| Principales traductions |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| lire [qch]⇒ vtr | (déchiffrer du texte) | read⇒ vtr |
| | Quel est le dernier livre que vous ayez lu ? |
| | What was the last book you read? |
| lire [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép | (raconter un texte) (story, text) | read [sth] to [sb] vtr + prep |
| | (story, text) | read [sb] [sth]⇒ vtr |
| | Tous les soirs, le jeune papa lisait une histoire à ses enfants. Maman, tu nous lis une histoire ? |
| | The young father would read a story to his children every night. |
| | Mummy, will you read us a story? |
| lire vi | (déchiffrer des mots écrits) (be literate) | read⇒ vi |
| | Mon fils n'a que 6 ans mais il sait déjà lire. |
| | My son is only six, but he can already read. |
| lire vi | (se divertir avec des livres) (enjoy books) | read⇒ vi |
| | Mathieu n'a jamais aimé lire. |
| | Matthew has never liked reading. |
| lire [qch] vtr | (reproduire un enregistrement) | read⇒ vtr |
| | (CD, DVD) | play⇒ vtr |
| | L'ordinateur a du mal à lire ton CD, tu devrais le nettoyer. |
| | Ton ordinateur aura besoin de ce codec pour lire ce DVD. |
| | Your computer will need this codec to read this DVD. |
| | The computer is having trouble playing your CD; you should clean it. |
| lire nf | (unité monétaire) (historical) | lira n |
| | La lire était une monnaie italienne. |
| | The lira was the currency unit of Italy. |
| se lire⇒ v pron | (se comprendre) | be read v aux + v past p |
| | | be interpreted, be understood v aux + v past p |
| | (informal) | be taken v aux + v past p |
| | Ce texte peut se lire de différentes façons. |
| | This text can be read in a variety of ways. |
| se lire v pron | (être lu) | be read v aux + v past p |
| | | be + [adj] to read v expr |
| | | be a + [adj] read v expr |
| | Les livres policiers se lisent très rapidement. |
| | Detective novels are a quick read. |
| se lire v pron | (se voir) (figurative) | be read v aux + v past p |
| | | be seen, be visible vtr + adj |
| | De l'inquiétude se lisait sur les visages à l'énonciation des résultats. |
| | The anxiety could be read on their faces as the results were read out. |
| | Their anxiety was visible as the results were announced. |