dress

dress
dress [dres]
1. noun
   a. ( = woman's garment) robe f
   b. ( = way of dressing) tenue f
• in eastern/traditional dress en tenue orientale/traditionnelle
2. transitive verb
   a. [+ child, family, customer] habiller
• to get dressed bien s'habiller
• he's old enough to dress himself il est assez grand pour s'habiller tout seul
   b. [+ salad] assaisonner ; [+ chicken, crab] préparer
   c. [+ wound] panser
• to dress sb's wound panser la blessure de qn
3. intransitive verb
s'habiller
• to dress in black s'habiller en noir
• to dress as a woman s'habiller en femme
• she dresses very well elle s'habille avec goût
4. compounds
► dress code noun tenue f (vestimentaire) de rigueur
► dress circle noun (Theatre) corbeille f
► dress designer noun couturier m
► dress rehearsal noun répétition f générale
► dress sense noun
• he has no dress sense at all il ne sait absolument pas s'habiller ► dress shirt noun chemise f de soirée
► dress up
1. intransitive verb
   a. ( = put on smart clothes) bien s'habiller
• there's no need to dress up il n'y a pas besoin de se mettre sur son trente et un
   b. ( = put on fancy dress) se déguiser
• to dress up as ... se déguiser en ...
• the children love dressing up les enfants adorent se déguiser
2. separable transitive verb
( = disguise) déguiser (as en)
* * *
[dres] 1.
noun
1) robe f
2) [U] tenue f

his style of dress — son style vestimentaire

2.
noun modifier [material, design] de robe
3.
transitive verb
1) habiller [person]

to get dressed — s'habiller

2) Culinary assaisonner [salad]; préparer [meat, fish]
3) Medicine panser [wound]
4.
intransitive verb s'habiller

to dress in a suit — mettre un costume

5.
reflexive verb

to dress oneself — s'habiller

Phrasal Verbs:
••

dressed to kill — habillé de façon irrésistible


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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