| 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 | written |
| 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. |