Traduction near en Français | Dictionnaire Anglais-Français (2024)

(in distance) It's fairly near. C'est assez près d'ici.
My office is quite near. Mon bureau est tout près.
It's near enough to walk. On peut facilement y aller à pied., C'est assez près pour y aller à pied.
the nearest le plus proche
Where's the nearest service station? Où est la station-service la plus proche?
The nearest shops were three kilometres away. Les magasins les plus proches étaient à trois kilomètres.

(in time) proche
Christmas is quite near now. Noël est tout proche.
in the near future dans un proche avenir

(in prices, British, Australian) £25,000 or nearest offer 25 000 livres à débattre

[darkness, poverty, collapse] quasi-
in near darkness dans la quasi-obscurité
We were sitting in near darkness. Nous étions assis, dans la quasi-obscurité.
a near tragedy, Very often tragedies or near tragedies occurred. Très souvent, des tragédies se produisaient, ou manquaient de se produire.

(=close by) [live] près
→ He must live quite near.
to come near s'approcher
→ He refused to come near.
→ No birds or animals came near.
Don't come any nearer! Ne vous approchez pas!
Don't go any nearer! Ne vous approchez pas!
to draw near [day, time] approcher
The wedding day drew near. Le jour du mariage approchait.
→ Ten o'clock drew nearer.
near and far d'ici et d'ailleurs
→ Commonwealth countries, great and small, near and far, have issued special postage stamps
to come from near and far venir des quatre coins du pays
People came from near and far. Les gens venaient des quatre coins du pays.
→ friends gathered from near and far to honour Jimmy

(=almost) quasi before n
[catastrophic, perfect, fatal] quasi
→ a near fatal accident
→ the country's near catastrophic economic troubles
a near perfect landing un atterrissage quasi parfait
a near disastrous exercise un exercice qui a bien failli tourner au désastre
near enough an hour (=just about) pas loin d'une heure
I've been working at it for near enough an hour. Je travaille dessus depuis pas loin d'une heure.

(=not at all)
to be nowhere near finished n'être pas prêt d'être terminé
nowhere near ready loin d'être prêt
→ The genetic technology for using animals as vaccine factories is nowhere near ready
→ The Japan team looked interesting, but nowhere near ready to tackle the likes of Argentina
to be nowhere near good enough être loin d'être assez bon
→ These results are nowhere near good enough to get you a degree

(in distance)
[+place] près de
I live near Liverpool. J'habite près de Liverpool.
I stood very near them. Je me tenais très près d'eux.
He pulled her nearer him. Il l'attira vers lui.
near my house près de chez moi
near here près d'ici
Is there a bank near here? Est-ce qu'il y a une banque près d'ici?
near there non loin de là
near to près de
It's very near to the school. C'est tout près de l'école.
to not come near sb, Don't come near me! Ne t'approche pas de moi!
He hasn't come near us since I asked him for a petrol contribution. On ne l'a plus revu depuis que je lui ai demandé de participer aux frais d'essence.
to not go near sth, He won't go near a hospital. Il refuse de mettre les pieds dans un hôpital.
He will absolutely not go near a hospital. Il refuse absolument de mettre les pieds dans un hôpital.

(in time) proche
near the beginning of [+match, show, book] en début de
It happened near the beginning of the game. C'est arrivé en début de match.
near the end of [+match, show, book] en fin de
nearer the time of sth lorsque l'heure de qch approchera
→ Remind me again nearer the time of the meeting.
to near completion, The work is near completion. Le travail est près d'être achevé.

to be near sth [+state, situation] être au bord de qch
to be near collapse être au bord de l'effondrement
The country was near economic collapse. Le pays était au bord de l'effondrement économique.
→ It cannot truthfully be said that Britain was ever near economic collapse.
to be near the truth être proche de la vérité
Her views were fairly near the truth. Ses vues étaient assez proches de la vérité.

[+place, person] approcher de
→ He was nearing the door when the light went on.
They neared the harbour. Ils approchaient du port.

[+planes] quasi-collision f
Most near misses in the air are caused by pilot error. La plupart des quasi-collisions sont dues à des erreurs de pilotage.

(when aiming) coup m manqué de peu
→ He had two direct hits and three near misses.

(in competition) (=near-victory) quasi-victoire f
→ Milan's near-miss in the Italian championship last season

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