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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

English

French

ambition [Brit amˈbɪʃ(ə)n, Am æmˈbɪʃ(ə)n] N

1. ambition (quality):

ambition: ambition f (to do de faire)

to have ambition: avoir de l'ambition

2. ambition (aim):

ambition: rêve m (to do, of doing de faire)

it was his lifelong ambition to visit Japan: son rêve de toujours était de visiter le Japon

3. ambition gén pl (aspiration):

ambition: ambition f (to do, of doing de faire)

political/literary ambitions: ambitions politiques/littéraires

she has leadership ambitions: elle ambitionne le pouvoir

all-consuming ambition: démesuré

thrusting ambition: puissant

in (the) furtherance of ambition, cause: pour servir

forswear claim, ambition, vice: renoncer à

vainglorious after n boast, assessment, ambition: plein de suffisance

undeclared ambition, love: inavoué

cherish hope, ambition: caresser

her most cherished ambition: son ambition la plus chère

French

English

arrivisme: ruthless ambition

niaque: ambition, drive

in the PONS Dictionary

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French

ambition [æmˈbɪʃn] N

ambition: ambition f

rein in child, ambition: freiner

thwarted ambition: ambition f déçue

fulfillment of ambition: réalisation f

to be possessed by anger/ambition: être possédé par la colère/l'ambition

achievement of ambition: réalisation f

French

English

ambition: ambition

ambitieux (-euse): man (woman)m() with ambition

ambitionner de +infin: to have an ambition to +infin

aspiration: ambition

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

ambition [æm·ˈbɪʃ· ə n] N

ambition: ambition f

rein in child, ambition: freiner

thwarted ambition: ambition f déçue

fulfillment of ambition: réalisation f

to be possessed by anger/ambition: être possédé par la colère/l'ambition

naked ambition: non-dissimulé(e)

achievement of ambition: réalisation f

French

English

ambition: ambition

ambitieux (-euse): man (woman)m() with ambition

ambitionner de +infin: to have an ambition to +infin

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to make one's ambition/plan a reality: réaliser son ambition/plan

thwarted ambition: ambition f déçue

to be possessed by anger/ambition: être possédé par la colère/l'ambition

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