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borrowing

/ˈbɑːroʊɪŋ/ /ˈbɔːroʊɪŋ/

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verb

Emprunter

To receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it.

Examples :

"She is borrowing my pen to fill out the form. "

Elle emprunte mon stylo pour remplir le formulaire.

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verb

Emprunter de l'argent

To take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time.

Examples :

"Maria is borrowing money from the bank to buy a new car, and she will pay it back over five years. "

Maria emprunte de l'argent à la banque pour acheter une nouvelle voiture, et elle la remboursera sur cinq ans.

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verb

Adopter, s'approprier

To adopt (an idea) as one's own.

Examples :

"to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"

adopter le style, la manière ou les opinions d'un autre

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verb

Adopter un mot d'une autre langue

To adopt a word from another language.

Examples :

"English is constantly borrowing words from other languages; for example, "karaoke" comes from Japanese. "

L'anglais emprunte constamment des mots à d'autres langues ; par exemple, « karaoké » vient du japonais.

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verb

Emprunter

In a subtraction, to deduct (one) from a digit of the minuend and add ten to the following digit, in order that the subtraction of a larger digit in the subtrahend from the digit in the minuend to which ten is added gives a positive result.

Examples :

"The student was borrowing from the tens column to subtract 7 from 2, rewriting 42 as 3 tens and 12 ones. "

L'élève empruntait à la colonne des dizaines pour soustraire 7 de 2, réécrivant 42 comme 3 dizaines et 12 unités.

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verb

Prêter

(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.

Examples :

""Could you borrowing me your pen? I forgot mine at home." "

Pourrais-tu me prêter ton stylo ? J'ai oublié le mien à la maison.

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verb

Emprunter

To temporarily obtain (something) for (someone).

Examples :

"I am borrowing my sister's car for the weekend. "

J'emprunte la voiture de ma sœur pour le week-end.

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verb

Simuler, contrefaire

To feign or counterfeit.

Examples :

"She was borrowing a smile, trying to appear happy despite feeling sad inside. "

Elle simulait un sourire, essayant de paraître heureuse malgré sa tristesse intérieure.

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verb

Libérer

(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison.

Examples :

"Seeing young William unjustly imprisoned, the brave knight vowed to borrowing him from the king's dungeon before dawn. "

Voyant le jeune William injustement emprisonné, le brave chevalier jura de le libérer du cachot du roi avant l'aube.

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verb

Emprunter

To receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it.

Examples :

"Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"

Puis-je emprunter une feuille de papier ?

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noun

Emprunt

An instance of something being borrowed.

Examples :

"The borrowing of the library book was easy. "

L'emprunt du livre de la bibliothèque a été facile.

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noun

Emprunt linguistique, mot emprunté

A borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.

Examples :

""Karaoke," a Japanese word, is a common borrowing in English. "

« Karaoké », un mot japonais, est un emprunt linguistique courant en anglais.

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