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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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captiver [kaptive] VB trans

captiver beauté:
to captivate
captiver voix, musique:
to enthral Brit
captiver histoire, aventure, programme, personne:
to fascinate

I. capt|if (captive) [kaptif, iv] ADJ

1. captif (enfermé):

captif (captive) personne, animal
captive

2. captif COMM:

captif (captive) clientèle, marché
captive

II. capt|if (captive) [kaptif, iv] N m (f)

captif (captive)
captive
English
English
French
French
fascinated (by spectacle)
captivé (by par)
enthral performance, novel, scenery:
captiver, passionner
to be enthraled by sb's beauty
être captivé or saisi par la beauté de qn
tetherball
ballon m captif
captive
captif/-ive m/f
captive
captif/-ive
captive audience/market
public/marché captif
in fascination
captivé
to be riveted by performance
être captivé par
captivate
captiver, fasciner
engross
captiver

in the PONS Dictionary

French
French
English
English

captiver [kaptive] VB trans

captiver
to captivate

I. captif (-ive) [kaptif, -iv] ADJ

captif (-ive)
captive

II. captif (-ive) [kaptif, -iv] N m, f

captif (-ive)
captive
English
English
French
French
rapt look, person
captivé(e)
captive
captif(-ive) m (f)
captive
captif(-ive)
to hold sb captive
maintenir qn captif
enthral
captiver
captivate
captiver
to be riveted by a film
être captivé par un film
to excite an audience
captiver un public
capture attention
captiver
grip
captiver
in the PONS Dictionary
French
French
English
English

captiver [kaptive] VB trans

captiver
to captivate

I. captif (-ive) [kaptif, -iv] ADJ

captif (-ive)
captive

II. captif (-ive) [kaptif, -iv] N m, f

captif (-ive)
captive
English
English
French
French
rapt look, person
captivé(e)
captive
captif(-ive) m (f)
captive
captif(-ive)
to hold sb captive
maintenir qn captif
enthrall
captiver
captivate
captiver
to be riveted by a film
être captivé par un film
to excite an audience
captiver un public
capture attention
captiver
grip
captiver
Présent
jecaptive
tucaptives
il/elle/oncaptive
nouscaptivons
vouscaptivez
ils/ellescaptivent
Imparfait
jecaptivais
tucaptivais
il/elle/oncaptivait
nouscaptivions
vouscaptiviez
ils/ellescaptivaient
Passé simple
jecaptivai
tucaptivas
il/elle/oncaptiva
nouscaptivâmes
vouscaptivâtes
ils/ellescaptivèrent
Futur simple
jecaptiverai
tucaptiveras
il/elle/oncaptivera
nouscaptiverons
vouscaptiverez
ils/ellescaptiveront
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