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The French word for to stand is
se tenir debout





to stand

French Definition


stand
     1. v. Être debout, se lever.
           Stop sitting and stand up.
           Stand over there while I clean the floor.
     2. v. Tolérer.
     3. v. Résister.
           The works of Shakespeare have stood the test of time.
     4. v. Soutenir, supporter.
           I can't stand all the smoke in the room.
     5. n. Opinion, avis.
           You have to take a stand one way or the other.
     6. n. Kiosque, stand, échoppe.
           Buy me a drink from the hot dog stand.
     7. n. Point de vue.
           A stand is a resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
     8. n. Position.
     9. n. Barre.
           A stand is the platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.
     10. n. Arrêt, halte.
     11. n. Résistance.
           The stand against automation was doomed to failure.
     12. n. Groupe, bouquet
           A stand is a contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
     13. n. Pupitre de musique.
           He set the music upon the stand and began to play.



Translations for stand and their definitions

se lever
     1. to dawn
     2. to stand
     3. to stand up


socle
     1. n-m. plinth, pedestal, socle
     2. n-m. basis, foundation, core idea
     3. n-m. (geology) basement (mass of rock underlying sedimentary cover)


être debout
     1. v. stand (be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position)


piédestal
     1. n-m. pedestal



pupitre
     1. n-m. pupil's desk, school desk
     2. n-m. console, control panel
     3. n-m. music stand


étal
     1. n-m. (market) stall
     2. n-m. butcher's block


stand
     1. n-m. stand (In various senses, such as a small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.)
     2. n-m. (motor racing) Pit.


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