"be" meaning in Anglais

See be in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: \biː\, \bi\, bi Audio: En-us-be.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Nattes à chat-be.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-be.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mathieu Kappler-be.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-be.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Grendelkhan-be.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Robust Footman-be.wav
Forms: to be [affirmative, infinitive], am [affirmative], ’m, ain't, amn’t [negative], art [affirmative], are [affirmative], ’re, aren’t [negative], is [affirmative], ’s, isn’t [negative], was [affirmative], wasn’t [negative], wert, wast [affirmative], were [affirmative], weren’t [negative], been [affirmative, participle, past], being [affirmative, participle, present], ¹S’utilise avec le pronom archaïque thou
  1. Être.
    Sense id: fr-be-en-verb-XMdFa46n Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Être. Auxiliaire pour former le passif avec un participe passé.
    Sense id: fr-be-en-verb--5S-tVp6 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Verbes auxiliaires en anglais
  3. Être en train de. Auxiliaire pour former le progressif avec un participe présent.
    Sense id: fr-be-en-verb-ubzovcC~ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Verbes auxiliaires en anglais
  4. Aller. Auxiliaire pour former le futur proche avec un infinitif. Tags: formal
    Sense id: fr-be-en-verb-rDL63eUf Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes soutenus en anglais, Verbes auxiliaires en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (aller): be going to Synonyms (exister): exist Derived forms: there be Related terms: keep, stay, remain, get, become

