"en vain" meaning in Français

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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "envina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Névian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vianen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vianne"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en espéranto",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en finnois",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en grec",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en hongrois",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en hébreu",
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    },
    {
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      "name": "Traductions en islandais",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en kazakh",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en norvégien",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en néerlandais",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en russe",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en sango",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en shingazidja",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en slovaque",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en ukrainien",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Traductions en zuni",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "name": "Français",
      "orig": "français",
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  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de en et de vain."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
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        {
          "ref": "Octave Mirbeau, Le Père Nicolas, dans Lettres de ma chaumière, 1885",
          "text": "En vain, j’avais cherché un ru, dont l’eau fraîche chante sous les feuilles, ou bien une source, comme il s’en trouve pourtant beaucoup dans le pays."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Claude Orval, Un Sursis pour Hilda, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1960, première partie, chapitre V",
          "text": "Il cracha une injure, s’élança et réempoigna la jeune femme qui, cette fois, se débattit en vain."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Camille Aymard, Devons-nous payer l'Amérique ?, Éditions Ernest Flammarion, 1932, page 119",
          "text": "En vain l’ambassadeur de France tenta de fléchir les négociateurs américains. Ils se montrèrent implacables. Il fallait se soumettre ou faire banqueroute."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Out-el-Kouloub, Nazira, dans Trois contes de l’Amour et de la Mort, 1940",
          "text": "On appelle maintenant Derbo, le grand ministre de Mamma. Celui-là fait quelques difficultés pour accepter son incarnation. C’est en vain que le chœur profère son pressant appel, en vain que les mains agitent les tambourins."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Rogissart, Passantes d’Octobre, Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1958",
          "text": "Le navire imperturbable cingle vers l’immensité polaire, se glisse parmi les icebergs fantastiques qui dérivent en tournoyant cauteleusement, évités de justesse, en vain menaçants."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Vainement."
      ],
      "id": "fr-en_vain-fr-adv-F34q0Q7~"
    }
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "inutilement"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "invariable"
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "vergebens"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "in vain"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʿabaṯan",
      "word": "عبثًا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "debalde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "alferrik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "en aner"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinois",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "wúyì",
      "traditional_writing": "無益",
      "word": "无益"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "heotdoei",
      "word": "헛되이"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ȕzalūd"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ȕzalūdno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "en vano"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "sensolve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "turhaan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "suotta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Grec",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "mátea",
      "word": "μάταια"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hébreu",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "word": "לריק"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hongrois",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "hiába"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Islandais",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "árangurslaust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "invano"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "indarno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "mueki-no",
      "word": "無益の"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "bosqa",
      "word": "босқа"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "beker",
      "word": "бекер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vergeefs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "tevergeefs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norvégien",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "forgjeves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "na próżno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "daremnie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "em vão"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "debalde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zrya",
      "word": "зря"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "naprasno",
      "word": "напрасно"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "впустую"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sango",
      "lang_code": "sg",
      "word": "gba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shingazidja",
      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "word": "-a ɓure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ammàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "mmàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "màtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ambàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "nvanu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "invanu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "indarnu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovaque",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "word": "márne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "förgäves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "neúspěšně"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "boşuna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "word": "намарне"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Zuni",
      "lang_code": "zun",
      "word": "ten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "en vain"
}

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  "anagrams": [
    {
      "word": "envina"
    },
    {
      "word": "Névian"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vianen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vianne"
    }
  ],
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    "Compositions en français",
    "Locutions adverbiales en français",
    "Traductions en allemand",
    "Traductions en anglais",
    "Traductions en arabe",
    "Traductions en basque",
    "Traductions en breton",
    "Traductions en chinois",
    "Traductions en coréen",
    "Traductions en croate",
    "Traductions en espagnol",
    "Traductions en espéranto",
    "Traductions en finnois",
    "Traductions en grec",
    "Traductions en hongrois",
    "Traductions en hébreu",
    "Traductions en islandais",
    "Traductions en italien",
    "Traductions en japonais",
    "Traductions en kazakh",
    "Traductions en latin",
    "Traductions en norvégien",
    "Traductions en néerlandais",
    "Traductions en polonais",
    "Traductions en portugais",
    "Traductions en russe",
    "Traductions en sango",
    "Traductions en shingazidja",
    "Traductions en sicilien",
    "Traductions en slovaque",
    "Traductions en suédois",
    "Traductions en tchèque",
    "Traductions en turc",
    "Traductions en ukrainien",
    "Traductions en zuni",
    "français"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Composé de en et de vain."
