man
( men pl )
(=adult male) homme m
a handsome man un bel homme
→ Larry was a handsome man in his early fifties.
to a man
(=without exception) comme un seul homme
→ To a man, the surveyors blamed the government.
to be man enough to do sth avoir le courage de faire qch
→ I'm man enough to admit my mistake.
to be one's own man
(=independent-minded) être son propre maître
→ He became his own man, following his own personal course
→
betting man
→
gambling man
(=husband) mari m
man and wife mari et femme
my man
(=husband) mon mari
(=partner) mon ami, mon compagnon
(=player) joueur m
→ they had to play the last 20 minutes with ten men
(=worker) ouvrier m
The men voted to accept the pay offer. Les ouvriers ont voté en faveur de la proposition salariale.
(=soldier) homme m
→ a drill sergeant who would work with the men at least one hour every morning
(=human beings) homme m
the brutality of man towards nature la violence de l'homme envers la nature
known to man, the most dangerous substance known to man la plus dangereuse substance connue
(CHESS) pièce f
→ Both players begin with the same number of men.
excl mon vieux m , vieux m
→ Chad, are you freaking out on me again man?
Hey man, where d'you get those boots? Hé vieux tu les as eues où ces chaussures?
→ `Hey, man, congratulations!" says Rob Schneider
(=be employed in, be employed on)
[+call centre, office, helpdesk, switchboard] assurer une permanence à, être de service à
[+factory] assurer la marche de, constituer la main d'œuvre de
[+fort] tenir
those who man the office ceux qui assurent la permanence au bureau
to man the phones être de permanence téléphonique, assurer une permanence téléphonique
→ They manned the phones all through the night.
→ cancer helpline nurses who man a telephone five days a week
to man the barricades tenir les barricades
→ During the French Revolution women manned the barricades alongside men
(=find personnel for)
[+building, office, factory] recruter du personnel pour
[+factory] recruter de la main d'œuvre pour
[+fort] garnir d'hommes, trouver des hommes pour tenir The station is seldom manned in the evening La permanence de la gare est rarement assurée dans la soirée., La gare est généralement sans personnel dans la soirée.
action man
n (fig) aventurier m
→ Taylor gave up work to recover from the accident - and then became an extreme sports action man
→ He looked forward to being an action man instead of an adviser.
best man
n garçon m d'honneur
→ My brother was the best man at her wedding.
betting man
n
(=gambler) joueur m
→ If I was a betting man I'd put £100 on it
Are you a betting man, Mr Day? Êtes-vous joueur, M. Day?
confidence man (mainly US)
n
(=con man) escroc m
con man , conman
n escroc m
→ A few years ago she was the victim of a con man.
delivery man
n ( delivery men pl ) livreur m
→ a pizza delivery man
dirty old man *
n vieux cochon * m
dustbin man ( dustbin men pl )
n (British) éboueur m
family man
n ( family men pl )
he's a family man il aime la vie de famille
gambling man
n
(=gambler) joueur m
Are you a gambling man, Mr Graham? Êtes-vous joueur, M. Graham?
garbage man
n (US) éboueur m
hatchet man
n
* homme m de main
he-man
n
* (vrai) mâle * m
Isle of Man
n
the Isle of Man l'île f de Man
ladies' man old-fashioned
n homme m à femmes
→ He had quite a reputation as a ladies' man.
leading man
n vedette m masculine
→ Kurosawa's favourite leading man, Toshiro Mifune
to be sb's leading man partager la tête d'affiche avec qn
her leading man l'acteur qui partage la tête d'affiche avec elle
lollipop man *
n (British) personne chargée d'aider les écoliers à traverser la rue personne chargée d'aider les écoliers à traverser la rue
main man *
n (US) meilleur pote * m
-man
suffix
(=-person)
a four-man crew un équipage de quatre personnes
→ The four-man crew on board the fishing trawler ...
a two-man tent une tente pour deux personnes
Man.
abbr ( Canada, Manitoba)
man-eater
n
(=woman) mante f religieuse
man-eating
adj
[animal] mangeur (-se) d'homme
→ ... lakes that contain man-eating sharks.
→ ... man-eating lions.
man-hour
n heure-homme f , heure f de main-d'œuvre
man-made
adj
[fibre, fabric] synthétique
→ a variety of materials, both natural and man-made
[lake, barrier] artificiel (le)
(=caused by man) provoqué (e) par l'homme
a man-made disaster une catastrophe provoquée par l'homme
→ Man-made and natural disasters have disrupted the Government's economic plans.
man-to-man
adj
[talk] d'homme à homme
[combat] d'homme à homme
man-to-man marking (SPORT) marquage individuel
adv
[talk] d'homme à homme
medicine man
n ( medicine men pl ) sorcier m guérisseur
no-man's land
n
(in battle)
no man's land m
→ In Tobruk, leading a patrol in no-man's land, he was blown up by a mortar bomb.
(=wasteland) terrain m vague
(=indefinite area) zone f mal définie
→ The play is set in the dangerous no-man's land between youth and adolescence ...
→ The failure helped to drive Labour even further into a no-man's land of ideological muddle.
odd-job man
n homme m à tout faire
one-man
adj
[business] individuel (le)
→ It has grown from a one-man business to a multi-million dollar business with close to $10 million in assets ...
[rule] autocratique
→ He established one-man rule in his country seven months ago.
[canoe] monoplace
→
one-man show
one-man band
n homme-orchestre m
one-man show
n one man show m
→ I saw him do his one-man show in London, which I loved.
point man
n
(=spokesman) porte-parole m inv
→ Colin Campbell, the SNP's point-man on defence
Portuguese man-of-war
n
(=jellyfish) galère f
rag-and-bone man
n chiffonnier m
removal man
n ( removal men pl ) (British) déménageur m
repair man , repairman
n réparateur m
→ ... a cheerful telephone repairman.
right-hand man
n bras droit > (fig)
sandwich man ( sandwich men pl )
n homme-sandwich m
sanitation man ( sanitation men pl )
n (US) éboueur m
stunt man , stuntman
n cascadeur m
→ The British stunt man Eddie Kidd jumped over the Great Wall of China on a motorcycle.
VAT man
n (British)
* the VAT man inspecteur des impôts chargé du contrôle de la TVA inspecteur des impôts chargé du contrôle de la TVA
working man
n salarié m
→ Is the Labour Party the great champion of the working man?
yes man *
n ( yes men pl ) béni-oui-oui * m inv
→ The boss is surrounded by yes-men fearful for their jobs.