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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French

English

I. deviner [dəvine] VB trans

1. deviner (parvenir à connaître):

deviner secret: to guess

deviner avenir: to foresee, to tell

2. deviner (soupçonner):

deviner danger: to sense

je devine quelque chose de louche là-dessous: I smell a rat

3. deviner (imaginer):

deviner: to imagine

je te laisse deviner leur joie: I leave you to imagine their joy

4. deviner (apercevoir):

deviner: to make out

on devine une maison au loin: you can make out a house in the distance

sa robe laisse deviner ses rondeurs: you can make out her curves through her dress

II. se deviner VB trans

1. se deviner (être facile à connaître):

la suite du film se devine aisément: it's easy to guess what happens next in the film

2. se deviner (transparaître):

se deviner inquiétude, trouble:: to come out

English

French

puzzle out: deviner

to look into one's crystal ball fig: essayer de deviner l'avenir

psych out intentions, response: deviner

outguess (anticipate): deviner les intentions de

divine liter: deviner

to make a shrewd guess: deviner juste

to have or make or take a guess: essayer de deviner

to have or make or take a guess at sth: essayer de deviner qc

to make a wild guess: deviner au hasard

guess answer, reason, name, identity: deviner

guess length, width: deviner, estimer

to guess sb's age (correctly): deviner l'âge de qn

guess: deviner

to guess right: deviner juste

you're just guessing!: tu ne fais que deviner!

her expression gave no inkling of how she felt: son visage ne laissait rien deviner de ses sentiments

no prizes for guessing who was there!: il n'est pas difficile de deviner qui était là!

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

I. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB trans

1. deviner (trouver):

deviner réponse, secret, énigme: to guess

2. deviner (pressentir):

deviner sens, pensée: to guess

deviner menace, danger: to see

3. deviner (entrevoir):

deviner: to make out

II. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB refl

1. deviner (se trouver):

la réponse se devine facilement: the answer is easy to guess

2. deviner (transparaître):

se deviner tendance, goût: to be apparent

obscurément deviner, sentir: in an obscure way

English

French

puzzle out: deviner

divine: deviner

to make a shrewd guess: deviner juste

to leave nothing to the imagination: ne rien laisser deviner

to have [or Am take] a guess: deviner

guess: deviner

guess: deviner

there are no prizes for guessing: ce n'est pas difficile de deviner

peg: deviner

to make a lucky guess: deviner au hasard

in the PONS Dictionary

French

English

I. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB trans

1. deviner (trouver):

deviner réponse, secret, énigme: to guess

2. deviner (pressentir):

deviner sens, pensée: to guess

deviner menace, danger: to see

3. deviner (entrevoir):

deviner: to make out

II. deviner [d(ə)vine] VB refl

1. deviner (se trouver):

la réponse se devine facilement: the answer is easy to guess

2. deviner (transparaître):

se deviner tendance, goût: to be apparent

obscurément deviner, sentir: in an obscure way

deviner juste: to guess right(ly)

English

French

puzzle out: deviner

divine: deviner

to make a shrewd guess: deviner juste

to leave nothing to the imagination inf: ne rien laisser deviner

to take [or have] a guess: deviner

guess: deviner

guess: deviner

there are no prizes for guessing: ce n'est pas difficile de deviner

to make a lucky guess: deviner au hasard

Présent
je	devine
tu	devines
il/elle/on	devine
nous	devinons
vous	devinez
ils/elles	devinent

Imparfait
je	devinais
tu	devinais
il/elle/on	devinait
nous	devinions
vous	deviniez
ils/elles	devinaient

Passé simple
je	devinai
tu	devinas
il/elle/on	devina
nous	devinâmes
vous	devinâtes
ils/elles	devinèrent

Futur simple
je	devinerai
tu	devineras
il/elle/on	devinera
nous	devinerons
vous	devinerez
ils/elles	devineront

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

deviner juste: to guess right(ly)

se deviner tendance, goût: to be apparent

there are no prizes for guessing: ce n'est pas difficile de deviner

there are no marks for guessing sth: il n'y a pas besoin d'être un génie pour deviner qc

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