entre

/ɑ̃tʁ/

preposition #212 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

between, among

Examples

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We will need to choose between the two offers before the end of the week.

heures midi conférence.

The meeting will take place between ten and noon in the conference room.

, chances réussir.

Between you and me, I think this project has little chance of succeeding.

Entre est une préposition exprimant l'espace, le temps ou la relation entre deux éléments ou plus. Entre deux éléments précis s'oppose à parmi (among, used with a larger group). Entre eux (between them, among themselves) exprime une relation interne. D'entre (of/among them) est la forme partitive : l'un d'entre eux.

Entre-temps (in the meantime, meanwhile) est une locution adverbiale très utile dans les récits. S'entendre (to get along) et s'entraider (to help each other) illustrent le préfixe entr- qui marque la réciprocité. Entre guillemets (in quotation marks, so to speak) est fréquent pour signaler un usage ironique ou conventionnel d'un mot.

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