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The French word for watch is
montre





watch

Gender

The gender of montre is feminine. E.g. la montre.

Plural

The plural of montre is montres.

French Definition


watch
     1. n. (Horlogerie) Montre (appareil pour donner l'heure).
           Three witches watch three watches. Which witch watches which watch?
           Trois sorcières surveillent trois montres. Quelle sorcière surveille quelle montre ?
     2. n. Garde.
     3. v. Assister à, regarder.
           Would you like to watch a football match?
     4. v. Regarder.
           Let's watch the football match on television tonight.
     5. v. Observer.
           I want to watch his reaction to the first test.
           Je veux observer ses réactions lors du premier test.
     6. v. Surveiller.
           Watch your valuables.
           Three witches watch three watches. Which witch watches which watch?
           Trois sorcières surveillent trois montres. Quelle sorcière surveille quelle montre?



Translations for watch and their definitions

montrepronunciation
     1. n-f. watch, wristwatch
     2. n-f. (dated) display, showcase
     3. v. first-person singular present of montrer
     4. v. third-person singular present of montrer
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of montrer


regarderpronunciation
     1. v. to look at
           Tu regardes quoi ? - What are you looking at?
     2. v. to watch
           Je regarde un film à la TV si ça t'intéresse. - I'm watching a film on TV if you're interested.
     3. v. to face
     4. v. to concern (be associated with)


postepronunciation
     1. n-f. post office
     2. n-f. mail, postal service/system
     3. n-m. job, post
     4. n-m. position (in sport, or observation post)
     5. n-m. slang police station (ellipsis of poste de police,), nick
     6. n-m. a receiver, an electronic device
     7. n-m. (colloquial) radio (ellipsis of poste de radio,)
     8. n-m. (colloquial) TV, TV set (ellipsis of poste de télévision,)
     9. n-m. (telephone) extension
     10. n-m. stretch, stint (at work)
     11. v. first-person singular present of poster
     12. v. third-person singular present of poster
     13. v. second-person singular imperative of poster


veiller
     1. v. to stay up, sit up
     2. v. to keep guard, keep watch
     3. v. to look after, see to ( + à); see to it that ( + à ce que)
     4. v. to watch over (someone) ( + sur)
     5. v. to keep watch over a sick person at night; to do a death wake for
     6. v. to go out in the evening, e.g. in parties, clubs, bars…
     7. v. (computing) to put in standby mode


surveiller
     1. v. (espionage) to monitor, to survey, to watch


faire attention
     1. v. to pay attention
           Tu as intérêt à faire très attention, mon ami.
           J'ai arrêté de faire attention aussitôt que vous aviez commencé à parler.


gardepronunciation
     1. n. a watch, guard
     2. n. a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.
     3. n. (military) sentry service performed by soldiers.
     4. n. (military) soldiers doing the sentry service
     5. n. any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.
     6. n-f. a handle (of a weapon)
     7. n-f. a protection (act of protecting)
     8. v. first-person singular present of garder
     9. v. third-person singular present of garder
     10. v. second-person singular imperative of garder


observerpronunciation
     1. v. to observe, watch
     2. v. to note, notice
     3. v. to keep, maintain



prendre garde
     1. v. (indtr, à) to look out, to watch out, to mind
           Tu ferais mieux de prendre garde à ne pas arriver en retard cette fois.
           Prends garde à toi mon vieux, si tu crois que tu vas t'en tirer comme ça tu te mets le doigt dans l'œil !


faire gaffe
     1. v. (indtr, à, .informal, intr=1) to pay attention, to watch out, to mind


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