front

devant, façade

Côté ou partie tournés vers l’avant, souvent là où se trouve l’entrée principale d’un bâtiment.

En anglais simple : The side or part facing forward, often where a building has its main entrance.

• The front of my shirt is wet.
• We waited at the front of the house.
• She painted the front of the cupboard blue.

Comment l'utiliser : front of something (The front of the house faces the street.); at the front of something (There is a pocket at the front of the bag.)

Contraires : back, rear

Expressions courantes : front of something, at the front, out the front, front of a building

avant

Extrémité d’une chose tournée dans le sens où elle se déplace habituellement.

En anglais simple : The end of something that faces the direction it normally moves.

• The front of the car was damaged.
• She sat at the front of the bus.
• The engine is at the front of this train.

Comment l'utiliser : front of something (The front of the boat hit a rock.)

Synonymes : nose, forward end

Contraires : rear, back

Expressions courantes : front of something, at the front, front of a car

front

Zone où l’air chaud et l’air froid se rencontrent, provoquant souvent un changement de temps.

En anglais simple : The area where warm and cold air meet, often bringing a change in the weather.

• A cold front is approaching.
• Heavy rain followed the warm front.
• The weather front moved across the country overnight.

Expressions courantes : cold front, warm front, weather front

avant

Situé dans la partie tournée vers l’avant ou placée en premier, ou près de cette partie.

En anglais simple : At or near the part that faces forward or comes first.

• Please close the front door.
• We sat in the front row.
• One of the front wheels was damaged.

Synonymes : forward, first, lead, fore

Contraires : back, rear

Expressions courantes : front door, front seat, front row

antérieur

Se dit d’un son produit en levant la langue vers l’avant de la bouche, derrière les dents du haut.

En anglais simple : Made with the tongue raised toward the part of the mouth behind the upper teeth.

• This is a front vowel.
• French has several rounded front vowels.
• The tongue moves forward when you pronounce front vowels.

Contraires : back

Expressions courantes : front vowel, front vowels

diriger

Être l’artiste principal ou le dirigeant qui représente un groupe auprès du public.

En anglais simple : To be the main performer or public leader of a group.

• She fronts a rock band.
• He fronted the group for ten years.
• Who will front the band on its next tour?

Synonymes : lead

Expressions courantes : front a band, front a group

avancer

Fournir de l’argent ou quelque chose de nécessaire à une personne qui vous remboursera plus tard.

En anglais simple : To provide money or something someone needs before they can pay you back.

• Can you front me the money?
• I fronted him the cost of dinner.
• They fronted us enough cash to buy the tickets.

Comment l'utiliser : front someone something (Can you front me twenty dollars?); front something to someone (She fronted the money to her brother.)

Synonymes : advance

Expressions courantes : front someone money, front the cash