own in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for own in the English»French Dictionary

I.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] ADJ (belonging to particular person, group etc)

own

propre

his own car/house

sa propre voiture/maison

my own sister/daughter

ma propre sœur/fille

his own children

ses propres enfants

to have/start one's own business

avoir/lancer sa propre affaire

the company has its own lawyer

l'entreprise a son propre avocat

he has his own ideas about what the truth is

il a sa propre idée sur ce qui s'est vraiment passé

he is responsible to his own government/department

il est responsable devant son gouvernement/service

don't ask him to do it, he has his own problems

ne lui demande pas de le faire, il a assez de problèmes comme ça

for your/his/their own safety

pour ta/sa/leur sécurité

he's very nice in his own way

il est très gentil à sa manière

the film was, in his own words, ‘rubbish’

selon ses propres termes, le film était ‘nul’

the house has its own garage/garden

c'est une maison avec garage/jardin (privatif)

with my own eyes

de mes propres yeux

she does her own cooking/washing

c'est elle qui se fait à manger/qui fait sa lessive (elle-même)

he makes his own decisions

il prend ses décisions tout seul

II.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] PRON

I don't have a company car, I use my own

je n'ai pas de voiture de fonction, j'utilise la mienne

he didn't borrow it, it's his own

il ne l'a pas emprunté, c'est le sien

she borrowed my pen, because she'd lost her own

elle m'a emprunté mon stylo, parce qu'elle avait perdu le sien

they have problems of their own

ils ont assez de problèmes comme ça

when you have children of your own

quand tu auras des enfants

he has a room of his own

il a sa propre chambre

I have a suggestion of my own to make

j'ai une suggestion personnelle à faire

a house/a garden of our (very) own

une maison/un jardin (bien) à nous

it's his (very) own

c'est à lui (tout seul)

we've got nothing to call our own

nous n'avons rien à nous

my time's not my own

je n'ai pas une minute à moi

III.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] VB trans

1. own (possess):

own car, house, dog

avoir

she owns three shops and a café

elle est propriétaire de trois magasins et d'un café

who owns this house/car?

à qui est cette maison/voiture?

he walks around as if he owns the place pej

il se conduit comme s'il était chez lui

2. own (admit):

own

reconnaître, avouer

to own that …

avouer que …

IV.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn] VB intr

to own to a mistake

reconnaître son erreur

he owned to having lied/cheated/forgotten

il a avoué or reconnu avoir menti/triché/oublié

V.own [Brit əʊn, Am oʊn]

to come into one's own

s'épanouir fig

to do one's own thing

être indépendant

each to his own

chacun fait ce qu'il veut, chacun son truc inf

to get one's own back

se venger (on sb de qn)

to hold one's own

bien se défendre

on one's own

tout seul

to get sb on their own

voir qn en privé

I.own brand, own label N

own brand

marque f du distributeur

II.own-brand, own-label ADJ

own-brand,own-label product:

own-brand, own-label

vendu sous la marque du distributeur

own up VB [Brit əʊn -, Am oʊn -]

own up

avouer

to own up to having done or to doing

avouer or reconnaître avoir fait

to own up to the murder/theft

avouer avoir commis le meurtre/vol

pick your own, PYO N

pick your own

ferme f où l'on peut cueillir ses propres fruits ou légumes

pick your own (on sign)

‘cueillette f à la ferme’

Translations for own in the French»English Dictionary

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leur chez-eux

their (own) home

son chez-elle

her (own) home

votre chez-vous

your (own) home

notre chez-nous

our (own) home

son chez-soi

one's (own) home

son chez-lui

his (own) home

own in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for own in the English»French Dictionary

I.own [əʊn, Am oʊn] PRON

my own

le(la) mien(ne)

it is my own

c'est à moi

to have problems of one's own

avoir ses propres problèmes

a room of one's own

une chambre à soi

Phrases:

to come into one's own

révéler ses qualités

to get one's own back on sb inf

prendre sa revanche sur qn

(all) on one's own

(tout) seul

II.own [əʊn, Am oʊn] ADJ

own

propre

to use one's own car/brush

utiliser sa propre voiture/brosse

in one's own time (outside working hours)

en dehors des heures de travail de qn

in one's own time (setting one's own speed)

à son propre rythme

III.own [əʊn, Am oʊn] VB trans

own

posséder

as if they owned the place

comme s'ils étaient chez eux

IV.own [əʊn, Am oʊn] VB intr

own

avouer

to own to sth form

reconnaître qc

own up VB intr

own up

avouer

to own up to sth

avouer qc

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in one's own backyard

tout près de chez soi

Translations for own in the French»English Dictionary

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chez-moi

(own) home

de visu

with one's own eyes

en franc-tireur

off one's own bat

s'expatrier

to leave one's own country

s'enferrer dans des mensonges

to ensnare oneself in one's own lies

je suis venu de moi-même

it came of my own accord

nul n'est prophète en son pays prov

a prophet is without honour in his own country Brit

nul n'est prophète en son pays prov

a prophet is without honor in his own country Am

own Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be afraid of one's own shadow

avoir peur de son ombre

to do sth (out) of one's own volition

faire qc de son propre gré

to let sb stew in one's own juice

laisser mariner qn

to set up shop on one's own

se mettre à son compte

to stand on one's own two feet

ne dépendre que de soi

to be caught at one's own game

se prendre à son propre jeu

it's serves his own interest, of course! [or what do you think!]

c'est qu'il y trouve son intérêt, pardi!

to stand on one's own two feet

voler de ses propres ailes

he can stand up on his own

il tient debout tout seul personne

to have a house of one's own

avoir une maison à soi

own Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

Translations for own in the French»English Dictionary

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réflexe identitaire

stronger sense of one’s own identity as a reaction to external circumstances

own Glossary of Refrigeration Technology courtesy of GEA Bock GmbH

Translations for own in the French»English Dictionary

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entraînement propre

driven by own motor

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There were several factors which preoccupied her over those decades, and took her attention away from publishing her own work.

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That means that every human being is capable, if so desiring, to change one's own life and character and earns one's own bliss.

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Unlike anarcho-capitalism, however, it can easily be made consistent anarchism by applying its own principles consistently.

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It was partly based on people in her life and on her own early romantic experiences.

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What remains to be seen is whether he can convert his jackdaw versatility house, breaks and dubstep all get a look-in here into a coherent style of his own.

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Naturally the cyborgs have developed their own varieties of the plant which are especially intoxicating.

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He was never a mine of information about the game, and was even reluctant to discuss his own career.

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He successfully employed alcoholic vapours, and a varnish of his own invention, to protect paintings against the destructive influence of the atmosphere.

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Each level has its own micro climate.

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Mature was always a self-effacing star who had no delusions about his own work.

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