The French word for to listen is
écouter
French Definition
listen | |
1. v. Écouter. | |
To listen is to pay attention to a sound, to note. | |
Please listen carefully as I explain. | |
2. v. Obéir à un ordre oral. | |
Good children listen to their parents. |
Translations for listen and their definitions
écouter | |||
1. v. to listen | |||
2. v. to listen to | |||
J’écoute la radio. |
tendre l'oreille | ||
1. v. to prick up one's ears, to pin one's ears back, to strain one's ears (to listen carefully) |
guetter | ||
1. v. to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait | ||
Le chat guette la souris. - The cat lies in wait for the mouse. | ||
Des gendarmes le guettent. - The Gendarmes lie in wait for him | ||
2. v. to await in order to seize | ||
guetter une occasion | ||
3. v. to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form) | ||
La mort le guette. - Death hangs over him. |
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