size

size
size [saɪz]
noun
   a. taille f ; [of room, building, car, chair] dimensions fpl ; [of egg, fruit, jewel] grosseur f ; [of sum] montant m ; [of estate, park, country] étendue f ; [of problem, operation, campaign] ampleur f ; ( = format) format m
• this jumper is the wrong size ce pull n'est pas la bonne taille
• the small/large size [of packet, tube] le petit/grand modèle
• to cut/make sth to size couper/faire qch sur mesure
• it's the size of a brick c'est de la taille d'une brique
• it's the size of a walnut c'est de la grosseur d'une noix
• it's the size of a house/elephant c'est grand comme une maison/un éléphant
• he's about your size il est à peu près de votre taille
• that's about the size of it! c'est à peu près ça !
• he cut the wood to size il a coupé le bois à la dimension voulue
   b. [of coat, skirt, dress, trousers] taille f ; [of shoes] pointure f ; [of shirt] encolure f
• what size are you? (in dress) quelle taille faites-vous ? ; (in shoes) quelle pointure faites-vous ? ; (in shirts) vous faites combien d'encolure ?
• I take size 12 je prends du 40
• what size shoes do you take? vous chaussez du combien ?
• I take size 5 (in shoes) ≈ je chausse du 38
• what size waist are you? quel est votre tour de taille ?
• "one size" « taille unique »
• I need a size smaller il me faut la taille (or la pointure) en-dessous
► size up separable transitive verb
[+ person] jauger ; [+ situation] mesurer
• to size up the problem mesurer l'étendue du problème
• I can't quite size him up ( = don't know what he is like) je n'arrive pas vraiment à le juger ; ( = don't know what he wants) je ne vois pas bien où il veut en venir
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[saɪz] 1.
noun
1) (dimensions) (of person, head, tree, envelope, picture) taille f; (of container, room, building, region) grandeur f; (of apple, egg, book, parcel) grosseur f; (of carpet, bed, machine) dimensions fpl

it's about the size of an egg/of this room — c'est à peu près de la grosseur d'un œuf/de la grandeur de cette pièce

he's about your size — il est à peu près de ta taille

to increase in size — [tree] pousser; [company, town] s'agrandir

to cut something to size — découper quelque chose à la dimension voulue

to be of a size — [people, boxes] être de la même taille

2) (number) (of population, audience) importance f; (of class, school, company) effectif m
3) (of garment) taille f; (of collar) encolure f; (of shoes, gloves) pointure f

what size do you take? — (in clothes) quelle taille faites-vous?; (in shoes) quelle pointure faites-vous?, vous chaussez du combien?

to take size X — (in clothes) faire du X; (in shoes) chausser or faire du X

‘one size’ — ‘taille unique’

try this for size — lit essayez ceci pour voir si c'est votre taille; fig essayez ceci pour voir si cela vous convient

4) (substance) (for paper, textiles) apprêt m; (for plaster) colle f
2.
transitive verb
1) classer [quelque chose] selon la grosseur [eggs, fruit]
2) Technology apprêter [textile, paper]; encoller [plaster]
3) Computing dimensionner [window]
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Phrasal Verbs:
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that's about the size of it! — c'est à peu près ça!

to cut somebody down to size — remettre quelqu'un à sa place


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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