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 Translation for 'how' from English to French
NOUN1   a how | hows
NOUN2   a how-to | how-tos
Comment ...? {adv}How ...?
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comment {adv}how
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que [emploi exclamatif : dans quel mesure]how [intensifier: how funny, etc.]
comme {adv} [emploi exclamatif : comme c'est gentil, etc.]how [intensifier: how nice, etc.]
Nouns
archéo.
cairn {m} dolménique
how
2 Words: Others
Comment ça (se fait) ?How come?
dans quelle mesure {adv}how far
combien (de)how many
Combien de fois ? [fréquence]How often?
Quelle injustice !How unfair!
Comment marchent les affaires ?How's business?
2 Words: Verbs
demander à qn. comment ...to ask sb. how ...
se demander comment que ...to wonder how ...
2 Words: Nouns
savoir-faire {m}know-how
3 Words: Others
n'importe comment {adv}any old how [Br.] [coll.]
Qu'en est-il de cela ?How about that?
Comment ça va ?How are you?
Ça va ? [fam.]How are you?
Comment va la santé ?How are you?
Comment tu oses !How dare you!
Comment osez-vous !How dare you!
Quelle chance que ...How fortunate that ...
Combien de fois ? [nombre de fois]How many times?
combien (de) {adv}how much (of)
comm.fin.
De quel ordre de grandeur ? [somme]
How much approximately?
Comme c'est gentil !How nice !
Comment diable ?How on earth?
Alors, ça carbure ? [fam.]How's it going?
Où en êtes-vous ? [comment ça va]How's it going?
Ça gaze ? [Ça va bien ?] [fam.]How's it hanging? [How's it going?] [sl.]
météo.
Quel temps fait-il ?
How's the weather?
n'importe comment {adv}no matter how
4 Words: Others
Ça va ? [fam.]How are you doing?
Comment va la santé ?How are you keeping?
Quel air avait-il ?How did he seem?
Comment cela s'est-il passé ?How did it go? [What happened?]
Enchanté !How do you do? [Br.] [response to an introduction]
Comment dit-on ... ?How do you say ... ?
VocVoy.
Ça se prononce comment ? [fam.]
How is that pronounced?
Combien ça coûte ?How much is it?
C'est combien ?How much is that?
Tu as quel âge ? [fam.]How old are you?
Quel âge as-tu ? [fam.]How old are you?
Ce que Pierre a changé ! [fam.]How Peter has changed!
4 Words: Verbs
savoir faire qc. [être capable de]to know how to do sth.
savoir s'y prendre avec qc.to know how to handle sth. [e.g. students]
savoir improviserto know how to improvise
cuis.éduc.
apprendre à faire la cuisine
to learn (how) to cook
apprendre à faire qc.to learn how to do sth.
montrer à qn. comment faire qc.to show sb. how to do sth.
dresser qn.to teach sb. how to behave
éduc.
apprendre à qn. à faire qc.
to teach sb. how to do sth.
5+ Words: Others
Enchanté. [de faire votre connaissance]Delighted to meet you, how do you do?
VocVoy.
Comment puis-je vous aider ?
How can I assist you?
En quoi puis-je vous être utile ?How can I help you?
VocVoy.
Comment puis-je vous aider ?
How can I help you?
Comment ne pas admirer ... ?How can one fail to admire ...?
Comment s'est passée la soirée ?How did the evening go?
Comment t'y es-tu pris ?How did you do that?
Comment tu as fait ? [fam.]How did you manage (that)?
Comment voulez-vous que nous le sachions ?How do you expect us to know that?
Quel est l'air de la chanson ?How does the song go?
Combien de temps faudra-t-il pour ... ?How long will it take to ... ?
Vous le faites depuis combien d'années ?How many years have you been doing it?
VocVoy.
Comment puis-je vous aider ?
How may I assist you?
VocVoy.
Comment puis-je vous aider ?
How may I help you?
Combien pèses-tu ?How much do you weigh?
VocVoy.
Quel est le tarif pour envoyer une lettre en France ?
How much is a letter to France?
VocVoy.
Ça vaut combien ?
How much is it (worth) ?
Ça fait combien en tout ?How much is that altogether?
Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]How would you have dealt with it? [idiom]
Comment t'y serais-tu pris ? [loc.]How would you have gone about it? [idiom]
Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]How would you have gone about it? [idiom]
Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]How would you have handled it? [idiom]
C'est fou ce que le temps passe vite !It's amazing how time flies!
Donne-moi de tes nouvelles.Let me know how you're getting on.
Regarde comment elle s'y prend.Look how she's doing it.
J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas.No matter how hard I try, I don't succeed.
Il a beau dormir, il est toujours fatigué.No matter how much he sleeps, he is always tired.
On ignore comment le feu a pris naissance.No one knows how the fire started.
Il a beau être fatigué, il ne manque jamais ses exercices. Regardless of how tired he is, he never misses doing his exercises.
littérat.sci.
La Science en action [auteur : Bruno Latour (1987)]
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society
Nous voilà dans de beaux draps ! [loc.]That's a nice how-d'ye-do [coll.] [idiom]
5+ Words: Verbs
ling.
Quelle est l'orthographe de votre nom ?
How do you spell your name?
savoir vivre [être poli]to know how things­ are done
savoir se faire respecterto know how to command respect
savoir vivre [profiter de la vie]to know how to enjoy life
savoir meubler ses loisirsto know how to fill one's leisure time
savoir meubler ses journéesto know how to fill one's leisure time
savoir prendre son enfantto know how to handle one's child
savoir soutenir l'intérêtto know how to hold one's interest
Fiction (Literature and Film)
filmF
Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) [Arnaud Desplechin (1996)]
My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument
filmF
Le Knack... et comment l'avoir
The Knack ...and How to Get It [Richard Lester (1964)]
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Translation for 'how' from English to French

How ...?
Comment ...? {adv}
how
comment {adv}

cairn {m} dolméniquearchéo.
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how [intensifier: how funny, etc.]
que [emploi exclamatif : dans quel mesure]
how [intensifier: how nice, etc.]
comme {adv} [emploi exclamatif : comme c'est gentil, etc.]

