‘l'Avare in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ‘l'Avare in the French»English Dictionary

I.avare [avaʀ] ADJ

avare

mean with money Brit

avare

miserly

avare de qc

sparing with

être avare de son temps

to give one's time to people sparingly

être avare de paroles

to use words sparingly

il n'est pas avare de compliments

he's generous with his compliments

II.avare [avaʀ] N mf

avare

miser

III.avare [avaʀ]

à père avare, fils prodigue prov

a miser will father a spendthrift son

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‘l'Avare’ se joue en alternance

‘l'Avare’ is on every other night

Translations for ‘l'Avare in the English»French Dictionary

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miser

avare mf

niggardly

avare

miserly person

avare

to skimp on praise

être avare de

a miser's hoard

le magot d'un avare inf

to be sparing with (mean) advice, help

être avare de

to be grudging in one's praise/thanks

être avare de compliments/de remerciements

to be generous with praise, time

ne pas être avare de

‘l'Avare in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ‘l'Avare in the French»English Dictionary

I.avare [avaʀ] ADJ

avare

miserly

être avare de qc

to be sparing with sth

être avare de paroles

to be a person of few words

II.avare [avaʀ] N mf

avare

miser

Translations for ‘l'Avare in the English»French Dictionary

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miser

avare mf

cheapskate

avare mf

to be parsimonious with compliments fig

être avare de compliments

to be unsparing of one's time

ne pas être avare de son temps

economical pej

avare

mean

avare

to be mean with sth

être avare de qc

to be generous with sth

ne pas être avare de qc

‘l'Avare Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

être avare de qc

to be sparing with sth

être avare de paroles

to be a person of few words

ne pas être avare de qc

to be generous with sth

ne pas être avare de son temps

to be unsparing of one's time