English-French Dictionary
French Translation of “read”
read (ˈriːd
)
Word forms: past tense past participle read (ˈrɛd
)
) Translations
transitive verb
- [+ book, paper, poem, novel]
lire
⇒Have you read "Animal Farm"?
Est-ce que tu as lu "La Ferme des Animaux"?
to take sth as read (= accept as a fact)
considérer qch comme acquis
- (aloud)
lire
to read sth to sb
lire qch à qn
to read sb a story
lire une histoire à qn
to read the news [newsreader]
lire les nouvelles
- [+ music]
lire
- (computing) [+ file, document]
lire
- (= understand)
- [+ mood]
interpréter
- [+ situation]
lire
⇒He read other people's moods fast.
Il interprétait rapidement les humeurs des gens.
to read sb's mind
lire dans les pensées de qn
to read sb's thoughts
lire dans les pensées de qn
- [+ mood]
- (= interpret) [+ dream]
interpréter
- (= study)
étudier
- [sign, notice]
indiquer
⇒The sign on the bus read `Private: Not In Service'.
Le panneau sur le bus indiquait "Privé: pas en service".
- (= show) [instrument]
indiquer
⇒The thermometers are reading 43 degrees.
Les thermomètres indiquent 43 degrés.
- (= take information from) [+ thermometer, barometer, meter]
lire
- (over radio)
recevoir
do you read me?
est-ce que vous me recevez?
intransitive verb
- [person]
lire
⇒He couldn't read or write.
Il ne savait ni lire ni écrire.
to read between the lines
lire entre les lignes
- [letter, text]
se lire
noun
-
to have a read
lire
it's a good read
ça se lit bien
- See read into
- See read out
- See read over
- See read through
- See read up
'read' in Other Languages
- Arabic: يَقْرَأُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: ler
- Chinese: 阅读
- Croatian: čitati
- Czech: číst přečíst
- Danish: læse
- Dutch: lezen
- European Spanish: leer
- Finnish: lukea
- French: lire
- German: lesen
- Greek: διαβάζω
- Italian: leggere
- Japanese: 読む
- Korean: 읽다
- Norwegian: lese
- Polish: przeczytać czytać
- Portuguese: ler
- Romanian: a citi
- Russian: читать
- Spanish: leer
- Swedish: läsa
- Thai: อ่าน
- Turkish: okumak
- Ukrainian: читати прочитати
- Vietnamese: đọc
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