visit

visit
visit
A n
1 (call) visite f ; an official ou state visit une visite officielle ; a home visit une visite à domicile ; a flying visit une visite éclair ; on her first/last visit to China, she… la première/dernière fois qu'elle est allée en Chine, elle… ; he is on an official visit to Canada il est en visite officielle au Canada ; to pay a visit to sb, pay sb a visit (to friend) aller voir qn, rendre visite à qn ; (on business) aller voir qn, aller chez qn ; I'll have to pay a visit to the dentist il faudra que j'aille chez le dentiste ; to have a visit from recevoir la visite de [parents, friend, nurse, police] ; to make a visit to visiter, inspecter [premises, venue] ; to make home visits [doctor etc] faire des visites à domicile ;
2 (stay) séjour m ; a visit to France un séjour en France ; it's my first visit to this country c'est la première fois que je viens dans ce pays ; to go on a visit to faire un séjour à [town].
B vtr
1 (call on) aller voir, rendre visite à [family, friend] ; aller voir, aller chez [doctor, dentist, solicitor, client] ; when can I come and visit you? quand est-ce que je peux venir te voir? ;
2 (see) visiter, aller voir [monument, exhibition, region] ;
3 (inspect) inspecter [school, workplace, premises] ;
4 (on holiday etc) to visit sb venir chez qn ; to visit a country faire un séjour or séjourner dans un pays ; come and visit us for a few days venez passer quelques jours avec nous ; they often come to visit (us) ils viennent souvent chez nous ;
5 (affect) sout to be visited by être éprouvé par [disaster, difficulty] ;
6 (inflict) to visit sth (up) on sb infliger qch à qn ;
7 US (socially) to visit with aller voir, rendre visite à [family, friend].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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