Advertisement
 Translation for '[back]' from English to French
déjà {adv} [pour réitérer une question]again [asking sth. back]
2
à l'époque {adv}then [back then]
Verbs
étayer qc. [raisonnement]to support sth. [back up]
5
avoir un mouvement de reculto cringe [cower, draw back]
récupérer qc.to reclaim sth. [take back]
remémorer qn./qc. [littéraire]to remember sb./sth. [look back on]
restituer qc.to restore sth. [give back]
renvoyer qc. [faire retourner, réexpédier]to return sth. [send back]
faire demi-tourto reverse [go back]
Nouns
adm.occup.pol.
Atelier et Chantier d'Insertion {noun} <ACI>
[French government organisation for re-integrating long-term unemployed back into society]
hotte {f} [de vendangeur]basket [carried on the back]
orn.T
goéland {m} marin [Larus marinus]
blackback [coll.] [also: black-back]
édition
troisième {f} de couverture
blurb [also: dust cover blurb] [from back - inside cover]
écol.écon.pol.
riverain {m} contestataire
NIMBY [Not in my back yard]
retrait {m}retraction [pulling sth. back]
2 Words
bredouille {adj} [qui n'a pas atteint son but] empty-handed [not brought back a prize, achieved a goal etc]
prendre du reculto distance oneself [stand back]
repousser qn./qc. [attaquant, foule, manifestants, animal]to drive sb./sth. back [push back]
lâcher du lest [fig.] [faire des concessions]to give in [relent, back down]
racheter qc.to purchase sth. back [buy back]
faire demi-tourto turn around [go back]
faire demi-tourto turn round [go back]
édition
quatrième {f} de couverture
back cover [back of dust cover]
cuis.
homard {m} Thermidor
lobster Thermidor [lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed back into a lobster shell, and browned]
3 Words
tenir tête à qn. [loc.]to stand up to sb. [idiom] [refuse to back down]
tape {f} d'amitiéfriendly pat / slap [on the back]
4 Words
hist.mil.pol.
bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern]
Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat]
math.
méthode {f} des substitutions successives
method of successive substitution [also: back substitution]
28 translations
To translate another word just start typing!

Translation for '[back]' from English to French

again [asking sth. back]
déjà {adv} [pour réitérer une question]
then [back then]
à l'époque {adv}

Advertisement
to support sth. [back up]
étayer qc. [raisonnement]
to cringe [cower, draw back]
avoir un mouvement de recul
to reclaim sth. [take back]
récupérer qc.
to remember sb./sth. [look back on]
remémorer qn./qc. [littéraire]
to restore sth. [give back]
restituer qc.
to return sth. [send back]
renvoyer qc. [faire retourner, réexpédier]
to reverse [go back]
faire demi-tour

[French government organisation for re-integrating long-term unemployed back into society]
Atelier et Chantier d'Insertion {noun} <ACI>adm.occup.pol.
basket [carried on the back]
hotte {f} [de vendangeur]
blackback [coll.] [also: black-back]
goéland {m} marin [Larus marinus]orn.T
blurb [also: dust cover blurb] [from back - inside cover]
troisième {f} de couvertureédition
NIMBY [Not in my back yard]
riverain {m} contestataireécol.écon.pol.
retraction [pulling sth. back]
retrait {m}

empty-handed [not brought back a prize, achieved a goal etc]
bredouille {adj} [qui n'a pas atteint son but]

to distance oneself [stand back]
prendre du recul
to drive sb./sth. back [push back]
repousser qn./qc. [attaquant, foule, manifestants, animal]
to give in [relent, back down]
lâcher du lest [fig.] [faire des concessions]
to purchase sth. back [buy back]
racheter qc.
to turn around [go back]
faire demi-tour
to turn round [go back]
faire demi-tour

back cover [back of dust cover]
quatrième {f} de couvertureédition
lobster Thermidor [lobster meat cooked in a rich wine sauce, stuffed back into a lobster shell, and browned]
homard {m} Thermidorcuis.

to stand up to sb. [idiom] [refuse to back down]
tenir tête à qn. [loc.]

friendly pat / slap [on the back]
tape {f} d'amitié

Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat]
bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern]hist.mil.pol.
method of successive substitution [also: back substitution]
méthode {f} des substitutions successivesmath.
Usage Examples English
  • Curie recently won back-to-back CPS Championships in football and played in back-to-back Prep Bowls (City Champ vs. Catholic League champ).
  • The term back line can either refer to the "full-back line" consisting of the two back pockets and the full-back, or both the full- and half-back lines, which collectively can also be referred to as the "defence", "defensive unit" or the "back six".
  • When two eagles are shown back-to-back and facing the edges of the field the term used is "addorsed" / "endorsed" or "adossés" ("back-to-back").
  • These announcers have tended to describe the "ball itself" as going "back-back-back".
  • Two sensor back types are commonly used: single shot back (non-scanning) and scan back.

  • entered third seven–points back. Denny Hamlin entered fourth eight–points back.
  • Abaya plays the right-back position. He can, however, play left-back and centre-back positions.
  • The Vizag back-to-back HVDC station, or Visakhapatnam back-to-back HVDC station, is a back-to-back HVDC connection between the eastern and southern regions in India, located close to the city of Visakhapatnam, and owned by Power Grid Corporation of India.
  • Vered is a right-footed right back that can also play center back and left back.
  • Brian Campion (born 1984) is an Irish hurler who played as a goalkeeper, corner-back, full-back, wing-back and centre-back for the Laois senior team.

  • After the Olympics and into early 2017, USWNT coach Jill Ellis experimented with different formations and Long started several matches playing centre-back as part of a three back.
  • The 2003, 2004, and 2005 Boys Baseball Team won back-to-back-to-back Summer Season Division 1 State Championships.
  • Near-back vowels are essentially a type of back vowels; no language is known to contrast back and near-back vowels based on backness alone.
  • Winner: Durham Bulls; first team to win back to back IL titles since Columbus Clippers won back in 1991.
  • "Balance beam": Jump to knee mount, back handspring, back handspring, tucked full; switch split leap; Chen; front aerial; full turn; tucked side salto; back handspring, back handspring, triple twist dismount.

    Advertisement
    © dict.cc French-English dictionary 2024
    Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
    Links to this dictionary or to individual translations are very welcome!