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Dictionary French ← English: play

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French

English

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NOUN1	a play \| plays	edit
NOUN2	play \| -	edit
VERB	to play \| played \| played ... playing \| plays	edit

ludique {adj} [qui relève du jeu]

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play [attr.]

Verbs

8

to play

sport disputer qc. [match]

to play sth.

jouer à qc. [jeu, sport]

to play sth. [game, sport]

mus. jouer de qc. [instrument de musique]

to play sth. [music instrument]

Nouns

jeu {m} [activité]

play

théâtre pièce {f}

play

2 Words: Verbs

mus. faire de la musique [jouer]

to play (music)

to play again

jeux jouer aux dés

to play dice

jeux jouer aux dominos

to play dominoes

sport jouer au foot [fam.]

to play football [Br.]

sport jouer au football

to play football [Br.]

tenir la chandelle [fam.]

to play gooseberry [coll.]

loc. faire l'école buissonnière

to play hooky [Am.]

mus. faire de la musique

to play music

jeux jouer au flipper

to play pinball

sport jouer au foot [fam.]

to play soccer [Am.]

mus. jouer en sourdine

to play softly

loc. faire l'école buissonnière

to play truant [Br.]

2 Words: Nouns

franc-jeu {m}

3 Words: Verbs

mus. faire de la musique [savoir jouer]

to play an instrument

jeux lancer les dés

to play at dice [multiple dice]

jeux lancer le dé

to play at dice [one die]

se faire l'avocat du diable

to play devil's advocate

recevoir qn./qc.

to play host to sb./sth.

faire la pantomime [fig.]

to play it up

mus. jouer de la batterie

to play the drums

to play the game

mus. jouer du violon

to play the violin

3 Words: Nouns

théâtre féerie {f}

fairy-tale play

jeu {m} de mots

play on words

4 Words: Verbs

sport fermer le jeu

to play a defensive game

pol. jouer un double jeu

to play a double game

mus. faire un canard

to play a false note

s'impliquer dans qc.

to play a part in sth.

théâtre faire de la figuration

to play as an extra

jouer d'après les règles

to play by the rules

jeux jouer à pile ou face

to play heads or tails

jouer à cache-cache

to play hide and seek

improviser le moment venu

to play it by ear [fig.]

mus. jouer du xylophone

to play on the xylophone

manœuvrer qn. [fig.]

to play sb. like a fiddle [idiom]

5+ Words: Verbs

jouer un (sale) tour à qn.

to play a (mean) trick on sb.

jouer un (mauvais) tour à qn.

to play a (nasty) trick on sb.

faire une farce à qn.

to play a (practical) joke on sb.

jouer un vilain tour à qn.

to play a nasty trick on sb.

jouer des tours à qn.

to play a practical joke on sb.

repasser un disque à qn.

to play a record for sb. again

sport faire la chandelle [au rugby]

to play an up-and-under

jouer avec qn. au chat et à la souris [loc.]

to play cat and mouse with sb. [idiom]

faire profil bas [fig.]

to play it close to the vest [idiom]

théâtre faire salle comble

to play to a packed house

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