we

Signification (Anglais)

Pron

1. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
2. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).
3. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The institution which the speaker/writer is acting for. (This is the editorial we, used by writers and others when speaking with the authority of their publication or organisation.)
4. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Any other entity that the speaker is a part of or identifies with, such as place of employment or education, nation, region, language, etc.
5. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) People in general.
6. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The sovereign alone in his or her capacity as monarch. (This is the royal we. The reflexive case of this sense of we is ourself.)
7. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Everyone being addressed.
8. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) An individual being addressed; used especially to a person in the speaker's care, or to whom advice or instruction is being given. (Sometimes called the nurse's we or the doctor's we.)
9. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun, uncommon) Used to refer to a third person, especially someone in the speaker's care.
10. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
11. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used to connect to or include readers or listeners.
12. (colloquial, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Used when talking to oneself to refer to oneself.
13. (West-Country, archaic, first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) Us.
14. (first-person, nominative, personal, plural, pronoun) The side which is keeping score.

Det

Designates the speaker(s)/writer(s) as belonging to or constituting the stated category of people.

Concepts

nous

on

1️⃣

nous autres

nu

Opposé de

they

Synonymes

us

🇺🇸

our

ourselves

you and me

you

I

all of us

you and I

me

ours

dual

my

nominative

they

let us go

our side

our shop

this family

my store

my shop

we all

they, etc. met each other

1 pl.

1 pl. inc.

1 pl. excl.

incl

me and them

and

but

exclusive

family

👪

he

👨

inclusive

locative

one

pals

somebody

someone

them

Traductions

wir

nosotros

noi

wij

nosotras

εμείς

nós

noialtri

we

nosaltres

biz

em

nōs

nos

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/wiː/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: we

Hérité de ancien anglais: wē

Appartenant à écossais: wee

Appartenant à frison septentrional: we

Appartenant à frison occidental: wy

Appartenant à bas-allemand: wi

Appartenant à néerlandais: we

Appartenant à allemand: wir

Appartenant à danois: -

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: vi

Appartenant à islandais: vér

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨

Appartenant à sanskrit: वयम्

In summary

From Middle English we, from Old English wē (“we”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, *wiz (“we”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we (plural)”). Cognate with Scots wee, we (“we”), North Frisian we (“we”), West Frisian wy (“we”), Low German wi (“we”), Dutch we, wij (“we”), German wir (“we”), Danish, Swedish and Norwegian vi (“we”), Icelandic vér, við (“we”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬉𐬨 (vaēm), Sanskrit वयम् (vayám).

Phrases

We shall do it in time .

Nous le ferons à temps.

I really liked the film we saw last week .

J'ai vraiment aimé le film que nous avons vu la semaine dernière.

All we have to do is change the payment .

Tout ce que nous avons à faire est de modifier le paiement.

We met Alexander and the bar and had a great time last night .

Nous avons rencontré Alexander et le bar et nous avons passé un bon moment hier soir.

We wiped the board .

Nous avons essuyé le conseil d'administration.

We used all your imagination to design the place .

Nous avons utilisé toute votre imagination pour concevoir l'endroit.