faire
Sentences
Qu’étais-tu en train de faire ?
What were you doing?
Que diriez-vous d'aller faire une promenade 🚶 ?
How about going for a walk?
Il 👨 sait alors faire preuve d'indépendance vis-à-vis du gouvernement .
He then knows how to show independence from the government.
L'association propriétaire veut en faire un outil éducatif .
The owner association wants to make it an educational tool.
Meaning
- to do
- to make
- to say (of a person), to go (of an animal)
- to make (cause someone or something to do something)
- to act like (something)
- to be (of the weather or various situations)
- to do, to make (oneself)
- to be, to get (used for a passive action)
- to ripen (of fruit), to mature
- to become used to, to get used to
- (slang) to do (to have sex with)
- (informal) to defecate; (metaphorically) to shit oneself (to be terrified)
- to become, to get
- to set a price, put a price tag (on), sell
Concepts
tie knot
yield
be it
brew beer
ca-ca
conduct oneself
make well
progress to
take a crap
take a hop
wind on
get something ready
mid-day break
afternoon break
model, to
to be equal
to equal
amputate
be able
be worth
comport
follow out
Synonyms
partir
faire naître
quelqu’un
se procurer
se promener
bien faire
dé à jouer
donner le jour à
donner naissance à
mettre de l’ordre dans
picorer
pousser à
s’arranger
s’efforcer
sortir avec
venir à bout de
faire bière
faire nœud
pause après-midi
donner une représentation
établir le coût
évaluer le coût de
se faire accorder
être le père
qn.
qc.
faire son rot
être égal à
appartenir à
avancer au pas
avoir succès
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛʁ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle French faire, from Old French faire, from Latin facere. The past historic and imperfect subjunctive stem fi- (fis, fis, fit...) originated in the Latin form fēcī, with metaphony (*/ˈfed͡zi/ > */ˈfit͡s/).
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