted his client's writing sample to an expert to prove she didn't write the blackmail note. |
| writing sample n | (example of [sb]'s written work) | échantillon de ses textes nm |
| | Applicants for the journalism position should send their CVs together with three writing samples. |
| writing system n | (written language) | système d'écriture nm |