figure - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Possible base forms

figure
figurer (Verb)

Nouns

face   - of person	la figure   - visage
figure   - body shape	la ligne
figure   - person	le personnage
figure   - sculpture	la statue
figure   - outline	la forme   - silhouette
figure   - outline	la silhouette   - forme
figure [MATH.]	la figure   [Geometry]
figure [MATH.]   - number	le chiffre
figure skating [SPORT.]	le patinage artistique
figure of merit [ELEC.]	le facteur de mérite
figure of merit [TELECOM.]   - of an antenna-receiving system	le facteur de qualité   - d'une station de réception
cult figure	le monstre sacré
father figure	la figure paternelle
leadership figure	le leader | la leader   English

Verbs

to figure  | figured, figured |   - appear	figurer
to figure (that ...)  | figured, figured | (Amer.)   - think	supposer que ...
to be  | was, been |   - on a list	figurer   - sur une liste
to appear  | appeared, appeared |   - on a list	figurer   - sur une liste
to figure so. ⇔  out	comprendre qn.
to figure sth. ⇔  out	comprendre qc.
to figure sth. ⇔  out [MATH.]   - calculate	calculer qc.

Adjectives / Adverbs

figurative  adj. [LING.]	figuré, figurée   - sens
in round figures	en chiffres ronds

Phrases / Collocations

to keep one's figure	garder la ligne
to watch one's figure	faire attention à sa ligne
to work so. over  | worked, worked | [coll.]   - beat up	casser la figure à qn. [coll.]
to put on a happy face	faire bonne figure
to shout abuse at so.	envoyer des insultes à la figure de qn.
to have a perfect figure	avoir la taille mannequin
to look pale  | looked, looked |	faire pâle figure [fig.]
to be (as) plain as the nose on your face [fig.] [coll.]	se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure [fig.] [coll.]
to strike so. full in the face	frapper qn. en plein dans la figure [coll.]
in a figurative sens [LING.]	au sens figuré
to be in the charts [MUS.]	figurer au hit-parade

Orthographically similar words

figue, figurer

Related search terms

shape, statue, silhouette, suppose, numeral

visage, statue, personnage, figurée, frimousse, tronche, minois