IDLE CHARACTER - Traduzione inglese-francese

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

idle character SOST INFORM

idle character

caractère m blanc

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

I. idle [ingl brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, ingl am ˈaɪdl] AGG

1. idle (lazy) pegg:

idle person, worker

paresseux/-euse, fainéant

2. idle (vain, pointless):

idle boast, threat

vain

idle speculation, question, curiosity

oiseux/-euse

idle conversation, chatter, remark

inutile

it would be idle to attempt to do

ce serait vain de tenter de faire

3. idle (without occupation):

idle person

oisif/-ive

idle day, hour, moment

de loisir

the idle rich

les riches oisifs

100 men made idle

100 hommes mis au chômage

4. idle (not functioning):

idle port, dock, mine

à l'arrêt

idle machine

arrêté

to lie or stand idle machine, factory:

être à l'arrêt

to lie or stand idle land:

rester inexploité

5. idle FIN:

idle capital

dormant

II. idle [ingl brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, ingl am ˈaɪdl] VB vb intr

1. idle engine:

idle

tourner au ralenti

2. idle person:

idle

paresser, flemmarder colloq

III. idle [ingl brit ˈʌɪd(ə)l, ingl am ˈaɪdl]

the devil makes work for idle hands prov

l'oisiveté est mère de tous les vices prov

character [ingl brit ˈkarəktə, ingl am ˈkɛrəktər] SOST

1. character (personality):

character

caractère m

to have a pleasant character

être d'un caractère agréable

a house with character

une maison qui a du caractère

to act in/out of character

agir de façon habituelle/surprenante

his remarks are totally in character/out of character

ces remarques ne me surprennent pas/me surprennent de sa part

2. character (reputation):

character

réputation f

a person of good/bad character

une personne d'une bonne/mauvaise réputation

3. character (nature):

character

caractère m

4. character:

character LETTER, TEATR, TV

personnage m (from de)

to play the character of Romeo

jouer le rôle m de Roméo

I hardly recognize her in character

je la reconnais à peine sous son rôle

5. character (person):

character (in general)

individu m

character (appreciative)

numéro m colloq

a real character

un sacré numéro colloq

a local character

une figure f locale

6. character (moral strength):

character

caractère m

strength of character

force f de caractère

7. character:

character INFORM, TIPOGR

caractère m

character attr density, generator, reader, recognition, string

de caractères

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I. idle [ˈaɪdl] AGG

1. idle (lazy, doing nothing):

idle

oisif(-ive)

to lie idle

rester inactif

2. idle (not working, without action):

idle person

inactif(-ive)

idle period

d'inactivité

in my idle moments

à mes moments de loisir

3. idle (with nothing to do):

idle person

désœuvré(e)

idle factory, machine

à l'arrêt

4. idle (pointless, without purpose):

idle

inutile

idle threat, talk

en l'air

idle rumours, fear

sans fondement

idle curiosity

simple

idle boast

bluff m

5. idle FIN:

idle capital

improductif(-ive)

II. idle [ˈaɪdl] VB vb intr

1. idle (willingly do nothing):

idle

paresser

2. idle (having nothing to do):

idle

être inactif

3. idle (operate at slow speed):

idle engine, machine

tourner au ralenti

idle computer, disk drive, screen

être en veille

character [ˈkærəktəʳ, ingl am ˈkerəkt̬ɚ] SOST

1. character no pl (set of qualities) a. INFORM, TIPOGR:

character

caractère m

2. character (decidedly different person):

character

personnage m

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I. idle [ˈaɪ·dl] AGG

1. idle (lazy, doing nothing):

idle

oisif(-ive)

to lie idle

rester inactif

2. idle (not working or acting):

idle person

inactif(-ive)

idle period

d'inactivité

3. idle (with nothing to do):

idle person

désœuvré(e)

idle factory, machine

à l'arrêt

4. idle (pointless, without purpose):

idle

inutile

idle threat, talk

en l'air

idle rumors, fear

sans fondement

idle curiosity

simple

5. idle FIN:

idle capital

improductif(-ive)

II. idle [ˈaɪ·dl] VB vb intr

1. idle (willingly do nothing):

idle

paresser

2. idle (having nothing to do):

idle

être inactif

3. idle:

idle engine, machine

tourner au ralenti

idle computer, disk drive, screen

être en veille

character [ˈker·ək·t̬ər] SOST

1. character (set of qualities) a. comput, TIPOGR:

character

caractère m

2. character (person in a book or play):

character

personnage m

3. character (odd or different person):

character

personnage m

Present

I	idle
you	idle
he/she/it	idles
we	idle
you	idle
they	idle

Past

I	idled
you	idled
he/she/it	idled
we	idled
you	idled
they	idled

Present Perfect

I	have	idled
you	have	idled
he/she/it	has	idled
we	have	idled
you	have	idled
they	have	idled

Past Perfect

I	had	idled
you	had	idled
he/she/it	had	idled
we	had	idled
you	had	idled
they	had	idled

Esempi monolingue (non verificati dalla Redazione di PONS)

Troops were kept busy to prevent the men from being left idle in the camps.

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The use of tax policy was urged to ensure that idle land was put into productive use.

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When the original user resumes speaking, that user would, in turn, be switched to any channel that happened to be idle.

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The oscillating merge sort does not waste rewind time or have tape drives sit idle as in the conventional tape merge.

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They did not know which way to take, and so took up an idle life.

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