hand

[[t]hænd[/t]] 1. noun

1) (the part of the body at the end of the arm.) main

2) (a pointer on a clock, watch etc: Clocks usually have an hour hand and a minute hand.) aiguille

3) (a person employed as a helper, crew member etc: a farm hand; All hands on deck!) ouvrier, ière, membre de l'équipage

4) (help; assistance: Can I lend a hand?; Give me a hand with this box, please.) coup de main

5) (a set of playing-cards dealt to a person: I had a very good hand so I thought I had a chance of winning.) main, jeu

6) (a measure (approximately centimetres) used for measuring the height of horses: a horse of 14 hands.) paume

7) (handwriting: written in a neat hand.) écriture

2. verb

(often with back, down, up etc)

1) (to give (something) to someone by hand: I handed him the book; He handed it back to me; I'll go up the ladder, and you can hand the tools up to me.) donner, rendre, transmettre

2) (to pass, transfer etc into another's care etc: That is the end of my report from Paris. I'll now hand you back to Fred Smith in the television studio in London.) remettre, retourner

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- handbag - handbill - handbook - handbrake - handcuff - handcuffs - hand-lens - handmade - hand-operated - hand-out - hand-picked - handshake - handstand - handwriting - handwritten - at hand - at the hands of - be hand in glove with someone - be hand in glove - by hand - fall into the hands of someone - fall into the hands - force someone's hand - get one's hands on - give/lend a helping hand - hand down - hand in - hand in hand - hand on - hand out - hand-out - handout - hand over - hand over fist - hands down - hands off! - hands-on - hands up! - hand to hand - have a hand in something - have a hand in - have/get/gain the upper hand - hold hands with someone - hold hands - in good hands - in hand - in the hands of - keep one's hand in - off one's hands - on hand - on the one hand ... on the other hand - ... on the other hand - out of hand - shake hands with someone / shake someone's hand - shake hands with / shake someone's hand - a show of hands - take in hand - to hand

English-French dictionary. 2014.