front

front
front [fʀɔ̃]
1. masculine noun
   a. (de personne) forehead
• il peut marcher le front haut he can hold his head up high
   b. (Military, Politics), (Météo) front
• tué au front killed in action
• attaquer qn de front to attack sb head-on
• se heurter de front to collide head-on ; (figurative) to clash head-on
• marcher (à) trois de front to walk three abreast
• mener plusieurs tâches de front to have several tasks in hand
• aborder de front un problème to tackle a problem head-on
• faire front aux difficultés to face up to the difficulties
• faire front commun contre qn/qch to take a united stand against sb/sth
   c. front (de taille) face ; [de houillère] coalface
2. compounds
► front de mer sea front
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fʀɔ̃
1.
nom masculin
1) Anatomie forehead, brow littér
2) Armée front

sur le front de l'emploi — fig on the job front

faire front commun contre l'ennemi — to make a united stand against the enemy

3) (façade) façade
4) Météorologie front
5) (en politique) front

2.
de front locution adverbiale

aborder un problème de front — to tackle a problem head-on

les voitures se sont heurtées de front — the cars collided head-on

ils marchaient à quatre de front — they were walking four abreast

mener plusieurs tâches de front — to have several jobs on the go

Phrasal Verbs:
••

avoir le front de faire quelque chose — to have the face ou effrontery to do something

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fʀɔ̃ nm
1) ANATOMIE forehead
2) MILITAIRE front
3) MÉTÉO front
4) POLITIQUE front
5) (= aplomb)

avoir le front de faire — to have the effrontery to do

6) (autres locutions)

de front (= de face) [se heurter] — head-on, (= côte à côte) [rouler, marcher] together (two or three abreast)

Les cyclistes roulaient à quatre de front sur une route de campagne. — The cyclists were riding four abreast along a country road.

faire front à — to face up to

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front
A nm
1 Anat forehead, brow littér; avoir le front haut to have a high forehead; s'essuyer le front to wipe one's brow; elle a une cicatrice sur le or au front she has a scar on her forehead; relever le front fig to stand up for oneself; c'est lui le coupable, c'est écrit sur son front he's the culprit, it's written all over his face;
2 Mil front; être envoyé au front to be sent to the front; le front ennemi the enemy front; sur le front social/de l'emploi fig on the social/job front; faire front commun contre l'ennemi to stand together against the enemy; faire front à qn/qch to stand up to sb/sth;
3 (façade) façade;
4 Météo front; front chaud/froid warm/cold front;
5 Pol front.
B de front loc adv aborder un problème de front to tackle a problem head-on; les voitures se sont heurtées de front the cars collided head-on; ils marchaient à quatre de front they were walking four abreast; mener plusieurs tâches de front to have several tasks on the go.
Composés
Front de libération nationale, FLN Hist National Liberation Front, FLN; front de mer seafront; Front populaire Hist Popular Front; front de taille Mines coalface.
Idiome
avoir le front de faire qch to have the face ou effrontery to do sth; ⇒ sueur.
[frɔ̃] nom masculin
1. ANATOMIE forehead, brow
baisser le front (sens propre) to lower one's head
baisser ou courber le front (figuré) to submit
relever le front to regain confidence
le front haut proudly, with one's head held high
2. [d'une montagne] face
[d'un monument] frontage, façade
front de mer seafront
3. [audace]
avoir le front de faire to have the audacity ou impudence to do
4. POLITIQUE front
le Front populaire the Popular Front
le Front national the National Front
front uni united front
faire front to form a united front, to close ranks
faire front devant l'adversaire to present a united front to the enemy
faire front commun contre quelqu'un/quelque chose to make common cause against somebody/something
je ne suis pas sûr qu'il puisse faire front seul I'm not sure he'll be able to cope alone
5. MILITAIRE [zone] front
[ligne] front line
6. MINES [généralement] face
[dans une houillère] coalface
front de taille working face
7. MÉTÉOROLOGIE front
front froid/chaud cold/warm front
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de front locution adverbiale
1. [attaquer] head-on
aborder une difficulté de front to tackle a problem head-on
2. [en vis-à-vis] head-on
se heurter de front
{{ind}}a. [véhicules] to collide head-on
{{ind}}b. [adversaires] to come into direct confrontation
3. [côte à côte] abreast
on ne peut pas passer de front you can't get through side by side
nous marchions de front we were walking next to one another
rouler à trois voitures de front to drive three (cars) abreast
4. [en même temps] at the same time, at a time
LE FRONT POPULAIRE
The coalition of socialists, radicals and communists who came to power in 1936 under Léon Blum. Within a remarkably short period it established the forty-hour week and holidays with pay for commerce and industry, and passed a range of laws relating to the rights of trade unions.

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.

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