- volontiers
- volontiers [vɔlɔ̃tje]adverba. ( = de bonne grâce) gladly• je l'aiderais volontiers I would gladly help him• voulez-vous dîner chez nous ? -- volontiers would you like to eat with us? -- I'd love tob. ( = naturellement) readily• on croit volontiers que ... people are quite ready to believe that ...* * *vɔlɔ̃tjeadverbe1) (avec plaisir) gladly
j'irais volontiers à Paris — I'd love to go to Paris
‘tu me le prêtes?’ - ‘volontiers’ — ‘will you lend it to me?’ - ‘certainly’
2) (facilement) [imaginer] easily; [admettre] readilyje le crois volontiers — I'm quite ready to believe him/it
* * *vɔlɔ̃tje adv1) (= de bonne grâce) willingly2) (= avec plaisir) willingly, gladlyJe l'aiderais volontiers s'il me le demandait. — I'd gladly help him if he asked me.
Voulez-vous boire quelque chose? - Volontiers! — Would you like something to drink? - Yes, please!
3) (= habituellement) readily* * *volontiers adv1 (avec plaisir) gladly; je t'aiderais volontiers I would gladly help you; j'irais volontiers à Paris I'd love to go to Paris; ‘tu veux un café/du vin?’-‘(bien) volontiers’ ‘would you like a coffee/some wine?’-‘I'd love one/some’; ‘tu me le prêtes?’-‘volontiers’ ‘will you lend it to me?’-‘certainly’, ‘I'd be delighted to’;2 (facilement) [imaginer, oublier] easily; [reconnaître, admettre] readily; je me passe volontiers de tes services I can easily do without your help; je le crois volontiers I'm quite ready to believe it; on dit/croit/critique volontiers people like to say/think/criticize.[vɔlɔ̃tje] adverbe1. [de bon gré] gladly, willingly[avec plaisir] with pleasureun café? — très volontiers a coffee? — yes please ou I'd love one2. [souvent] willingly, readilyon croit volontiers que... we are apt to think ou ready to believe that...il ne sourit pas volontiers he's not very generous with his smiles
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.