Home ->Dictionaries ->English/French ->Search: essay

English and French Search Results for: essay

Summary

English to French: more detail...

essay:
- essai; composition; exposé; conférence; article
Wiktionary:
- essay → essai, rédaction, dissertation, feuilleton, thèse
- essay → essai

French to English: more detail...

essayé:
- tested; examined; tried

English

Detailed Translations for essay from English to French

essay:

essay [the ~] nomen

the essay (paper; lecture)
l'essai; la composition; l'exposé; la conférence; l'article
- essai [le ~] nomen
- composition [la ~] nomen
- exposé [le ~] nomen
- conférence [la ~] nomen
- article [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for essay:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
article	essay; lecture; paper	article; clause; fragment; gadget; good; item; lecture; little bit; matter; object; paper; particle; phrase; piece; post; project; publication; section; story; thing
composition	essay; lecture; paper	account; arrangement; assembly; basic rule; building; cadence; clubbing; composing; composing work; composition; constitution; construction; exam; examination; final exam; final examination; final paper; fragment; frame; fundamental law; inflection; intonation; lecture; little bit; modulation; montage; mounting; paper; particle; piece; placing; preliminary examination; prelims; printing work; project; publication; report; section; setting; system; test; thesis; tone of voice; type setting
conférence	essay; lecture; paper	conference; congress; consultation; declamation; deliver a lecture; delivery; dogma; foreword; gathering; introduction; introductory remarks; lecture; meeting; paper; preamble; preface; project; prologue; reading; religious doctrine; seminar; speaking engagements; symposium; talks; tenet; turn to read; version
essai	essay; lecture; paper	account; attempt; attempting; composition; effort; efforts; exertion; exertions; experiment; final exam; final examination; final paper; impact; lecture; paper; project; report; strain; test; test drive; test run; testing; thesis; trial run; try; trying
exposé	essay; lecture; paper	account; angle; aspect; attitude; city plan; commentary; conception; declamation; delivery; dogma; elucidation; floor-plan; foreword; groundplan; idea; interpretation; introduction; introductory remarks; lecture; legend; map; myth; narration; notion; opinion; outlook; paper; perspective; plan; point of view; preamble; preface; project; prologue; reading; religious doctrine; report; site plan; sketch of the situation; stand; story; street map; synopses; tale; tenet; town-map; turn to read; version; view; vision; way of thinking
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	assay; attempt; examine; prove; seek; test; try; try out
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
exposé		clarified; cleared up; enlightened; explained; illuminated; illustrated; lit; made lighter; opened; opened up; unlocked

Related Words for "essay":

essays

Synonyms for "essay":

writing; written material; piece of writing
attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try
try; seek; attempt; assay; act; move; try out
test; prove; try out; examine; evaluate; pass judgment; judge

Related Definitions for "essay":

a tentative attempt¹
an analytic or interpretive literary composition¹
make an effort or attempt¹
- The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps¹
put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to¹

Wiktionary Translations for essay:

essay

noun

written composition
- essay → essai; rédaction; dissertation

essay

noun

texte subjectif
- essai → draft; essay
partie de certains journaux, ordinairement au bas des pages, et contenant des articles de littérature, de critique, de beaux-arts, ou des romans.
- feuilleton → column; essay; serial; magazine section
Exercice scolaire
- rédaction → essay; paper
proposition qu’on avancer avec l’intention de la défendre si elle attaquer.
- thèse → essay; thesis

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• essay	→ essai	↔ Essai — Literatur: geistreiche, allgemein verständliche, gewöhnlich kurze Abhandlung, die das Thema oft aus dem Blickwinkel des Autors darstellt
• essay	→ essai	↔ Essay — Literatur: geistreiche, allgemein verständliche, gewöhnlich kurze Abhandlung, die das Thema oft aus dem Blickwinkel des Autors darstellt
• essay	→ essai	↔ Versuch — veraltet: deutsches Synonym für Essay

External Machine Translations:

French

Detailed Translations for essay from French to English

essayé:

essayé adj

essayé (éprouvé; testé)
tested; examined; tried
- tested adj
- examined adj
- tried adj

Translation Matrix for essayé:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
tested	essayé; testé; éprouvé	efficace; examiné; testé; éprouvé
tried	essayé; testé; éprouvé
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
examined	essayé; testé; éprouvé	efficace; examiné; testé; éprouvé

External Machine Translations:

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University