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Signification (English)

Noun

1. A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
2. A solution to a problem.
3. Someone or something that fills a similar role or position.
4. A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.

Verb

1. To make a reply or response to.
2. To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
3. To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
4. To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
5. To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
6. To file a document in response to a complaint.
7. To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
8. To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
9. To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
10. To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
11. To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
12. (obsolete) To render account to or for.
13. (obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
14. (obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.

Concepts

répondre

réponse

résoudre

solution

réplique

répondre (à)

répondre à

riposte

répliquer

comprendre

suffire

respondre

dire

🗣️

correspondre à

information

manifester

parler

🗣️

poser

quelque chose

rencontrer

rendre

responsable

accepter

🉑

riposter

satisfaire

servir

assumer la responsabilité

décrocher le téléphone

réagir

suffire à

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être suffisant pour

prendre la responsabilité

supporter la responsabilité

accepter la responsabilité

résultat

avis

confronter

conséquence

considérer

contredire

correspondre

de

décider

décrocher

dénouement

dénouer

être

faire

Synonyms

reply

respond

response

solution

retort

rejoinder

account

resolve

reaction

return

solve

key

🔑

react

explanation

satisfy

serve

rejoin

reply to

defense

do

counter

replica

objection

crackdown

suffice

cue

rebuttal

resolution

repay

accept

🉑

plea

comeback

tell

come back

correspond

fill

explain

be sufficient

translate

respond to

meet

spoken answer

n

n

replication

make a reply

fulfill

riposte

sass

speak in reply

fulfil

plead

report

present

retaliate

result

solvent

give back

sort out

speak

🗣️

echo

take

pick up the phone

promise

punish

punishment

put over

puzzle out

read

📖

reciprocate

refutation

repeat

🔁

replay

replier

represent

reproduction

request

rescript

responsible

responsible for

restore

retortion

revenge

say

🗣️

see

👀

send back

settle

something

statement

take back

take in charge

testimony

give an answer

troubleshoot

turn

understand

unriddle

work

rebutter

tell about

trouble-shoot

another word

written answer

give answer

call out in reply

give an answering call

repay a favour

grant one’s petition

make return

return something

solving object

accountable

acknowledge

announce

answer back

answer for

answers

answer the phone

backtalk

be

bear

🐻

be enough

be responsible

break

change

check

clean up

complete

comply

confirm

confute

convey

count

🔢

counterattack

counterclaim

countervail

deal

debate

decide

decipher

declare

defence

denouement

determine

discovery

draw

elucidate

elucidation

enucleate

equal

express

feed back

field

fill in

for

give

honor

honour

in charge

intend

know

mean

notification

observe

occur

of

outcome

pay

💸

pay back

payment

💸

pick up

Coupé comme

an‧swer

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɑːn.sə/

Étymologie (English)

Inherited from moyen anglais: answere

Inherited from ancien anglais: andswaru

Cognate with Old Frisian: ondser

Cognate with Old Saxon: andswōr

Cognate with danois: -

Cognate with suédois: ansvar

Cognate with islandais: andsvar

Cognate with ancien anglais: andwyrde

Cognate with néerlandais: antwoord

Cognate with allemand: Antwort

Cognate with ancien anglais: andcwiss

Cognate with allemand: Schwur

Inherited from moyen anglais: answeren

Inherited from ancien anglais: andswarian

Cognate with Old Frisian: ondswera

Cognate with danois: ansvare

Cognate with suédois: ansvara

Cognate with islandais: andsvara

In summary

From Middle English answere, andsware, from Old English andswaru (“answer”), from and- (“against”) + -swaru (“affirmation”), (from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- (“front, forehead”) and Old English swerian (“to swear”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer-), suggesting an original meaning of "a sworn statement rebutting a charge". The cognates suggest the existence of Proto-Germanic *andaswarō (“a reply to a question”). Cognate with Old Frisian ondser (“answer”), Old Saxon andswōr (“answer”), Danish and Swedish ansvar (“liability, responsibility, answer”), Icelandic andsvar (“answer, response”). Compare also Old English andwyrde (“answer”) (cognate to Dutch antwoord, German Antwort), Old English andcwiss (“reply”), German Schwur (“oath, vow”).

Phrases

And nobody could accept that answer .

Et personne ne pouvait accepter cette réponse.

He co-starred with Kate Burton in both Give Me Your Answer , Do !

Il a joué avec Kate Burton dans les deux donnez-moi votre réponse, faites!

The Englishman didn't answer him directly .

L'Anglais ne lui a pas répondu directement.

The boy mumbled an answer that allowed him to avoid responding to her question .

Le garçon marmonna une réponse qui lui a permis d'éviter de répondre à sa question.