What does emprunt in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word emprunt in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use emprunt in French.

The word emprunt in French means loan, loan, loan, borrowing, quotation, borrowing, loan word, borrow material, take out a loan, contract for a loan, zero rate loan, bond debt, Russian loan, take out a loan, get a loan, alias, request a loan, ask for a loan, alias, pseudonym, borrowing rate. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word emprunt

loan

nom masculin (fait d'emprunter)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Est-ce que je peux te prendre ton agrafeuse ? Ne t'en fais pas, c'est juste un emprunt, je te la rends tout de suite.
Can I pinch your stapler? Don't worry, I'm just borrowing it; I'll give it back as soon as I'm done.

loan

nom masculin (Finances : fait d'emprunter)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai fait un emprunt pour acheter ma maison.
I took out a mortgage to buy my house.

loan

nom masculin (Finances : somme prêtée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous avons obtenu un emprunt de 100 000 € pour notre nouvelle maison.
We got a mortgage of €100,000 for our new house.

borrowing

nom masculin (fait de copier [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet auteur a beaucoup fait d'emprunts aux philosophes grecs.
This author borrows a lot from the Greek philosophers.

quotation

nom masculin (élément emprunté)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette phrase devenue célèbre n'est autre qu'un emprunt à un philosophe.
This now famous saying is, in fact, a quotation from a philosopher.

borrowing

nom masculin (Linguistique : adopter un mot)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le français a beaucoup eu recours à l'emprunt de mots étrangers au cours de son histoire.
French has often resorted to borrowing foreign words in the course of its history.

loan word

nom masculin (Linguistique : mot adopté) (linguistics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Beaucoup de mots du vocabulaire maritime sont des emprunts au néerlandais.
Many words in maritime vocabulary are loan words from Dutch.

borrow material

nom masculin (BTP : excavation pour matériaux) (construction)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les matériaux de ce remblai proviennent des emprunts de ce chantier.
The materials in the backfill are borrow materials from this construction site.

take out a loan, contract for a loan

locution verbale (souscrire un prêt)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

zero rate loan

nom masculin (crédit sans intérêt) (banking)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

bond debt

nom masculin (titre de créance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un emprunt obligataire est une obligation ou un titre de créance négociable émis généralement dans sa propre devise par un gouvernement.

Russian loan

nom masculin (emprunt tsariste aux banques européennes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

take out a loan, get a loan

locution verbale (emprunter)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

alias

nom féminin (fausse identité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

request a loan, ask for a loan

locution verbale (demander de l'argent) (finance)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Après l'incendie du musée, la ville lança un emprunt auprès de tous les citoyens pour le reconstruire à l'identique.

alias, pseudonym

nom masculin (pseudonyme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

borrowing rate

nom masculin (coût d'un emprunt) (banking)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Nous recherchons un prêt dont le taux d'emprunt ne sera pas trop élevé.

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