  ],
  "lang": "Français",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adv",
  "pos_title": "Locution adverbiale",
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        "Exemples en français"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Octave Mirbeau, Le Père Nicolas, dans Lettres de ma chaumière, 1885",
          "text": "En vain, j’avais cherché un ru, dont l’eau fraîche chante sous les feuilles, ou bien une source, comme il s’en trouve pourtant beaucoup dans le pays."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Claude Orval, Un Sursis pour Hilda, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, 1960, première partie, chapitre V",
          "text": "Il cracha une injure, s’élança et réempoigna la jeune femme qui, cette fois, se débattit en vain."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Camille Aymard, Devons-nous payer l'Amérique ?, Éditions Ernest Flammarion, 1932, page 119",
          "text": "En vain l’ambassadeur de France tenta de fléchir les négociateurs américains. Ils se montrèrent implacables. Il fallait se soumettre ou faire banqueroute."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Out-el-Kouloub, Nazira, dans Trois contes de l’Amour et de la Mort, 1940",
          "text": "On appelle maintenant Derbo, le grand ministre de Mamma. Celui-là fait quelques difficultés pour accepter son incarnation. C’est en vain que le chœur profère son pressant appel, en vain que les mains agitent les tambourins."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Jean Rogissart, Passantes d’Octobre, Librairie Arthème Fayard, Paris, 1958",
          "text": "Le navire imperturbable cingle vers l’immensité polaire, se glisse parmi les icebergs fantastiques qui dérivent en tournoyant cauteleusement, évités de justesse, en vain menaçants."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Vainement."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "word": "inutilement"
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  ],
  "tags": [
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  ],
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    {
      "lang": "Allemand",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "word": "vergebens"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Anglais",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "in vain"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "ʿabaṯan",
      "word": "عبثًا"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "debalde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Basque",
      "lang_code": "eu",
      "word": "alferrik"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Breton",
      "lang_code": "br",
      "word": "en aner"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Chinois",
      "lang_code": "zh",
      "roman": "wúyì",
      "traditional_writing": "無益",
      "word": "无益"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Coréen",
      "lang_code": "ko",
      "roman": "heotdoei",
      "word": "헛되이"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ȕzalūd"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ȕzalūdno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espagnol",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "word": "en vano"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "sensolve"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "turhaan"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Finnois",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "word": "suotta"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Grec",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "mátea",
      "word": "μάταια"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hébreu",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "word": "לריק"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hongrois",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "hiába"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Islandais",
      "lang_code": "is",
      "word": "árangurslaust"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "invano"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Italien",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "word": "indarno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Japonais",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "mueki-no",
      "word": "無益の"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "bosqa",
      "word": "босқа"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "beker",
      "word": "бекер"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "word": "inane"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "vergeefs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "tevergeefs"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Norvégien",
      "lang_code": "no",
      "word": "forgjeves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "na próżno"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Polonais",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "daremnie"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "em vão"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Portugais",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "word": "debalde"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "zrya",
      "word": "зря"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "naprasno",
      "word": "напрасно"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Russe",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "word": "впустую"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sango",
      "lang_code": "sg",
      "word": "gba"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Shingazidja",
      "lang_code": "zdj",
      "word": "-a ɓure"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ammàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "mmàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "màtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "ambàtula"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "nvanu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "invanu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Sicilien",
      "lang_code": "scn",
      "word": "indarnu"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Slovaque",
      "lang_code": "sk",
      "word": "márne"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Suédois",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "word": "förgäves"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Tchèque",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "word": "neúspěšně"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Turc",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "word": "boşuna"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Ukrainien",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "word": "намарне"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Zuni",
      "lang_code": "zun",
      "word": "ten"
    }
  ],
  "word": "en vain"
}