Le mot anglais du jour

Définitions

anglais > français
right
1. adj. Correct, juste, bon.
Is this the right way to Montmartre?
Est-ce que c'est le bon chemin pour aller à Montmartre ?
I don't have the right folder.
Je n'ai pas le bon fichier.
2. adj. Droit, droite.
3. adj. (Géom) 90°. Droit, rectangle.
Right angle.
Angle droit.
Right triangle.
Triangle rectangle.
4. v. Directement, justement.
5. v. À droite.
6. n. Droit (juste, équitable).
Might makes right. (adage populaire)
La force fait le droit.
Two wrongs don't make a right. (adage populaire)
Deux mauvaises actions ne s'additionnent pas pour en faire une bonne.
7. n. Droite.
Keep to the right.
Tiens ta droite.
Reste sur la droite.
8. interj. C'est ça.
9. interj. N'est-ce pas ?
10. v. Corriger.
She set out to right a wrong.
Elle entreprit de corriger un tort.
anglais > anglais
right
1. adj. (archaic) Straight, not bent.
a right line
2. adj. (geometry) Of an angle, having a size of 90 degrees, or one quarter of a complete rotation; the angle between two perpendicular lines.
The kitchen counter formed a right angle with the back wall.
3. adj. (geometry) Of a geometric figure, incorporating a right angle between edges, faces, axes, etc.
a right triangle, a right prism, a right cone
4. adj. Complying with justice, correctness or reason; correct, just, true.
I thought you'd made a mistake, but it seems you were right all along.
It's not right that one person gets all the credit for the group's work.
5. adj. Appropriate, perfectly suitable; fit for purpose.
Is this the right software for my computer?
6. adj. Healthy, sane, competent.
I'm afraid my father is no longer in his right mind.
7. adj. Real; veritable (used emphatically).
You've made a right mess of the kitchen!
8. adj. (Australia) All right; not requiring assistance.
9. adj. (dated) Most favourable or convenient; fortunate.
10. adj. Designating the side of the body which is positioned to the east if one is facing north. This arrow points to the right: →
After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
11. adj. Designed to be placed or worn outward.
the right side of a piece of cloth
12. adj. (politics) Pertaining to the political right; conservative.
13. adv. On the right side.
14. adv. Towards the right side.
15. adv. Exactly, precisely.
The arrow landed right in the middle of the target.
Luckily we arrived right at the start of the film.
16. adv. Immediately, directly.
Can't you see it? It's right beside you!
Tom was standing right in front of the TV, blocking everyone's view.
17. adv. (UK, US, dialect) Very, extremely, quite.
I made a right stupid mistake there, didn't I?
I stubbed my toe a week ago and it still hurts right much.
18. adv. According to fact or truth; actually; truly; really.
19. adv. In a correct manner.
Do it right or don't do it at all.
20. adv. (dated, still used in some titles) To a great extent or degree.
Sir, I am right glad to meet you …
Members of the Queen's Privy Council are styled The Right Honourable for life.
The Right Reverend Monsignor Guido Sarducci.
21. interj. Yes, that is correct; I agree.
22. interj. I agree with whatever you say; I have no opinion.
23. interj. Signpost word to change the subject in a discussion or discourse.
- After that interview, I don't think we should hire her.- Right — who wants lunch?
24. interj. Used to check agreement at the end of an utterance.
You're going, right?
25. interj. Used to add seriousness or decisiveness before a statement.
26. n. That which complies with justice, law or reason.
We're on the side of right in this contest.
27. n. A legal, just or moral entitlement.
You have no right to go through my personal diary.
see also in right of
28. n. The right side or direction.
The pharmacy is just on the right past the bookshop.
29. n. The right hand.
30. n. (politics) The ensemble of right-wing political parties; political conservatives as a group.
The political right holds too much power.
31. n. The outward or most finished surface, as of a piece of cloth, a carpet, etc.
32. v. To correct.
Righting all the wrongs of the war immediately will be impossible.
33. v. To set upright.
The tow-truck righted what was left of the automobile.
34. v. (intransitive) To return to normal upright position.
When the wind died down, the ship righted.
35. v. To do justice to; to relieve from wrong; to restore rights to; to assert or regain the rights of.
to right the oppressed
français > anglais
droite
1. adj. feminine singular of droit
2. n-f. (geometry) straight line
3. n-f. (politics) the right, right wing
4. n-f. right, right-hand side
5. n-f. (boxing) right-handed punch

Exemples de phrases

You may be right.      Tu as peut-être raison. A girl can dream, right?      Une fille a le droit de rêver, non ? She thinks that she's always right.      Elle pense qu'elle a toujours raison. Do you want this done quickly or do you want this done right?      Voulez-vous que ceci soit fait rapidement ou voulez-vous que ceci soit correctement? I started a fire right away.      J'ai tout de suite démarré un feu.

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