across - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Adjectives / Adverbs

across  adv.   - from one side to the other	d'un côté à l'autre
across  adv.   - from one side to the other	de large
across  adv.   - on or to the other side	de l'autre côté
across  adv.   - in crosswords	horizontalement   - dans les mots-fléchés

Prepositions / Pronouns

across from	en face de
across  prep.   - from one side to the other of	d'un côté à l'autre de
across  prep.   - on or to the other side of	de l'autre côté de

Verbs

to row so. across  | rowed, rowed |	faire traverser qn. (à la rame)
to come across so.  | came, come |   - meet by chance	rencontrer qn. par hasard
to chance upon (or: on, across) sth.  | chanced, chanced |	tomber sur qc. par hasard
to come across sth.  | came, come |   - find by chance	trouver qc. (par hasard)
to come across sth.  | came, come |   - discover by chance	découvrir qc.   - par hasard
to come across so.  | came, come |   - meet by chance	rencontrer qn.   - par hasard
to come across sth.  | came, come |   - problem, difficulty, obstacle	achopper à qc. [fig.]   - problème, difficulté, obstacle
to come across so. (or: sth.)  | came, come |   - find by chance	tomber sur qn. (or: qc.) [fig.]   - par hasard
to get one's ideas across (to so.)  | got, got/gotten |	se faire comprendre
to swim around across sth.  | swam, swum |	traverser qc. à la nage

Nouns

cutting across	le croisement
across-the-line starting (Amer.) [TECH.]	le démarrage direct

Phrases / Collocations

to come across badly	faire une mauvaise impression
to come across well	faire une bonne impression
to hit so. across the face	frapper qn. au visage
to run across the road	traverser la rue en courant
to strike so. across the face	frapper qn. au visage
to take so. across the road	faire traverser la rue à qn.
to walk across the road	traverser la rue

Examples

He hit her across the face.	Il l'a frappée au visage.
He travelled all across the country.	Il a voyagé dans tout le pays.
He travelled all across Europe.	Il a voyagé à travers toute l'Europe.

Orthographically similar words

cross, Cross

crosse