return

return
return [rɪˈtɜ:n]
1. intransitive verb
[person, vehicle] ( = come back) revenir ; ( = go back) retourner ; [symptoms, fears] réapparaître
• to return home rentrer
• have they returned? sont-ils revenus ?
• to return to one's work reprendre son travail
• to return to school rentrer (en classe)
2. transitive verb
   a. ( = give back) rendre ; ( = bring back) rapporter ; ( = send back) renvoyer
• to return money to sb rembourser qn
• she returned the $50 to him elle lui a remboursé les 50 dollars
• to return a book to the library rendre un livre à la bibliothèque
• to return the favour rendre la pareille
   b. ( = declare) to return a verdict of guilty on sb déclarer qn coupable
3. noun
   a. ( = coming, going back) [of person, illness, seasons] retour m
• on my return à mon retour
• my return home mon retour
• many happy returns! bon anniversaire !
   b. ( = giving back) retour m ; ( = sending back) renvoi m
   c. (British) ( = ticket) (billet m) aller-retour m
   d. ( = recompense) (from land, business) rapport m ; (from investments) retour m
• investors are looking for better returns les investisseurs recherchent des placements plus rentables
► in return en revanche
• in return for en récompense de
   e. ( = act of declaring) [of verdict] déclaration f ; [of election results] proclamation f
• tax return (feuille f de) déclaration f d'impôts
4. plural noun
returns (in election) résultats mpl
5. compounds
► return fare noun (British) (prix m du billet) aller-retour m
► return flight noun (British) ( = journey back) vol m (de) retour ; ( = two-way journey) vol m aller et retour
► return journey noun (British) (voyage m) retour m
► return match noun (British) match m retour
► return ticket noun (British) aller-retour m, aller et retour m
► return visit noun ( = repeat visit) nouvelle visite f
• to pay a return visit ( = go back) retourner ; ( = come back) revenir
• it is hoped that a return visit by our German friends can be arranged on espère que nos amis allemands pourront nous rendre visite à leur tour
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‼|/b] [b]retourner is not the most common translation for to return.
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[rɪ'tɜːn] 1.
noun
1) lit, fig (getting back, going back) retour m (to à; from de)

on your return to work — dès que vous aurez repris votre travail

2) (recurrence) retour m (of de)
3) (restitution, bringing back) (of law, practice) retour m (of de); (of object) restitution f (of de)
4) (sending back) renvoi m (of de)
5) Finance (yield on investment) rendement m (on de); (on capital) rémunération f

the law of diminishing returns — la loi des rendements décroissants

6) (travel ticket) aller-retour m inv
7) Theatre billet m rendu à la dernière minute
8) (unsold book) invendu m
2.
returns plural noun Politics résultats mpl
3.
in return adverbial phrase en échange (for de)
4.
transitive verb
1) (give back) rendre; (pay back) rembourser
2) (bring back, take back) rapporter (to à)
3) (put back) remettre
4) (send back) renvoyer

‘return to sender’ — ‘retour à l'expéditeur’

5) (give, issue in return) rendre [greeting]

to return the favour — en faire autant

6) (reciprocate) répondre à [love]
7) Military riposter à [fire]
8) Sport renvoyer [ball]
9) (rejoin) répliquer
10) Law prononcer [verdict]
11) Finance rapporter [profit]
12) Politics élire [candidate]
13) Telecommunications

to return somebody's call — rappeler quelqu'un

5.
intransitive verb
1) (come back) revenir (from de)
2) (go back) retourner (to à)
3) (get back from abroad) rentrer (from de)
4) (get back home) rentrer chez soi
5) (resume)

to return to — reprendre [activity]

to return to power — revenir au pouvoir

6) (recur) [symptom, doubt] réapparaître; [days, times] revenir
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by return of post — par retour du courrier

many happy returns! — bon anniversaire!


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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