wearing - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Possible base forms

wearing
wear (Verb)

Adjectives / Adverbs

wearing  adj.	fatiguant, fatiguante
wearing  adj.	usant, usante   - au sens de : fatiguant
worn out (or: worn-out)  adj.   - person	épuisé, épuisée   - personne
worn out (or: worn-out)  adj.   - thing	complètement usé(e)   - objet

Nouns

wearing   - of clothes

le port   - de vêtements

Verbs

to wear sth.  | wore, worn |   - clothing, protection, etc	porter qc.   - vêtement, protection, etc.
to wear sth.  | wore, worn | (Brit.) [coll.]   - usually with negative; tolerate	tolérer qc.
to wear sth.  | wore, worn | (Brit.) [coll.]   - usually with negative; tolerate	accepter qc.   - tolérer
to wear off  | wore, worn |	disparaître
to wear out  | wore, worn |	s'user
to wear sth. ⇔  away  | wore, worn |	user qc.
to wear sth. ⇔  out  | wore, worn |	user qc.
to wear away  | wore, worn |	s'user   - à force d'être porté
to wear on  | wore, worn |	s'écouler   - temps
to wear away  | wore, worn | [TEXTIL.]   - clothes	s'élimer   - vêtements
to wear out  | wore, worn | [TEXTIL.]   - clothes	s'élimer   - vêtements

Examples

She was wearing a little black number at the party.	Elle portait une petite robe noire à la fête.
She wears her hair in a bun.	Elle porte un chignon.
She wears a plain dress.	Elle est vêtue d'une robe simple.

Phrases / Collocations

to wear make-up	se maquiller
to wear aftershave (or: after-shave)	mettre de la lotion après-rasage
to wear lipstick	mettre du rouge à lèvres
to wear perfume	mettre du parfum
to wear glasses	porter des lunettes
to wear a beard	porter la barbe
to wear the breeches [fig.]	porter la culotte [fig.]
to wear the pants (Amer.) [fig.] [coll.]	porter la culotte [fig.] [coll.]
to wear the trousers (Brit.) [fig.] [coll.]	porter la culotte [fig.] [coll.]
to wear the veil [REL.]	porter le voile
to wear light clothes	s'habiller légèrement
to wear sexy clothes	s'habiller de façon sexy
to wear one's hair down	porter les cheveux lâchés
to wear one's hair down	laisser retomber ses cheveux

Orthographically similar words

bearing, earring, hearing, swearing, tearing, warming, warning, warring, weaving

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