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Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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ressource [ʀ(ə)suʀs] N f

1. ressource (richesse):

ressource
resource
la principale ressource du Brésil
Brazil's main resource
les ressources naturelles ou de la nature
natural resources
les ressources énergétiques/forestières/minérales
energy/forest/mineral resources

2. ressource (option):

ressource
option
elle n'a pas d'autre ressource que de fuir
she has no option but to flee
en dernière ressource
as a last resort
être à bout de ressource
to be at one's wits' end

3. ressource (réserves) fig:

avoir de la ressource inf
to be resourceful
puiser dans ses propres ressources
to fall back on one's inner resources
une personne de ressources
a resourceful person

4. ressource (revenus):

ressources
resources
35% de ses ressources
35% of his/her resources
vous avez des ressources?
do you have any means of support?
être sans ressources, n'avoir aucune ressource
to have no means of support
quelles sont vos ressources?
what is your financial position?
mes maigres ressources
my slender means

5. ressource (possibilités):

ressource (de lieu, technique)
possibilities
toutes les ressources de l'imaginaire
all the powers of the imagination

Phrases:

ressources humaines
human resources
compter sur (dépendre, faire confiance) personne, ressource
to rely on
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French
French
resourcefulness
ressource f
resource ECON, ADMIN
ressource f
he has no inner resources fig
il n'a pas beaucoup de ressource
resource
ressource f
resource form
ressource f
resource
ressource f

in the PONS Dictionary

ressource [ʀ(ə)suʀs] N f

1. ressource pl (moyens):

ressource
means
ressource de l'État
funds
ressources naturelles
natural resources
ressources personnelles
private income
sans ressources
with no means of support

2. ressource sans pl (recours):

tu es ma seule ressource
you are the only one I can turn to
en dernière ressource
as a last resort
sans ressource
with nowhere to turn

Phrases:

avoir de la ressource
to have strength in reserve
in the PONS Dictionary

ressource [ʀ(ə)suʀs] N f

1. ressource pl (moyens):

ressource
means
ressource de l'État
funds
ressources naturelles
natural resources
ressources personnelles
private income
sans ressources
with no means of support

2. ressource sans pl (recours):

tu es ma seule ressource
you are the only one I can turn to
en dernière ressource
as a last resort
sans ressource
with nowhere to turn

Phrases:

avoir de la ressource
to have strength in reserve

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

tu es ma seule ressource
you are the only one I can turn to
en dernière ressource
as a last resort
sans ressource
with nowhere to turn
avoir de la ressource
to have strength in reserve

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