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

I really liked the film we saw last week .

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

We wiped the board .

Nous avons essuyé le conseil d'administration.

Perhaps , we could meet at the institute around noon since I have a few things I need to attend to first .

Peut-être que nous pourrions nous rencontrer à l'institut vers midi, car j'ai quelques choses à laquelle je dois d'abord assister.

We cannot forget that farce .

Nous ne pouvons pas oublier cette farce.

In retrospect , everything was already decided when we heard the siren .

Rétrospectivement, tout était déjà décidé lorsque nous avons entendu la sirène.

We got few vegetables and fruits , and became fish eaters .

Nous avons eu quelques légumes et fruits, et nous sommes devenus des mangeurs de poissons.