| Principales traductions |
surveillant,
surveillante nm, nf | (gardien spécialisé) (prison) | guard, warder, warden n |
| | Il travaille comme surveillant à la prison. |
| | He works as a prison guard. |
surveillant,
surveillante nm, nf | ([qqn] en charge de la discipline) (school) | monitor, supervisor n |
| Note: This is a disciplinary post which does not exist in British schools |
| | Les élèves craignent le surveillant du lycée. |
| | Students at the high school fear the monitor. |
| Principales traductions |
| surveiller⇒ vtr | (épier) | survey⇒, watch⇒, follow⇒, monitor⇒ vtr |
| | (informal) | keep a close eye on expr |
| | (suspect) | keep under surveillance expr |
| | (mainly US) | surveil⇒ vtr |
| | Les policiers surveillent cet individu louche. |
| | The police are watching this shifty individual. |
| surveiller vtr | (veiller avec attention) | watch⇒ vtr |
| | | keep a close watch on [sb/sth] v expr |
| | (informal) | keep an eye on [sb/sth], keep a close eye on [sb/sth] v expr |
| | (informal) | keep tabs on [sb/sth] v expr |
| | Elle surveille toujours ses enfants quand ils sont dans la rue. |
| | She always watches her children when they are in the street. |
| surveiller vtr | (superviser) | supervise⇒, oversee⇒, monitor⇒ vtr |
| | | watch over [sth] vi + prep |
| | Le chef surveille le bon déroulement des opérations. |
| | The boss monitors the smooth running of the operation. |
| se surveiller⇒ v pron | (faire attention à sa ligne) (figurative, informal) | watch your figure, watch your weight v expr |
| | Je me surveille sinon je grossis en un rien de temps ! |
| | I'm watching my figure, otherwise I put on weight in no time! |
| se surveiller v pron | (faire attention à ses paroles, sa tenue) (figurative) | watch yourself vtr + refl |
| | (informal) | check yourself vtr + refl |
| | Il faut que je me surveille si je ne veux pas dire de bêtises devant mon patron. |
| | I'll have to watch myself if I don't want to say something stupid in front of my boss. |