What does amusant in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word amusant in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use amusant in French.
The word amusant in French means entertaining, diverting, funny, entertain, have fun, mess around, muck around, entertain yourself doing , entertain yourself by doing, laugh at. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word amusant
entertaining, divertingadjectif (drôle, divertissant) (interesting) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Il raconte toujours des histoires amusantes. He always tells entertaining stories. |
funnyadjectif (plaisant) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") C'est une idée plutôt amusante. It is a rather funny idea. |
entertainverbe transitif (divertir) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le clown a amusé les enfants toute l'après-midi. The clown entertained the children all afternoon. |
have funverbe pronominal (se divertir) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Les enfants s'amusent dans leur chambre. The children are having fun in their room. |
mess around, muck aroundverbe pronominal (perdre son temps en futilités) (phrasal verb, intransitive: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning and not taking direct object--for example, "make up" [=reconcile]: "After they fought, they made up.") Si tu travaillais plus au lieu de t'amuser, tu aurais de meilleures notes. If you worked more, instead of mucking around, you would have better marks. |
entertain yourself doing , entertain yourself by doingverbe pronominal (prendre plaisir à faire [qch]) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Des enfants s'amusaient à jeter des cailloux aux chiens qui passaient. The children are entertaining themselves by throwing stones at passing dogs. |
laugh atverbe pronominal (rire de) Ils sont tombés en panne en rase campagne mais au lieu d'en pleurer, ils ont préféré s'amuser de la situation. They broke down in the middle of the countryside, but instead of crying over it, they thought it better to laugh at the situation. |
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