house
(=dwelling) maison f
→ His house is in Pimlico.
at sb's house chez qn
at his house chez lui
We stayed at their house. Nous avons séjourné chez eux.
at my house chez moi
to sb's house chez qn
to my house chez moi
to get on like a house on fire *
(=get on well together) s'entendre comme larrons en foire
to get one's house in order, to put one's house in order, to set one's house in order
(=sort one's affairs out) mettre de l'ordre dans ses affaires
→ He's got his house in order and made some tremendous decisions.
→ The challenge for American leadership is this: Can we put our economic house in order?
→ Before you lecture me, Mr Abbey, I suggest you set your house in order.
(=household) maison f
→ The noise woke the whole house.
→ He's the head of the house.
to keep house for sb tenir la maison de qn
→ He lives with an aunt who keeps house for him.
(=theatre) salle f
to bring the house down *
(=get a great response from the audience) casser la baraque
→ It's really an amazing dance. It just always brings the house down.
(=audience) auditoire m
→ The house fell silent as the curtain rose.
(=firm) maison f
→ a publishing house
(in restaurant, pub)
on the house
(=free) aux frais de la maison
→ Try some - it's on the house.
drinks are on the house c'est la tournée du patron
→ There are sure to be drinks on the house
(=royal family) maison f
→ the House of Windsor
→ the Saudi Royal House
[+person] loger, héberger
to be housed
(=given council accommodation) obtenir un logement social
→ mothers with children are housed by local councils
→ Too many married couples are waiting to be housed.
[+thing] abriter → This is the building which houses the library.
art-house , arthouse
adj
[film, classic] d'art et d'essai
→ ... a quirky art-house film ...
→ The movies he made became art-house classics.
auction house
n société f de vente(s) aux enchères
boarding house
n pension f (de famille)
boiler house
n chaufferie f
clearing house , clearing-house
n
(for information)
bureau m central
→ The centre will act as a clearing house for research projects for former nuclear scientists.
(=bank) chambre f de compensation
council house
n (British) maison f à loyer modéré (louée à la municipalité)
country house
n (British) manoir m
→ This substantial 19th-century country house is an hour's drive from the ferry port
crack house
n
[+drug addicts] crack-house f (maison où l'on vend, achète et consomme du crack)
detached house
n (British) maison f individuelle
→ a large detached house surrounded by a garden.
discount house
n
(=bank) banque f d'escompte
doll's house
n maison f de poupée
doss house , doss-house
n (British) asile m de nuit
fashion house
n maison f de couture
free house
n (British) pub m (qui n'appartient pas à une chaîne)
full house
n salle f comble
to play to a full house
[production] jouer à guichets fermés
guest-house
n pension f
halfway house
n
(for rehabilitation)
centre m de réadaptation
(=compromise) compromis m
to be a halfway house between être à mi-chemin entre
→ this book is a kind of halfway house between a biography and a political diary
House , house ( houses pl )
n
(=parliament) Chambre f
house agent
n (British) agent m immobilier
house arrest
n assignation f à domicile, assignation f à résidence
to be placed under house arrest être assigné (e) à domicile, être assigné (e) à résidence
to put sb under house arrest assigner qn à domicile, assigner qn à à résidence
house-broken
adj (US) →
house-trained
house call
n visite f
→ Jehovah's Witnesses on a house call
house-clean
vi (US) faire le ménage
house-cleaning
n (US) ménage m
house guest
n invité (e) m/f
house-hunt
vi (British) être à la recherche d'une maison (or d'un appartement)
house hunter
n personne f à la recherche d'une maison
house-hunting , househunting
n (British) recherche f d'une maison (or d'un appartement)
to go househunting se mettre en quête d'une maison (or d'un appartement)
house lights
npl éclairage m de la salle
→ The house lights dimmed, flickered and went out.
house number
n numéro m de rue
→ Software such as quickaddress can fill in the rest of an address from the postcode and house number.
House of Commons
n (British)
the House of Commons la Chambre des communes
→ The House of Commons has overwhelmingly rejected demands to bring back the death penalty for murder ...
house of God
n maison f de Dieu
House of Lords
n (British)
the House of Lords la Chambre des lords
→ The legislation has twice been rejected by the House of Lords.
House of Representatives
n (US)
the House of Representatives la Chambre des représentants
→ The House of Representatives approved a new budget plan.
house owner , house-owner
n propriétaire mf (d'une maison ou d'un appartement)
house party
n partie f de campagne
house plant
n plante f d'intérieur
house prices
npl prix mpl de l'immobilier
house rule
n
(in family)
règle f de la maison
→ Decide on your house rules. Now's the time to set your limits
(in institution)
No drugs is a house rule. Les drogues sont interdites ici.
house sale
n vente f immobilière
house-sit
vi
to house-sit for sb garder la maison de qn
house-to-house
adj
[enquiries, search] maison par maison
→ House-to-house inquiries continued yesterday
→ Police continued house-to-house inquiries
→ We've not got the manpower to conduct house-to-house enquiries.
→ troops carrying out house-to-house searches
house-train
vt (British)
to house-train an animal apprendre à être propre à un animal
house-trained
adj (British)
[animal] propre
house wine
n cuvée f du patron
→ The house wine is £10.50 a bottle.
→ A three-course meal with a bottle of house wine costs about ten pounds.
in-house
adj
[training] en interne
[magazine] d'entreprise
[system] interne
the BBC's in-house magazine, Ariel Ariel, le magazine d'entreprise de la BBC
adv
[train, produce] en interne
Leader of the House
n (British) président (e) m/f de la Chambre (des communes ou des lords)
lodging house
n (British) pension f de famille
Lower House
n
the Lower House la Chambre basse
Member of the House of Representatives
n (US) membre m de la Chambre des représentants
opera house
n opéra m
owner-occupied house
n maison f occupée par son propriétaire
parliament house
n parlement m
public house
n (British) pub m
publishing house
n maison f d'édition
ranch house
n ranch m
→ his $10 million ranch house in Beverly Hills
→ the Design Center is a 1950s ranch house
reptile house
n vivarium m
rooming house
n (US) maison m de rapport
row house
n (US) maison f en rangée
safe house
n (for criminal, spy, victim)
lieu m sûr
→ ... a farm which operates as a safe house for criminals on the run.
show house
n (British) maison f témoin
station house
n (US)
(for police)
commissariat m
(for firefighters)
caserne f de pompiers
steak house , steakhouse
n ~grill-room m
summer house , summerhouse
n
(=summer residence) résidence f d'été
→ He visited relatives at their summer house on the river.
terrace house , terraced house
n (British) maison f mitoyenne (faisant partie d'une rangée de maisons identiques)
town house
n
(=tall house) maison f en rangée
(=person's city residence) maison f de ville
tract house
n (US) pavillon m (dans un lotissement)
tree house
n cabane f construite dans un arbre
Upper House
n
the Upper House (gen)
la Chambre haute
(in Britain)
la Chambre des lords
(in France, in the US)
le Sénat
Wendy house
n (British) cabane f de jeu
White House
n
the White House la Maison-Blanche