English translation of 'ordinaire'
adjective
1. (= banal) [gens, vie, comportement] ordinary
Ce sont des gens ordinaires, pas des héros. They are ordinary people, not heroes.
Nous menions une existence assez ordinaire. We lived a fairly ordinary life.
2. (pejorative) [personne, manières] common
Ce sont des gens très ordinaires. They’re very common.
3. (= coutumier) [maladresse, procédure] usual
avec son manque de tact ordinaire with his usual tactlessness
4. (= de tous les jours) [vaisselle, habits] everyday
5. [modèle, qualité] standard
un format ordinaire a standard size
masculine noun
1. (= quotidien, norme) ordinary
sortir de l’ordinaire to be out of the ordinary
2. (= nourriture) everyday fare
3. (autres locutions)
d’ordinaire usually ⧫ normally
à l’ordinaire usually ⧫ ordinarily
comme à l’ordinaire as usual
feminine noun
(= essence) ≈ two-star petrol (Brit) ⧫ ≈ regular gas (USA)
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Et être flic, on a beau dire, ce n'est pas tout à fait ordinaire.Les flics, 120 000 inconnus
Il faudra payer en ligne par carte bancaire et imprimer soi -même son billet sur une feuille blanche ordinaire (format A4).Le Nouvel Observateur (2003)
Je l'ai depuis quatre ans, c'est vraiment une chemise qui sort de l'ordinaire.Marie Claire
Les armements ne sont pas un bien d'équipement ordinaire.Le Monde (1997)
Les yeux du vieil homme, d'ordinaire toujours aux aguets, ont perdu leur mobilité, leur acuité.Carnets d'aventures, Spécial, 2/1989
Oui, des parents ordinaires qui auraient élevé leurs enfants d'une façon ordinaire, voilà ce que réclamait Suzou.L'ombre d'un roi
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'ordinaire' in Other Languages
British English: ordinary
/ˈɔːdnrɪ/ ADJECTIVE
Ordinary people or things are not special or different in any way.
Most ordinary people would agree with me.
- American English: ordinary
- Arabic: عَادِيٌّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: comum
- Chinese: 普通的
- Croatian: običan
- Czech: obyčejný
- Danish: almindelig
- Dutch: gewoon
- European Spanish: corriente normal
- Finnish: tavallinen
- French: ordinaire
- German: gewöhnlich
- Greek: συνηθισμένος
- Italian: ordinario
- Japanese: 普通の
- Korean: 보통의
- Norwegian: hverdagslig
- Polish: zwykły
- European Portuguese: comum
- Romanian: obișnuit
- Russian: обычный
- Spanish: corriente ordinario
- Swedish: vanlig
- Thai: อย่างธรรมดา
- Turkish: sıradan
- Ukrainian: звичайний
- Vietnamese: bình thường
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