🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

possession noun

  /pəˈzɛʃən/
  • The condition or affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity.
  • (Australian rules football) A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a kick or a handball.
 possession
  • Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own.
 possession, propriété
  • Something that is owned.
 bien
  • A territory under the rule of another country.
 possessions

possess verb

  /pəˈzɛs/
  • To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
 posséder
  • Of a supernatural entity, especially one regarded as evil: to take control of (an animal or person's body or mind).
 posséder, s'emparer de

possessive adjective

  /pəˈzɛsɪv/
  • Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
  • (grammar) Indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.
  • Unwilling to yield possession of.
 possessif

possessed adjective

  /pəˈzɛst/
  • controlled by evil spirits.
 possédé

possessively

possessivement

possessable

possédable
adverse possession
prescription acquisitive, usucapion
take possession
prendre possession
self-possession
sang-froid, confiance en soi, maîtrise de soi

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

possession noun {f}

  /pɔ.se.sjɔ̃/ , /pɔ.sɛ.sjɔ̃/
  • (Droit de propriété) Jouissance, faculté actuelle de disposer ou de jouir d’un bien
  • (Grammaire) Rapport possessif ou analogue à la possession, exprimé par les adjectifs possessifs comme ma, les pronoms possessifs comme le mien, les adpositions comme de, les verbes comme avoir, etc
  • (Au pluriel) Terres possédées par un État ou par un particulier
  • (Théologie chrétienne) État d’un homme qu’on dit possédé par le démon
 possession
coût global de possession
TCO, total cost of ownership
esclavage de possession
chattel slavery
prendre possession
take possession
Wiktionary Links