What does doucement in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word doucement in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use doucement in French.
The word doucement in French means gently, softly, quietly, carefully, softly, quietly, gently, slowly, slowly, carefully, wait a minute, hold on, hang on, hey, careful with, to yourself, Easy!, Easy there!. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word doucement
gently, softly, quietly, carefullyadverbe (délicatement) (adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.") Le jeune papa reposa le biberon doucement sur la table pour ne pas faire de bruit. The young father placed the baby bottle gently on the table so as not to make any noise. |
softly, quietly, gentlyadverbe (sans bruit, à voix basse) (adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.") Tom et Lucie parlaient doucement pour ne pas déranger Simon, qui travaillait toujours. Tom and Lucy were speaking quietly, so as not to disturb Simon, who was still working. |
slowlyadverbe (moins vite) (adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.") Vous parlez trop vite pour moi : vous pourriez parler plus doucement ? You are speaking too quickly for me; could you please speak more slowly? |
slowly, carefullyadverbe (lentement) (adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.") Le voleur avançait tout doucement dans le noir. The thief moved forward very slowly into the darkness. |
wait a minute, hold on, hang on, heyinterjection (holà) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Doucement, nous n'avons pas encore le résultat définitif. Wait a minute; we do not yet have the final result. |
careful withadverbe (sans exagérer) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") Doucement avec le café ! // Il faut y aller doucement sur le punch, il est assez corsé. Go easy on the punch! It's rather spicy. |
to yourselfadverbe (familier (ironiquement, intérieurement) Mon collègue me fait doucement rire avec ses idées utopistes My colleague made me laugh to myself with his Utopian ideas. |
Easy!, Easy there!interjection (familier (pas de précipitation, du calme) (interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!") |
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