How come?
Comment ça (se fait) ?
how far
dans quelle mesure {adv}
how many
combien (de)
How often?
Combien de fois ? [fréquence]
How unfair!
Quelle injustice !
How's business?
Comment marchent les affaires ?

to ask sb. how ...
demander à qn. comment ...
to wonder how ...
se demander comment que ...

know-how
savoir-faire {m}

any old how [Br.] [coll.]
n'importe comment {adv}
How about that?
Qu'en est-il de cela ?
How are you?
Comment ça va ?

Ça va ? [fam.]

Comment va la santé ?
How dare you!
Comment tu oses !

Comment osez-vous !
How fortunate that ...
Quelle chance que ...
How many times?
Combien de fois ? [nombre de fois]
how much (of)
combien (de) {adv}
How much approximately?
De quel ordre de grandeur ? [somme]comm.fin.
How nice !
Comme c'est gentil !
How on earth?
Comment diable ?
How's it going?
Alors, ça carbure ? [fam.]

Où en êtes-vous ? [comment ça va]
How's it hanging? [How's it going?] [sl.]
Ça gaze ? [Ça va bien ?] [fam.]
How's the weather?
Quel temps fait-il ?météo.
no matter how
n'importe comment {adv}

How are you doing?
Ça va ? [fam.]
How are you keeping?
Comment va la santé ?
How did he seem?
Quel air avait-il ?
How did it go? [What happened?]
Comment cela s'est-il passé ?
How do you do? [Br.] [response to an introduction]
Enchanté !
How do you say ... ?
Comment dit-on ... ?
How is that pronounced?
Ça se prononce comment ? [fam.]VocVoy.
How much is it?
Combien ça coûte ?
How much is that?
C'est combien ?
How old are you?
Tu as quel âge ? [fam.]

Quel âge as-tu ? [fam.]
How Peter has changed!
Ce que Pierre a changé ! [fam.]

to know how to do sth.
savoir faire qc. [être capable de]
to know how to handle sth. [e.g. students]
savoir s'y prendre avec qc.
to know how to improvise
savoir improviser
to learn (how) to cook
apprendre à faire la cuisinecuis.éduc.
to learn how to do sth.
apprendre à faire qc.
to show sb. how to do sth.
montrer à qn. comment faire qc.
to teach sb. how to behave
dresser qn.
to teach sb. how to do sth.
apprendre à qn. à faire qc.éduc.

Delighted to meet you, how do you do?
Enchanté. [de faire votre connaissance]
How can I assist you?
Comment puis-je vous aider ?VocVoy.
How can I help you?
En quoi puis-je vous être utile ?

Comment puis-je vous aider ?VocVoy.
How can one fail to admire ...?
Comment ne pas admirer ... ?
How did the evening go?
Comment s'est passée la soirée ?
How did you do that?
Comment t'y es-tu pris ?
How did you manage (that)?
Comment tu as fait ? [fam.]
How do you expect us to know that?
Comment voulez-vous que nous le sachions ?
How does the song go?
Quel est l'air de la chanson ?
How long will it take to ... ?
Combien de temps faudra-t-il pour ... ?
How many years have you been doing it?
Vous le faites depuis combien d'années ?
How may I assist you?
Comment puis-je vous aider ?VocVoy.
How may I help you?
Comment puis-je vous aider ?VocVoy.
How much do you weigh?
Combien pèses-tu ?
How much is a letter to France?
Quel est le tarif pour envoyer une lettre en France ?VocVoy.
How much is it (worth) ?
Ça vaut combien ?VocVoy.
How much is that altogether?
Ça fait combien en tout ?
How would you have dealt with it? [idiom]
Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]
How would you have gone about it? [idiom]
Comment t'y serais-tu pris ? [loc.]

Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]
How would you have handled it? [idiom]
Comment vous y seriez-vous pris ? [loc.]
It's amazing how time flies!
C'est fou ce que le temps passe vite !
Let me know how you're getting on.
Donne-moi de tes nouvelles.
Look how she's doing it.
Regarde comment elle s'y prend.
No matter how hard I try, I don't succeed.
J'ai beau essayer, je n'y arrive pas.
No matter how much he sleeps, he is always tired.
Il a beau dormir, il est toujours fatigué.
No one knows how the fire started.
On ignore comment le feu a pris naissance.
Regardless of how tired he is, he never misses doing his exercises.
Il a beau être fatigué, il ne manque jamais ses exercices.
Science in Action: How to Follow Scientists and Engineers through Society
La Science en action [auteur : Bruno Latour (1987)]littérat.sci.
That's a nice how-d'ye-do [coll.] [idiom]
Nous voilà dans de beaux draps ! [loc.]

How do you spell your name?
Quelle est l'orthographe de votre nom ?ling.
to know how things­ are done
savoir vivre [être poli]
to know how to command respect
savoir se faire respecter
to know how to enjoy life
savoir vivre [profiter de la vie]
to know how to fill one's leisure time
savoir meubler ses loisirs

savoir meubler ses journées
to know how to handle one's child
savoir prendre son enfant
to know how to hold one's interest
savoir soutenir l'intérêt

My Sex Life... or How I Got into an Argument
Comment je me suis disputé... (ma vie sexuelle) [Arnaud Desplechin (1996)]filmF
The Knack ...and How to Get It [Richard Lester (1964)]
Le Knack... et comment l'avoirfilmF
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