front
[+house, structure] devant m
→ She came crawling out of a trap-door in the front of the stage.
[+garment] devant m
→ jackets with buttons down the front
the front of the house le devant de la maison
in front (adv)
devant
→ Jaykar walked in front with Sudhir behind him.
a house with a car in front une maison avec une voiture devant
the car in front la voiture de devant
→ He was driving too close to the car in front.
to be in front (in race, contest)
mener
→ Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race.
in front of (prep)
devant
→ She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror
→ They never argued in front of their children.
→ I couldn't tell you in front of Sam
in front of the house devant la maison
→ A car drew up in front of the house.
the car in front of us la voiture devant nous
[+coach, train, car] avant m
→ The cop searched the front of the car.
in the front à l'avant
I was sitting in the front. J'étais assis à l'avant.
at the front of the train à l'avant du train
[+book] début m
The index is at the front. L'index est au début.
sea front
(=promenade) front m de mer
→ a stroll along the front
(METEOROLOGY) front m
→ a cold/warm front
(in war)
front m
→ Her husband is fighting at the front.
(=area of activity) front m
→ We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
He made progress on various fronts. Il a fait des progrès sur plusieurs fronts.
on the political front sur le plan politique
→ On the political front, little progress has been made
on the economic front sur le plan économique
→ On the economic front, the programme for reform is beginning to take effect
on the home front
(=domestically) au plan national
(=appearances) façade f
→ I knew this carefree attitude was only a front.
Michael kept up a brave front. Michael a conservé une façade digne.
to put on a front faire bonne figure
→ It would be another day of putting on a front, but too bad.
(=cover) couverture f
to be a front for sth [+illegal activity] être une couverture pour qch
→ The organization was used as a front for drug trafficking.
[+regime, political party] être une couverture pour qch
→ The present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.
adj de devant
→ She was only six and still missing her front teeth
the front row la rangée de devant
the front seats
[+car, bus] les sièges avant
the front seats of the car les sièges avant de la voiture
vt
(=be the leader of) être à la tête de → He fronted a formidable band of guerilla fighters against the Pakistan army → He fronts a group called Haircuts That Kill.
back to front
adv à l'envers
→ He wears his baseball cap back to front.
→ You've got your T-shirt on back to front.
to do sth back to front faire qch à l'envers
→ He has done it all back to front, he should have organized the meeting first.
cold front
n
(=weather front) front m froid
▲
front onto
vt fus donner sur
→ houses that front directly onto little courtyards
front bench
n (British)
[+government] les ministres mpl
[+opposition] les membres mpl du cabinet fantôme
front benches
npl (British)
seats le banc des ministres et celui des membres du cabinet fantôme le banc des ministres et celui des membres du cabinet fantôme
people ~les chefs de file des partis politiques
front crawl
n crawl m
front desk
n (US, in hotel, at doctor's) réception f
front door
n
[+house] porte f d'entrée
[+car] portière f avant
front-fastening bra
n soutien-gorge m qui s'agrafe devant
front line
n
(in war)
première ligne f
on the front line en première ligne
→ ... a massive concentration of soldiers on the front line.
to be in the front line (fig) être en première ligne
→ Allen will be in the front line as Granada faces some of its toughest challenges
→ hard-nosed jobs where you're always in the front line
→ Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.
front-line
adj
[troops, news] du front
[countries, areas] limitrophe (d'un pays en guerre)
→ ... the front-line states bordering South Africa.
[worker, service] de première ligne
→ a front-line management job
→ the multifarious "challenge" of working in a front-line public service.
front-loading washing machine
n lave-linge m à chargement frontal
front-page
adj
[article] qui fait la une
→ ... a front-page article in last week's paper.
front page
n
[+newspaper] première page f
→ The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers ...
to make the front page faire la une, faire la première page
→ The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.
front-page news
n
to be front-page news faire la une, faire la première page
→ It was front page news here for weeks.
front room
n (British)
(=living room) salon m
front runner
n favori (te) m/f
→ Neither of the front-runners in the presidential election is a mainstream politician.
to be a front runner for sth être l'un des favoris (favorites) pour qch
He is a front runner for the party leadership. C'est l'un des favoris pour la présidence du parti.
front-wheel drive
n
(=car, system) traction f avant
modif
[car] traction avant
National Front
n (British) parti britannique d'extrême-droite parti britannique d'extrême-droite
shop front
n (British) devanture f
up front , up-front, upfront
*
(=open)
[person] franc (franche)
→ They tended to have a much more up-front attitude.
to be up front about sth être franc (franche) sur qch
→ You can't help being biased so you may as well be up front about it ...
(FINANCE)
[cost, charge] de départ
→ The eleven percent loan has no up-front costs.
adv
[pay] d'avance
→ For the first time the government's actually put some money up front ...
→ Some companies charge a fee up front, but we don't think that's right.
warm front
n front m chaud
