ouvert

Sentences

An user

C’est ouvert le lundi .

It's open on Mondays.

An user

J’ai ouvert , je n’ai pas ouvert .

I opened, I didn't open.

An user

Il
👨

a également ouvert la voie à l'étude de la poussière froide .

It also paved the way for the study of cold dust.

Meaning

ouvrir

(transitive) to open
(transitive) to begin, to initiate
(reflexive) to open (of a door or a flower)
(reflexive) to open, to begin
to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance)
to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it
(reflexive) to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body)
(reflexive) to open onto, to lead into (+ sur)
(intransitive) to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur)
(reflexive) to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à)
(reflexive) to open up to, to confide in (+ à)
to make, to create, to open up (e.g., a path)

be open

be gaping

be wide open

wide-open

be frank

Opposite of

fermé

grand’ouvert

être grand ouvert

être ouvert

ensemble ouvert

portillé

ανοιχτός

dobèrt

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/u.vɛʁ/

Inherited from Middle French

ouvert

Inherited from Old French

overt

Inherited from Latin

apertus

In summary

Inherited from Middle French ouvert, from Old French overt, from Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus. Doublet of apert.

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