- deviner
- deviner [d(ə)vine]➭ TABLE 1 transitive verba. [+ secret, raison] to guess ; [+ avenir] to foresee• devine qui guess who• tu devines le reste you can imagine the restb. ( = apercevoir) [+ forme, sourire] to make out* * *dəvineverbe transitif1) (parvenir à connaître) to guess [secret]; to foresee, to tell [avenir]2) (soupçonner) to sense [danger]3) (apercevoir) to make out* * *d(ə)vine vt1) [énigme, réponse] to guess2) (= prévoir) [avenir] to foretell, to foresee, [suite, fin] to guess, [pensées, opinion, sentiments, état d'esprit] to guess3) (= s'attendre à, soupçonner)
deviner que — to have an inkling that
Il ne pouvait pas deviner qu'ils allaient revendre la société. — He could have had no inkling that they were going to sell the company.
4) (= apercevoir) to make out, to distinguish* * *deviner verb table: aimerA vtr1 (parvenir à connaître) to guess [secret]; to foresee, to tell [avenir];2 (soupçonner) to sense [danger]; je devine quelque chose de louche là-dessous I smell a rat;3 (imaginer) to imagine; je te laisse deviner leur joie I leave you to imagine their joy;4 (apercevoir) to make out; on devine une maison au loin you can make out a house in the distance; sa robe laisse deviner ses rondeurs you can make out her curves through her dress.B se deviner vtr1 (être facile à connaître) la suite du film se devine aisément it's easy to guess what happens next in the film;2 (transparaître) [inquiétude, trouble] to come out.[dəvine] verbe transitif1. [imaginer] to guess, to work out (separable), to figure (out) (separable)devine qui est là! guess who's here!je n'ai fait que deviner it was sheer guesswork2. [découvrir - énigme, mystère]il a tout de suite deviné ses intentions he saw through her right awaytu ne devineras jamais ce qui m'est arrivé you'll never guess what happened to medeviner que : j'ai deviné qu'il y avait quelque chose de bizarre I guessed there was something strange3. [prédire - avenir] to foresee, to foretell4. [apercevoir]on devinait son soutien-gorge sous son chemisier her bra showed through slightly under her blouse5. (littéraire) [percer à jour]deviner quelqu'un to see through somebody————————se deviner verbe pronominal (emploi passif)1. [être aperçu] to be made outsa tête se devine derrière le rideau you can just make out her head behind the curtain2. [transparaître - sentiment] to show (through)
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.