hear

hear
hear [hɪər]
(preterite, past participle heard)
1. transitive verb
   a. entendre
• did you hear what he said? avez-vous entendu ce qu'il a dit ?
• I heard him say that ... je l'ai entendu dire que ...
• I heard someone come in j'ai entendu quelqu'un entrer
• to make o.s. heard se faire entendre
• I couldn't hear myself think (inf) je ne m'entendais plus penser
• to hear him talk you'd think he was an expert à l'entendre, on dirait que c'est un expert
• I have heard it said that ... j'ai entendu dire que ...
• let's hear it for ... (inf) un grand bravo pour ...
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• can you hear him? vous l'entendez ?
• I can't hear you! je ne vous entends pas !
   b. ( = learn) have you heard the news? connaissez-vous la nouvelle ?
• have you heard the one about the Scotsman who ... tu connais l'histoire de l'Écossais qui ...
• I've been hearing bad things about him on m'a dit du mal de lui
• he had heard that they had left il avait entendu dire qu'ils étaient partis
• I hear you've been ill on m'a dit que vous aviez été malade
• did you hear if she's accepted the job? savez-vous si elle a accepté le poste ?
   c. ( = listen to) [+ lecture] assister à
• to hear a case [judge] entendre une cause
• the court has been hearing evidence that he was ... le tribunal a entendu des témoignages selon lesquels il aurait été ...
2. intransitive verb
   a. entendre
• he cannot hear very well il n'entend pas très bien
   b. ( = get news) avoir des nouvelles
• I hear from my daughter every week j'ai des nouvelles de ma fille chaque semaine
• hoping to hear from you (in informal letter) en espérant avoir bientôt de tes nouvelles
• to hear about or of sb/sth entendre parler de qn/qch
• I hear about him from his mother j'ai de ses nouvelles par sa mère
• he was never heard of again on n'a plus jamais entendu parler de lui
• I've never heard of him! je ne le connais pas !
• everyone has heard of him tout le monde a entendu parler de lui
• I've never heard of such a thing! je n'ai jamais entendu parler d'une chose pareille !
• I won't hear of you going there je ne veux absolument pas que tu y ailles
• no! I won't hear of it! non, je ne veux pas en entendre parler !
3. exclamation
• hear, hear! bravo !
► hear out separable transitive verb écouter jusqu'au bout
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[hɪə(r)] 1.
(prét, pp heard) transitive verb
1) entendre

she heard a man coming up the stairs — elle a entendu un homme qui montait l'escalier

I can hear the train whistling — j'entends siffler le train

to hear her talk, you'd think (that) — à l'entendre, on croirait que

we haven't heard the end ou last of it — on n'a pas fini d'en entendre parler

to make oneself ou one's voice heard — lit se faire entendre; fig faire entendre sa voix

2) (learn) apprendre [news, rumour]

to hear (tell) of something — entendre parler de quelque chose

to hear that — apprendre que

to hear it said that — entendre dire que

I've heard so much about you — on m'a tant parlé de vous

I've heard it all before! — je connais la chanson! (colloq)

have you heard the one about...? — (joke) tu connais celle de...?

have you heard? — tu es au courant?

I hear you want to be a doctor — il paraît que tu veux devenir médecin

so I hear —

so I've heard — c'est ce que j'ai entendu dire

to hear whether/why/how — savoir si/pourquoi/comment

3) (listen to) écouter [lecture, broadcast]; [judge] entendre [case, evidence]

to hear what somebody has to say — entendre ce que quelqu'un a à dire

do you hear (me)? — tu m'entends?

to hear Mass — sout assister à la messe

2.
intransitive verb entendre

to hear about — entendre parler de

Phrasal Verbs:
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hear! hear! — bravo!


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