people

people
people [ˈpi:pl]
1. plural noun
   a. ( = persons) gens mpl, personnes fpl
• a lot of people beaucoup de gens
• what a lot of people! que de monde !
• what will people think? que vont penser les gens ?
• people say ... on dit ...
• the place was full of people il y avait beaucoup de monde
• she doesn't know many people elle ne connaît pas grand monde
• several people said ... plusieurs personnes ont dit ...
• some people might prefer to wait il y a peut-être des personnes qui préféreraient attendre
• how many people? combien de personnes ?
• there were 120 people at the lecture il y avait 120 personnes à la conférence
► adjective + people
• nice people des gens sympathiques
• they're nice people ce sont des gens bien
• old people les personnes fpl âgées ; (less respectful) les vieux mpl
• young people les jeunes mpl
• they're strange people ce sont de drôles de gens
• French people les Français mpl
   b. ( = inhabitants, natives) [of a country] population f ; [of district, town] habitants mpl
• Liverpool people are friendly à Liverpool les gens sont gentils
► the people le peuple
• government by the people gouvernement m par le peuple
• the minister must tell the people the truth le ministre doit dire la vérité au pays
• a man of the people un homme du peuple
   c. ( = employees, workers) (inf) the marketing people les gens mpl du marketing
2. noun
( = nation) peuple m
• the American people le peuple américain
3. transitive verb
• peopled with peuplé de
4. compounds
► people trafficking noun trafic m d'êtres humains
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['piːpl] 1.
noun (nation) peuple m, peuplade f

the English-speaking peoples — les anglophones mpl

2.
plural noun
1) (in general) gens mpl; (specified or counted) personnes fpl

old people — les personnes âgées

they're nice people — ce sont des gens sympathiques

there were a lot of people — il y avait beaucoup de monde

other people say that... — d'autres disent que...

other people's property — la propriété des autres

he likes helping people — il aime aider les autres

you shouldn't do that in front of people — tu ne devrais pas faire ça en public

people in general — le grand public

what do you people want? — que voulez-vous?

you of all people! — je n'aurais jamais pensé ça de toi!

you of all people should know that... — tu devrais savoir encore mieux que les autres que...

2) (inhabitants) (of town) habitants mpl; (of a country) peuple m
3) (citizens, subjects)

the people — le peuple

a man of the people — un homme du peuple

4) (colloq) (experts) gens (colloq) mpl

the tax people — les gens (colloq) des impôts

5) (colloq) (relations) famille f; (parents) parents mpl
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gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens

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