write

write
write (prét wrote ; pp written)
A vtr
1 (put down on paper) écrire [letter, poem, novel] (to à) ; composer [song, symphony] ; rédiger [business letter, article, essay, report] ; faire [cheque, prescription] ; écrire [software, program] ; élaborer [legislation] ; she wrote that she was changing jobs elle a écrit qu'elle changeait de travail ; it is written that sout il est écrit que ; he wrote me a cheque for 100 euros il m'a fait un chèque de 100 euros ; it's written in Italian c'est écrit en italien ; I wrote home j'ai écrit à ma famille ; guilt was written all over her face fig la culpabilité se lisait sur son visage ; he had ‘policeman’ written all over him fig ça crevait les yeux qu'il était policier ;
2 US (compose a letter to) écrire à [person] ; write me when you get to Rome écris-moi quand tu arriveras à Rome.
B vi
1 (form words) écrire ; to learn to write apprendre à écrire ; to write in pencil/pen écrire au crayon/stylo ; to write neatly/badly écrire bien/mal ; this pen doesn't write ce stylo n'écrit pas ; I have nothing to write with je n'ai rien pour écrire ; give me something to write on donne-moi un papier pour écrire ; to write sth into a contract inclure qch dans un contrat ;
2 (compose professionally) écrire (for pour) ; I write for a living je suis écrivain de métier ; to write about ou on traiter de [current affairs, ecology] ;
3 (correspond) écrire (to sb à qn) ; I'll try to write every week j'essaierai d'écrire chaque semaine.
Phrasal verbs
■ write away écrire (to à) ; to write away for sth demander qch par écrit [catalogue, details].
■ write back :
▶ write back répondre (to à) ;
▶ write [sth] back Accts, Fin réévaluer [asset] ;
▶ write back [sth] écrire [letter].
■ write down :
▶ write [sth] down, write down [sth]
1 (note) noter [details, name] ; mettre [qch] par écrit [ideas, suggestions] ;
2 (record) consigner [qch] par écrit [information, findings, adventures] ;
3 Comm, Fin (reduce) réduire [price] ; dévaluer [stocks] ; amortir [debt].
■ write in :
▶ write in écrire (to sb à qn ; to do pour faire) ; please write in with your suggestions vous êtes invités à nous envoyer vos suggestions ; to write in to écrire une lettre à [TV show, presenter] ;
▶ write [sb] in US Pol inscrire le nom de [candidate].
■ write off :
▶ write off écrire une lettre (to à) ; to write off for écrire pour demander [catalogue, information] ;
▶ write [sth/sb] off
1 (wreck) gen bousiller ○ complètement [car] ; Insur mettre [qch] en épave [car] ;
2 Accts passer [qch] par pertes et profits [bad debt, loss] ; amortir [capital] ;
3 (end) annuler [debt, project, operation] ;
4 (dismiss) [critic] enterrer ○ [person, athlete] ; to write sb off for dead tenir qn pour mort.
■ write out :
▶ write [sth] out, write out [sth]
1 (put down on paper) écrire [instructions, list] ;
2 (copy) copier [lines, words] ; write it out again neatly recopie-le au propre ;
▶ write [sb] out TV, Radio supprimer [character] (of de).
■ write up :
▶ write [sth] up, write up [sth]
1 (produce in report form) rédiger [findings, notes] ;
2 Accts, Fin réévaluer [asset].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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