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use verb

  /(j)ɪu̯s/ , /(j)ɪu̯z/ , /jus/ , /juz/ , /juːs/ , /juːz/ , /jʉs/ , /jʉːs/ , /jʉːz/
  • (transitive) To employ; to apply; to utilize.
 utiliser, servir, user
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, literary, _, except in past tense) To habitually do; to be wont to do. (Now chiefly in past-tense forms; see used to.)
 avoir l'habitude de

use noun

  /(j)ɪu̯s/ , /(j)ɪu̯z/ , /jus/ , /juz/ , /juːs/ , /juːz/ , /jʉs/ , /jʉːs/ , /jʉːz/
usage, utilisation, emploi
  • (uncountable, followed by "of") Usefulness, benefit.
 utilité

us pronoun

  /əs/ , /əz/ , /ɪz/ , /ʊs/ , /ʌs/ , /ʌz/
  • We, used in the same circumstances where "me" would be used instead of "I", e.g. for the pronoun in isolation or as the complement of the copula:
 nous

useful adjective

  /ˈjusfl̩/ , /ˈjuːsfl̩/ , /ˈjʉːːsfəl/ , [ˈjusfl̩] , [ˈjuːsfl̩] , [ˈjʉːːsfl̩]
  • Having a practical or beneficial use.
 utile

used adjective

  /just/ , /juzd/ , /juːst/ , /juːzd/
  • That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
 occasion, de seconde main, seconde main
  • That is or has or have been used.
 usé

usefulness noun

  /ˈjuːsfəlnəs/
  • The quality or degree of being useful.
 utilité

US properNoun

  /juː.ɛs/
  • Initialism of the United States: a country in North America.
 É-U, É.-U.
put to use
utiliser
use the toilet
aller aux toilettes
no use
inutile
out of use
désuet, hors d'usage, tombé en désuétude
use a sledgehammer to crack a nut
écraser une mouche avec un marteau, tuer une mouche avec un canon
use-by date
date de péremption
make use
faire usage, se servir de
use up
abattre, emmener
use value
valeur d’usage

🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

usé adjective

  /y.ze/
  • Détérioré, diminué par le frottement, ruiné
 worn out, used up, worn thin
  • (Sens figuré) Qui a été employé souvent, rebattu
 overused
fair use
fair use
use the imperfect tense of the verb that follows; can clarify with adverbs such as autrefois
used to
Use the conditional of vouloir
would like
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