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 Translation for 'to live on' from English to French
SYNO to endure | to go | to hold out | ...
continuer de vivreto live on [continue to exist]
s'alimenter de qc. [personne]to live on sth.
carburer à qc. [fam.] [à l'amour, au café]to live on sth. [subsist on]
3 Words: Verbs
habiter qc. [maison, planète]to live in / on sth. [house, planet]
4 Words: Verbs
se survivreto (continue to) live on
fin.
vivre sur son capital
to live on one's capital
vivre sur sa réputationto live on one's reputation
fin.
vivre de peu
to live on very little
5+ Words: Others
fin.occup.sociol.
Mon travail ne me nourrit pas.
I don't make enough to live on.
5+ Words: Verbs
fin.
avoir de quoi vivre
to have enough to live on
biol.bot.zool.
parasiter qc. [plante, animal]
to live as a parasite on sth.
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]to live high on the hog [Am.] [idiom]
immo.
habiter un étage élevé
to live on an upper floor
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]to live on the fat of the land [idiom]
habiter en dessous de chez qn.to live on the floor below sb.
sociol.
vivre en marge de la société
to live on the fringes of society
Partial Matches
en live {adv} [anglicisme]live
électr.
sous tension {adj}
live
vivreto live
23
vivre ensembleto live together
RadioTV
émission {f} en direct
live broadcast
RadioTV
en direct {adj} {adv}
live [broadcast]
RadioTV
enregistrement {m} en directe
live recording
vivre dans l'abstinenceto live abstemiously
RadioTV
émission {f} en direct
live transmission
résiderto live [reside]
demeurer [habiter]to live [reside]
2
RadioTV
transmission {f} en direct
live broadcast
RadioTV
transmission {f} en direct
live transmission
RadioTV
reportage {m} à chaud
live coverage
vivre en bonne ententeto live peacefully
habiterto live [to reside]
3
méd.pharm.
vaccin {m} atténué
live vaccine
bien vivreto live well
braise {f}live embers {pl}
poids {m} viflive weight
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Translation for 'to live on' from English to French

to live on [continue to exist]
continuer de vivre
to live on sth.
s'alimenter de qc. [personne]
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to live on sth. [subsist on]
carburer à qc. [fam.] [à l'amour, au café]

to live in / on sth. [house, planet]
habiter qc. [maison, planète]

to (continue to) live on
se survivre
to live on one's capital
vivre sur son capitalfin.
to live on one's reputation
vivre sur sa réputation
to live on very little
vivre de peufin.

I don't make enough to live on.
Mon travail ne me nourrit pas.fin.occup.sociol.

to have enough to live on
avoir de quoi vivrefin.
to live as a parasite on sth.
parasiter qc. [plante, animal]biol.bot.zool.
to live high on the hog [Am.] [idiom]
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]
to live on an upper floor
habiter un étage élevéimmo.
to live on the fat of the land [idiom]
brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts [loc.]
to live on the floor below sb.
habiter en dessous de chez qn.
to live on the fringes of society
vivre en marge de la sociétésociol.

live
en live {adv} [anglicisme]

sous tension {adj}électr.
to live
vivre
to live together
vivre ensemble
live broadcast
émission {f} en directRadioTV

transmission {f} en directRadioTV
live [broadcast]
en direct {adj} {adv}RadioTV
live recording
enregistrement {m} en directeRadioTV
to live abstemiously
vivre dans l'abstinence
live transmission
émission {f} en directRadioTV

transmission {f} en directRadioTV
to live [reside]
résider

demeurer [habiter]
live coverage
reportage {m} à chaudRadioTV
to live peacefully
vivre en bonne entente
to live [to reside]
habiter
live vaccine
vaccin {m} atténuéméd.pharm.
to live well
bien vivre
live embers {pl}
braise {f}
live weight
poids {m} vif
Usage Examples English
  • The premise emphasized Blish's understanding of microbiology, and featured microscopic humans engineered to live on a hostile planet's shallow pools of water.
  • Many Jews fled the Spanish Inquisition to live on the island.
  • There were never more than 40 full-time members, who were given a small expense stipend on which to live on.
  • The report found that climate change is adding to the pressures we are putting on our land we use to live on and grow our food.
  • They continue to live on in the state of Michoacán.

  • For instance prior to 1914 most officers of British cavalry regiments came from a socially privileged background and the considerable expenses associated with their role generally required private means, even after it became possible for officers of the line infantry regiments to live on their pay.
  • Thus, according to the treaty of Zboriv all Jewish people were forbidden to live on the territory controlled by Cossack rebels.
  • Banquo's ability to live on in different ways is another oppositional force, in this case to Macbeth's impending death.
  • In 1827, medical instruction was suspended by President Francis Wayland after the program's faculty declined to follow a new policy requiring students to live on campus.
  • In 96 BC, on his release from prison, Sima chose to live on as a palace eunuch to complete his histories, rather than commit suicide as was expected of a gentleman-scholar who had been disgraced by being castrated.

  • Because of this, it is difficult to live on Svalbard without working for an established institution.
  • Reptilian skin is covered in a horny epidermis, making it watertight and enabling reptiles to live on dry land, in contrast to amphibians.
  • The customs of Romans and Greeks are illuminated in little essays that pose questions such as "Why were patricians not permitted to live on the Capitoline?
  • Roncalli decided to live on the second floor of the residence reserved for the patriarch, choosing not to live in the first floor room once resided in by Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, who later became Pope Pius X.
  • Hermits (sannyasins) were urged to live on a fruitarian diet so as to avoid the destruction of plants.

  • Geological Survey study found that the Midway Atoll, Laysan, and Pacific islands like them could become inundated and unfit to live on during the 21st century, due to increased storm waves and rising sea levels.
  • Three were adopted without change: That labour should not be treated as a commodity; that all workers had the right to a wage sufficient to live on; and that women should receive equal pay for equal work.
  • In addition to spatial orientation, "kaja" and "kelod" have the connotation of good and evil; gods and ancestors are believed to live on the mountain whereas demons live in the sea.
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