verb🔗ShareEmprunterTo receive (something) from somebody temporarily, expecting to return it."She is borrowing my pen to fill out the form. "Elle emprunte mon stylo pour remplir le formulaire.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunter de l'argentTo take money from a bank under the agreement that the bank will be paid over the course of time."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.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdopter, s'approprierTo adopt (an idea) as one's own."to borrow the style, manner, or opinions of another"adopter le style, la manière ou les opinions d'un autrelanguagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAdopter un mot d'une autre langueTo adopt a word from another language."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.languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunterIn 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."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.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗SharePrêter(Upper Midwestern United States) To lend.""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.languagelinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunterTo temporarily obtain (something) for (someone)."I am borrowing my sister's car for the weekend. "J'emprunte la voiture de ma sœur pour le week-end.businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareSimuler, contrefaireTo feign or counterfeit."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.characterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareLibérer(obsolete except in ballads) To secure the release of (someone) from prison."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.lawpolicegovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmprunterTo receive (something) from somebody, with little possibility of returning it."Can I borrow a sheet of paper?"Puis-je emprunter une feuille de papier ?businessfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEmpruntAn instance of something being borrowed."The borrowing of the library book was easy. "L'emprunt du livre de la bibliothèque a été facile.financebusinesseconomyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEmprunt linguistique, mot empruntéA borrowed word, adopted from a foreign language; loanword.""Karaoke," a Japanese word, is a common borrowing in English. "« Karaoké », un mot japonais, est un emprunt linguistique courant en anglais.languagelinguisticswordChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
