chez |
1. prep. to, at, in or into the home, office, etc. of | |
2. prep. , translation=I go into where the two of you live, because it was my place, when it was our place (...) | |
3. prep. , lit=I enter your place, as it was my place, (etc.) | |
chez moi - at my house | |
chez lui - at his house | |
chez Françoise - at Françoise’s | |
chez le dentiste - at the dentist | |
chez l'avocat - at the lawyer's office | |
4. prep. by extension, to, at or in the country of | |
une spécialité bien de chez nous - a true specialty of our country | |
rentrer chez soi - to return to one's country | |
5. prep. in; among (a group of things or people of the same type) | |
Cette maladie se voit souvent chez les chiens. - This illness is often seen among dogs. | |
le TDAH chez l'adulte - ADHD in adults | |
6. prep. in the work of (an author or artist) | |
C'est un thème très important chez Baudelaire. - That is a very important theme in Baudelaire's work. | |
le symbolisme des couleurs chez Picasso - color symbolism in Picasso's work | |
soi |
1. pron. (rare) nominative pronoun reinforcing indefinite or very generalized subject; one | |
2. pron. (more commonly) Designating or reinforcing a reflexive (direct) object or the regime of a preposition | |
(parasyn, soi-même) | |
Pourquoi ne pense-t-on qu'à soi ? | |
3. pron. (chiefly) oneself | |
4. pron. (Occasionally representing other pronouns, e.g. ourselves, or translated according to the referenced indefinite subject) | |
5. pron. (dated) himself, herself, itself | |
chez soi |
1. adj. at home (at one's abode) | |
2. adj. at home (comfortable) | |