for

Signification (Anglais)

Conj

Because.

Prep

1. Towards; in the direction of.
2. Directed at; intended to belong to.
3. In order to help, benefit, gratify, honor etc. (someone or something).
4. Befitting of someone’s beliefs, needs, wants, skills, or tastes; best suited to.
5. To be used or treated in a stated way, or with a stated purpose.
6. Supporting, in favour of.
7. Because of.
8. In order to cure, remove or counteract.
9. So as to allow (something or someone) to take position.
10. In anticipation of.
11. So as to identify or locate.
12. Over (a period of time).
13. Throughout or across (a distance in space).
14. Used to introduce a subject of a to-infinitive clause.
15. On behalf of.
16. In the role or capacity of; instead of; in place of.
17. In exchange for; in correspondence or equivalence with.
18. In order to obtain or acquire.
19. By the standards of, usually with the implication that those standards are lower than one might otherwise expect; considering.
20. To be, or as being.
21. Despite, in spite of.
22. Indicating something desired or anticipated.
23. Introducing the first item(s) in a potential sequence .
24. (US) In honor of; after.
25. (UK) Due for or facing (a certain outcome or fate).
26. (US) Out of; used to indicate a fraction, a ratio
27. Used as part of a score to indicate the number of wickets that have fallen.
28. (obsolete) Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done.
29. (nonstandard) So (that), in order to
30. Used in various other more-or-less idiomatic ways to construe individual verbs, indicating various semantic relationships such as target, purpose, result, etc.; see also the entries for individual phrasal verbs, e.g. ask for, look for, stand for, etc.

Particle

To, the particle for marking the following verb as an infinitive.

Concepts

pour

car

parce que

de

pendant

à

en

comme

puisque

quelque chose

en raison

depuis

durant

par

à cause de

avec

dans

en raison de

vu que

attendu que

accuser

quelqu’un

pendant que

il y a

lors

contre

tandis que

porter plainte

brosser un sombre tableau

peindre un sombre tableau

dresser un sombre tableau

peindre un tableau sombre

brosser un tableau pessimiste

dépeindre un sombre tableau

présenter un sombre tableau

brosser un tableau sombre

brosser un tableau mitigé

décrire un sombre tableau

brosser un tableau négatif

présenter un tableau sombre

esquisser un sombre tableau

dresser un tableau sombre

dépeindre un tableau sombre

brosser un tableau monstrueux

prendre la responsabilité

supporter la responsabilité

accepter la responsabilité

dans le courant

pedant

appartenir à

Opposé de

against

Synonymes

because

to

since

as

because of

on account of

in order to

due to

during

owing to

in

at

on

🔛

of

while

per

for the sake of

towards

whereas

whilst

toward

through

sake

🍶

owing

on behalf of

with

by

from

for sake of

over

about

something

before

concerning

in the capacity of

into

upon

an

somebody

so that

benefactive

for the purpose of

a

🅰️

against

regarding

until

that

aboard

seeing

so

Traductions

voor

per

من أجل

für

por

para

porque

perché

zu

para

διότι

weil

omdat

per

quod

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔː(ɹ)/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: for

Hérité de ancien anglais: for

Appartenant à frison occidental: foar

Appartenant à néerlandais: voor

Appartenant à allemand: für

Appartenant à danois: for

Appartenant à suédois: för

Appartenant à norvégien: for

Appartenant à islandais: fyrir

Appartenant à latin: per

Appartenant à espagnol: para

Appartenant à grec ancien: περί

Appartenant à lituanien: per

Appartenant à sanskrit: परि

In summary

From Middle English for, from Old English for (“for, because of”), from Proto-Germanic *furi (“for”), from Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-.
Cognate with West Frisian foar (“for”), Dutch voor (“for”), German für (“for”), Danish for (“for”), Swedish för (“for”), Norwegian for (“for”), Icelandic fyrir (“for”), Latin per (“by, through, for, by means of”) and Romance language descendants (e.g. Spanish por (“for”)), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “for, about, toward”), Lithuanian per (“by, through, during”), Slovak pre (“for”), Sanskrit परि (pári, “over, around”).

Phrases

The concert was loud enough for everyone in the city to hear .

Le concert était assez fort pour que tout le monde dans la ville puisse entendre.

The river is used for a variety of purposes .

La rivière est utilisée à diverses fins.

At its center was Henry Clay Square , a large area reserved for public buildings .

À son centre se trouvait Henry Clay Square, une grande zone réservée aux bâtiments publics.

Everywhere there were stalls with items for sale .

Partout, il y avait des stands avec des articles à vendre.

The president is elected by the National Assembly for a five-year term .

Le président est élu par l'Assemblée nationale pour un mandat de cinq ans.

Most of Lou Reed's band joined Cooper for this record .

La plupart du groupe de Lou Reed a rejoint Cooper pour ce disque.