make

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. (transitive) To create.
2. (transitive) To create.
3. (transitive) To create.
4. (transitive) To create.
5. (transitive) To create.
6. (colloquial, intransitive) To behave, to act.
7. (intransitive) To tend; to contribute; to have effect; with for or against.
8. To constitute.
9. (transitive) To add up to, have a sum of.
10. (transitive) To interpret.
11. (stressed, transitive, usually) To bring into success.
12. (ditransitive) To cause to be.
13. To cause to appear to be; to represent as.
14. (ditransitive) To cause (to do something); to compel (to do something).
15. (ditransitive) To force to do.
16. (ditransitive) To indicate or suggest to be.
17. (transitive) To cover neatly with bedclothes.
18. (US, slang, transitive) To recognise, identify, spot.
19. (colloquial, transitive) To arrive at a destination, usually at or by a certain time.
20. (colloquial, intransitive) To proceed (in a direction).
21. (transitive) To cover (a given distance) by travelling.
22. (transitive) To move at (a speed).
23. To appoint; to name.
24. (slang, transitive) To induct into the Mafia or a similar organization (as a made man).
25. (colloquial, euphemistic, intransitive) To defecate or urinate.
26. (transitive) To earn, to gain (money, points, membership or status).
27. (transitive) To pay, to cover (an expense); chiefly used after expressions of inability.
28. (intransitive, obsolete) To compose verses; to write poetry; to versify.
29. To enact; to establish.
30. To develop into; to prove to be.
31. To form or formulate in the mind.
32. To perform a feat.
33. (intransitive) To gain sufficient audience to warrant its existence.
34. (obsolete) To act in a certain manner; to have to do; to manage; to interfere; to be active; often in the phrase to meddle or make.
35. (obsolete) To increase; to augment; to accrue.
36. (obsolete) To be engaged or concerned in.
37. (archaic) To cause to be (in a specified place), used after a subjective what.
38. (euphemistic, transitive) To take the virginity of.
39. (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
40. (intransitive) Of water, to flow toward land; to rise.
41. (transitive) To establish two or more men on (a point) so that it cannot be captured.

Noun

1. Brand; marque; manufacturer; maker.
2. Manner or style of construction (style of how a thing is made).
3. Origin (of a manufactured article); manufacture; production.
4. A person's character or disposition.
5. (dated) The act or process of making something, especially in industrial manufacturing.
6. (uncountable) Quantity produced, especially of materials.
7. A software utility for automatically building large applications, or an implementation of this utility.
8. (slang) Identification: recognition (of identity), especially from police records or evidence.
9. (slang) A promotion.
10. A homemade project, particularly one demonstrated on television.
11. Turn to declare the trump for a hand (in bridge), or to shuffle the cards.
12. A made basket.
13. The closing of an electrical circuit.

Noun

1. (slang) Past, present, or future target of seduction (usually female).
2. (UK, dialectal) Mate; a spouse or companion; a match.

Noun

A halfpenny.

Noun

An agricultural tool resembling a scythe, used to cut (harvest) certain plants such as peas, reeds, or tares.

Concepts

faire

rendre

fabriquer

produire

provoquer

construire

causer

engendrer

créer

effectuer

occasionner

entraîner

poser

réaliser

générer

préparer

marque

entrainer

accomplir

susciter

agir

constituer

gagner

opérer

inciter

former

obtenir

jouer

déterminer

tas

bâtir

façonner

forcer

procurer

avoir

confectionner

donner

établir

prendre

arriver

offrir

obliger

agacer

caguer

bruit

mettre

organiser

faire pipi

désigner

faite

Opposé de

break

Synonymes

do

create

produce

build

cause

manufacture

form

construct

work

perform

act

prepare

establish

get

constitute

set up

achieve

engender

shape

render

cook

🧑‍🍳

have

brand

force

reach

effect

model

fix

accomplish

induce

invent

compel

raise

earn

gain

bring about

be

take

carry out

give

become

fabricate

fashion

production

compose

give birth

oblige

draw

make up

originate

Traductions

hacer

machen

fare

fazer

maken

fer

herstellen

yapmak

construir

tun

doen

producir

teweegbrengen

aanmaken

erzeugen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/meɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à écossais: mak

Appartenant à saterlandais: moakje

Appartenant à frison occidental: meitsje

Appartenant à néerlandais: maken

Appartenant à allemand: machen

Appartenant à danois: mage

Appartenant à latin: mācerō

Appartenant à grec ancien: μάσσω

Hérité de moyen anglais: make

Hérité de ancien anglais: ġemaca

Appartenant à vieux norrois: maki

Appartenant à islandais: maki

Appartenant à suédois: make

In summary

From Middle English maken, from Old English macian (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-West Germanic *makōn (“to make, build, work”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (“to knead, mix, make”).
Related to match.
Cognates
* Scots mak (“to make”)
* Saterland Frisian moakje (“to make”)
* West Frisian meitsje (“to make”)
* Dutch maken (“to make”)
* Dutch Low Saxon maken (“to make”)
* German Low German maken (“to make”)
* German machen (“to make, do”)
* Danish mage (“to make, arrange (in a certain way)”)
* Latin mācerō, macer
* Ancient Greek μάσσω (mássō)

Phrases

Are you trying to make me out a liar ?

Essayez-vous de me faire un menteur?

But , if you can , try to make your own decisions .

Mais, si vous le pouvez, essayez de prendre vos propres décisions.

Television can make you dumb , but it can also be good education .

La télévision peut vous rendre stupide, mais cela peut aussi être une bonne éducation.

Debate may also end if no senator wishes to make any further remarks .

Le débat peut également prendre fin si aucun sénateur ne souhaite faire d'autres remarques.

He must know how to make rain and drive away the locusts .

Il doit savoir faire de la pluie et chasser les sauterelles.

I'm not good enough to make this one up .

Je ne suis pas assez bon pour inventer celui-ci.