| Principales traductions |
| devoir faire [qch]⇒ vtr | (avoir l'obligation de faire [qch]) | have to v aux + prep |
| | | must⇒ v aux |
| | Je dois aller chercher mon petit frère à l'école. |
| | I have to collect my little brother from school. |
| devoir faire [qch] vtr | (avoir la nécessité de) | must⇒ v aux |
| | | need to v expr |
| | | have to v aux + prep |
| | Je dois travailler si je veux avoir de bonnes notes. |
| | I need to work if I want to get good grades. |
| devoir faire [qch] vtr | (exprime la probabilité) | must⇒ v aux |
| | Marc n'est pas arrivé : il doit être dans les embouteillages. |
| | Mark isn't here yet; he must be stuck in traffic. |
| devoir faire [qch] vtr | (exprime le caractère inéluctable) | be bound to do [sth] v expr |
| | Les enfants se sont faits mal en se bagarrant : ça devait arriver ! |
| | The kids hurt each other fighting. That was bound to happen! |
| devoir [qch] à [qqn] vtr | (avoir de l'argent à donner à [qqn]) | owe⇒ vtr |
| | Je dois 5 euros à mon frère. |
| | I owe my brother 5 euros. |
| devoir [qch] à [qqn] vtr | (être l'obligé de [qqn], être redevable) | owe [sb] [sth]⇒, owe [sth] to [sb]⇒ vtr |
| | Je vous dois des remerciements pour votre aide. |
| | I owe you a big thank you for your help. |
| devoir [qch] à [qqn] vtr | (avoir obtenu grâce à [qqn]) | owe [sb] [sth]⇒, owe [sb] to [sb]⇒ vtr |
| | | be indebted to [sb] for [sth] expr |
| | C'est à vous que je dois ce nouveau poste. |
| | I owe this new job to you. |
| devoir nm | (obligation morale) | duty n |
| | | obligation n |
| | | moral duty, moral obligation n |
| | Nous avons le devoir de nous occuper de notre mère. |
| | We have a duty to take care of our mothers. |
| devoir nm | (exercice scolaire) (uncountable) | homework n |
| | | assignment n |
| | J'ai un devoir de maths à rendre pour demain. Je ne comprends pas comment Tania a pu me rendre un devoir aussi mauvais, elle qui est si bonne en allemand d'habitude ! |
| | I've got maths homework due tomorrow. I don't understand how Tania could have handed in such terrible homework; she's usually so good at German! |
| | I have a math assignment due tomorrow. |
| devoirs nmpl | (exercices scolaires chez soi) (uncountable) | homework n |
| | L'instituteur a donné beaucoup de devoirs à ses élèves aujourd'hui. De temps à autre, le Ministre de l'éducation remet en cause le bien-fondé des devoirs. |
| | The teacher gave his pupils a lot of homework today. Every so often, the Education Minister calls the merits of homework into question. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| devoir [qch] à [qch/qqn] vtr + prép | (posséder [qch] grâce ou à cause de) | owe [sth] to [sb/sth] vtr + prep |
| | | take [sth] from [sb/sth] vtr + prep |
| | | have [sb/sth] to thank for [sth] v expr |
| | | get [sth] from [sb/sth] vtr + prep |
| | Michel doit cet opiniâtreté à son père. |
| | La myrtille doit sa couleur aux anthocyanes. |
| | The blueberry owes its colour to anthocyanins. |
| | Michael gets this stubbornness from his father. |
| devoir faire [qch] loc v | (être censé faire [qch]) | be supposed to do [sth], be meant to do [sth] v expr |
| | Tu ne devais pas aller voir ta sœur aujourd'hui ? |
| | Weren't you supposed to be going to see your sister today? |
| devoir à [qqn/qch] de faire [qch] loc v | (posséder [qch] grâce ou à cause de) | owe [sth] to [sb/sth] vtr + prep |
| | | have [sb/sth] to thank for [sth], have [sb/sth] to thank for doing [sth] v expr |
| | Je dois à ma grand-mère d'aimer la musique. |
| | Je dois à mon obstination d'avoir obtenu ce poste. |
| | I owe my love of music to my grandmother. |
| | I have my grandmother to thank for my love of music. // I have my obstinacy to thank for having obtained this post. |
| se devoir de faire [qch]⇒ v pron | (se sentir obligé de) | have to do [sth] v aux + prep |
| | | feel duty-bound to do [sth] v expr |
| | | must do [sth]⇒ v aux |
| | Je me devais de vous dire la vérité. |
| | I have to tell you the truth. |
| se devoir [qch]⇒ v pron | (devoir réciproquement) | owe each other [sth], owe one another [sth] vtr + refl |
| | | have a duty to + [vtr/vi + prep] each other/one another v expr |
| | Les époux se doivent secours et fidélité. |
| | Married couples owe each other support and fidelity. |
| | Married couples have a duty to support each other and stay faithful to each other. |