Inflected forms

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      "kind": "other",
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      "word": "there be"
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        "\\biː\\",
        "\\bi\\"
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        "infinitive"
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        "\\ˈeint\\, \\ˈæm.ənt\\"
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        "\\ɑɹt\\"
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        "affirmative"
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        "\\ə(ɹ)\\",
        "\\ɚ\\"
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        "\\ˈɑːnt\\",
        "\\ˈɑɹnt\\"
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        "\\ɪz\\"
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        "Présent simple, 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
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      "form": "’s",
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        "\\s\\",
        "\\z\\"
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        "Contraction",
        "Présent simple, 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "form": "isn’t",
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        "\\ˈɪz.n̩t\\"
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        "negative"
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      "form": "was",
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        "\\wəz\\, \\ˈwɒz\\,",
        "\\ˈwʌz\\"
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        "affirmative"
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      "form": "wasn’t",
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        "\\wɜːt\\",
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        "\\bin\\",
        "\\bɪn\\"
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        "affirmative",
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "form": "being",
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        "\\ˈbiː.ɪŋ\\",
        "\\ˈbi.ɪŋ\\"
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        "affirmative",
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        "present"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Au contraire du français, be ne peut pas avoir un pronom datif. On utilise for dans ce cas.\n:* Water is indispensable for us.\n:*: L’eau nous est indispensable."
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  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keep"
    },
    {
      "word": "stay"
    },
    {
      "word": "remain"
    },
    {
      "word": "get"
    },
    {
      "word": "become"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        {
          "text": "I am happy.",
          "translation": "Je suis content."
        },
        {
          "ref": "William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, acte III, scène 1",
          "text": "To be, or not to be, that is the question.\nWhether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer\nThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,\nOr to take arms against a sea of troubles,\nAnd, by opposing, end them.",
          "translation": "Être, ou ne pas être, c’est là la question.\nY a-t-il plus de noblesse d’âme à subir\nla fronde et les flèches de la fortune outrageante,\nou bien à s’armer contre une mer de douleurs\net à l’arrêter par une révolte ?"
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        "Être."
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbes auxiliaires en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is well known.",
          "translation": "C’est bien connu."
        }
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        "Être. Auxiliaire pour former le passif avec un participe passé."
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        "Auxiliaire"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I am eating.",
          "translation": "Je suis en train de manger."
        }
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        "Être en train de. Auxiliaire pour former le progressif avec un participe présent."
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        "Auxiliaire"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbes auxiliaires en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The president is to speak on TV tonight.",
          "translation": "Le président va parler à la télé ce soir."
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Aller. Auxiliaire pour former le futur proche avec un infinitif."
      ],
      "id": "fr-be-en-verb-rDL63eUf",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Auxiliaire"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "\\biː\\",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Royaume-Uni"
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      "ipa": "\\bi\\",
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    {
      "sense": "exister",
      "word": "exist"
    },
    {
      "sense": "aller",
      "word": "be going to"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "intransitive"
  ],
  "word": "be"
}
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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en moyen anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieil anglais",
    "Supplétions en anglais",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "Verbes intransitifs en anglais",
    "Verbes irréguliers en anglais",
    "anglais",
    "Étymologies en anglais incluant une reconstruction"
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      "word": "there be"
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      "form": "to be",
      "ipas": [
        "\\biː\\",
        "\\bi\\"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "infinitive"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipas": [
        "\\m\\",
        "\\əm\\"
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        "Contraction",
        "Présent simple, 1ʳᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "form": "ain't, amn’t",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈeint\\, \\ˈæm.ənt\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 1ʳᵉ pers. singulier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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      "form": "art",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑːt\\",
        "\\ɑɹt\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 2ᵉ pers. singulier (Archaïsme)¹"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
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    {
      "form": "are",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɑː\\",
        "\\ɑɹ\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 2ᵉ pers. singulier 1ʳᵉ, 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. pluriel"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
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    {
      "form": "’re",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ə(ɹ)\\",
        "\\ɚ\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Contraction",
        "Présent simple, 2ᵉ pers. singulier 1ʳᵉ, 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. pluriel"
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    {
      "form": "aren’t",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɑːnt\\",
        "\\ˈɑɹnt\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 2ᵉ pers. singulier 1ʳᵉ, 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. pluriel"
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "is",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ɪz\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "’s",
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        "\\s\\",
        "\\z\\"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "Contraction",
        "Présent simple, 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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    {
      "form": "isn’t",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈɪz.n̩t\\"
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      "raw_tags": [
        "Présent simple, 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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      "form": "was",
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        "\\wəz\\, \\ˈwɒz\\,",
        "\\ˈwʌz\\"
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        "Prétérit, 1ʳᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
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      "form": "wasn’t",
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        "\\ˈwʌz.n̩t\\"
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        "Prétérit, 1ʳᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. singulier"
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    {
      "form": "wert, wast",
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        "\\wɜːt\\",
        "\\wɝt\\, \\wɑst\\"
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        "Prétérit, 2ᵉ pers. singulier (Archaïsme)¹"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative"
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      "form": "were",
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        "\\wɚ\\"
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      "form": "weren’t",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈwɜːnt\\",
        "\\ˈwɝnt\\"
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        "Prétérit, 2ᵉ pers. singulier 1ʳᵉ, 2ᵉ et 3ᵉ pers. pluriel"
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "been",
      "ipas": [
        "\\bin\\",
        "\\bɪn\\"
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      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "being",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈbiː.ɪŋ\\",
        "\\ˈbi.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "affirmative",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "¹S’utilise avec le pronom archaïque thou"
    }
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  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "notes": [
    "Au contraire du français, be ne peut pas avoir un pronom datif. On utilise for dans ce cas.\n:* Water is indispensable for us.\n:*: L’eau nous est indispensable."
  ],
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
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    {
      "word": "keep"
    },
    {
      "word": "stay"
    },
    {
      "word": "remain"
    },
    {
      "word": "get"
    },
    {
      "word": "become"
    }
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        {
          "text": "I am happy.",
          "translation": "Je suis content."
        },
        {
          "ref": "William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, acte III, scène 1",
          "text": "To be, or not to be, that is the question.\nWhether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer\nThe slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,\nOr to take arms against a sea of troubles,\nAnd, by opposing, end them.",
          "translation": "Être, ou ne pas être, c’est là la question.\nY a-t-il plus de noblesse d’âme à subir\nla fronde et les flèches de la fortune outrageante,\nou bien à s’armer contre une mer de douleurs\net à l’arrêter par une révolte ?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Être."
      ]
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        "Verbes auxiliaires en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It is well known.",
          "translation": "C’est bien connu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Être. Auxiliaire pour former le passif avec un participe passé."
      ],
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      ]
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        "Exemples en anglais",
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        {
          "text": "I am eating.",
          "translation": "Je suis en train de manger."
        }
      ],
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        "Être en train de. Auxiliaire pour former le progressif avec un participe présent."
      ],
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      ]
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        "Termes soutenus en anglais",
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        {
          "text": "The president is to speak on TV tonight.",
          "translation": "Le président va parler à la télé ce soir."
        }
      ],
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        "Aller. Auxiliaire pour former le futur proche avec un infinitif."
      ],
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        "Auxiliaire"
      ],
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        "formal"
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    {
      "sense": "exister",
      "word": "exist"
    },
    {
      "sense": "aller",
      "word": "be going to"
    }
  ],
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