What does inventer in French mean?

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

The word inventer in French means invent, make up, make up, make up, dream up, make the whole thing up, pretend to be someone you are not, pretend to be someone else. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word inventer

invent

verbe transitif (créer, trouver)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pasteur a inventé le vaccin contre la rage.
It was Pasteur who discovered a vaccine against rabies.

make up

verbe transitif (imaginer) (story)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Elle a encore inventé une histoire extravagante.
She's made up another wild story.

make up

verbe transitif (prétendre faussement) (lie)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Il a inventé un empêchement pour justifier son retard.
He made up a hitch to excuse his lateness.

make up

verbe pronominal (se trouver)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Une telle solution, ça ne s'invente pas !
A solution like that. You couldn't make it up!

dream up

verbe pronominal (imaginer)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Lassée par son quotidien, Marion s'invente une vie meilleure.
Fed up with her day-to-day routine, Marion dreams up a better life.

make the whole thing up

locution verbale (péjoratif (inventer, créer)

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

pretend to be someone you are not, pretend to be someone else

(affabuler)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les mythomanes s'invente une vie meilleure.

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