| French > English |
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| autrement dit |
| 1. prep. in other words (a phrase indicating that the following thought is a reiteration of the previous one.) |
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| French > French |
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| autrement dit |
| 1. v. Cette locution sert à reformuler de façon différente, souvent plus précisément ou de manière mieux compréhensible, ce qui est dit précédemment. |
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| Analysis |
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| autrement |
| 1. adv. otherwise |
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| 2. adv. differently, in another way or manner |
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| dit |
| 1. Participle. past participle of dire |
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| Il a dit son nom. - He said his name. |
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| 2. Participle. (in names) Indicating a surname used as a family name. |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of dire |
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| 4. v. third-person singular past historic of dire |
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| dire |
| 1. v. to say, to tell |
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| 2. v. (informal) to be of interest to, to interest +preo, à, someone |
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| Ça te dit de regarder un film de science-fiction? - Do you want to watch a science fiction movie? What do you say to watching a science fiction movie? |
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| Ça vous dit ? - Are you interested in doing this? Are you up for it? |
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| Il m'a demandé si ça nous dirait de nous joindre à eux plus tard. - He asked me if we'd like to join them later. |
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