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Detailed Translations for understanding from English to French

understanding:

understanding [the ~] noun

  1. the understanding (insight; perception)
    la compréhension; la conception; l'intelligence; la notion; l'ingéniosité; l'intellect
  2. the understanding (comprehension; notion; grasp)
    la compréhension
  3. the understanding
    l'entente
  4. the understanding (discernment; insight; brain; notion)
    la compréhension; la conception; l'intelligence; l'intellect
  5. the understanding (intellect; intelligence)
    l'intelligence; l'ingéniosité; l'intellect; l'esprit; le génie

Translation Matrix for understanding:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
compréhension brain; comprehension; discernment; grasp; insight; notion; perception; understanding ability to understand; acumen; acuteness; awareness; comprehension; concept; conception; consciousness; discernment; idea; intellectual grasp; keen perception; mental grasp; mind; notion; realisation; realization; reason; sagacity; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness
conception brain; discernment; insight; notion; perception; understanding ability to understand; angle; aspect; attitude; comprehension; concept; conception; conviction; creed; disposition; idea; image; inclination; intellectual grasp; interpretation; judgement; mental grasp; notion; opinion; outlook; perspective; point of view; reading; stand; thought; version; view; vision; way of thinking
entente understanding accord; alliance; brotherhood; concord; connection; connexion; conscencus; consensus; consensus of opinion; consonance; feeling of solidarity; harmony; restrictive trade practice; sentiment of unity; solidarity; togetherness; unanimity
esprit intellect; intelligence; understanding apparition; awareness; belief; brainpower; brilliance; creed; disposition; divine worship; drift; elf; faith; frame of mind; fun; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; humor; humour; inclination; ingenuity; intellect; intelligence; inventiveness; mental capacity; methylated spirit; mind; mood; nature; phantom; reason; religion; religious conviction; resourcefulness; sense; specter; spectre; spirit; spirits; spook; temper; tendency; thought
génie intellect; intelligence; understanding apparition; brainpower; bright spark; brilliance; frame of mind; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; humor; humour; ingenuity; intellect; intelligence; inventiveness; mastermind; mental capacity; mood; phantom; resourcefulness; sense; smart fellow; specter; spectre; spook; temper; thought
ingéniosité insight; intellect; intelligence; perception; understanding acumen; acuteness; adeptness; brainpower; brightness; brilliance; cleverness; discernment; dodge; genius; ingenuity; insight; intellect; intelligence; inventiveness; keen perception; mental capacity; quick-wittedness; resourcefulness; sagacity; sense; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; thought; wiliness
intellect brain; discernment; insight; intellect; intelligence; notion; perception; understanding apparition; brainpower; frame of mind; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; humor; humour; intellect; intellectual powers; intelligence; mental capacity; mood; phantom; sense; specter; spectre; spook; temper; thought
intelligence brain; discernment; insight; intellect; intelligence; notion; perception; understanding ability to understand; acumen; acuteness; adeptness; apparition; brainpower; brightness; brilliance; cleverness; comprehension; discernment; dodge; frame of mind; genius; ghost; ghostly apparition; hastiness; humor; humour; hurry; ingenuity; insight; intellect; intellectual grasp; intellectual powers; intelligence; inventiveness; keen perception; mental capacity; mental grasp; mood; phantom; quick-wittedness; resourcefulness; sagacity; sense; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness; smartness; specter; spectre; spook; temper; thought; wiliness
notion insight; perception; understanding ability to understand; angle; aspect; attitude; awareness; comprehension; concept; conception; consciousness; idea; image; intellectual grasp; interpretation; mental grasp; notion; opinion; outlook; perspective; point of view; reading; realisation; realization; stand; thought; version; view; vision; way of thinking
- agreement; apprehension; discernment; intellect; reason; savvy; sympathy
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- brains; comprehension; wit
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avec beaucoup d'entendement understanding
compréhensif understanding forbearing; permissive; tolerant

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Related Definitions for "understanding":

  1. characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy1
    • an understanding friend1
  2. the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination1
  3. the cognitive condition of someone who understands1
    • he has virtually no understanding of social cause and effect1
  4. an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion1
    • I knew I could count on his understanding1
  5. the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises1
    • there was an understanding between management and the workers1

Wiktionary Translations for understanding:

understanding
noun
  1. Mental process of comprehension, assimilation of knowledge, subjective by its nature
  2. Ability to grasp the full meaning of knowledge, ability to infer
  3. Sympathy
understanding
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
understanding rapport Beziehung — Verhältnis, in dem Menschen oder Organisationen zueinander stehen
understanding accord EinvernehmenEinigkeit, Übereinstimmung
understanding connaissance ErkenntnisPhilosophie: das Abbild von Gegenständen und Sachverhalten im Bewusstsein; das durch Erkenntnisgewinnung entstandene Wissen; bei Kant das synthetisch-analytische Urteil
understanding raison Vernunft — das geistige Vermögen, womit ein Mensch die aufgenommenen Gegenstände in sich verarbeiten, d. h. Zusammenhänge zu erkennen, zu beurteilen, zu überschauen und sich dementsprechend sinnvoll und zweckmäßig zu verhalten
understanding entente; consensus; convention; arrangement; connivence; accommodement; accord Abmachung — eine mündliche oder schriftliche Vereinbarung, die bindend und wirksam ist
understanding compréhensif; compréhensive verständnisvollVerständnis und Einsicht zeigend

understand:

to understand verb (understands, understood, understanding)

  1. to understand (comprehend; grasp; get)
    comprendre; saisir; se rendre compte; voir; piger; concevoir; réaliser
    • comprendre verb (comprends, comprend, comprenons, comprenez, )
    • saisir verb (saisis, saisit, saisissons, saisissez, )
    • voir verb (vois, voit, voyons, voyez, )
    • piger verb (pige, piges, pigeons, pigez, )
    • concevoir verb (conçois, conçoit, concevons, concevez, )
    • réaliser verb (réalise, réalises, réalisons, réalisez, )
  2. to understand
    comprendre; concevoir; saisir
    • comprendre verb (comprends, comprend, comprenons, comprenez, )
    • concevoir verb (conçois, conçoit, concevons, concevez, )
    • saisir verb (saisis, saisit, saisissons, saisissez, )
  3. to understand (interpret; take up)
    interpréter; entendre
    • interpréter verb (interprète, interprètes, interprétons, interprétez, )
    • entendre verb (entends, entend, entendons, entendez, )
  4. to understand (be on to; rumble to; see through)
    comprendre; concevoir; saisir; entendre; piger
    • comprendre verb (comprends, comprend, comprenons, comprenez, )
    • concevoir verb (conçois, conçoit, concevons, concevez, )
    • saisir verb (saisis, saisit, saisissons, saisissez, )
    • entendre verb (entends, entend, entendons, entendez, )
    • piger verb (pige, piges, pigeons, pigez, )
  5. to understand (have it taped)
    maîtriser; contrôler; maîtriser la matière
    • maîtriser verb (maîtrise, maîtrises, maîtrisons, maîtrisez, )
    • contrôler verb (contrôle, contrôles, contrôlons, contrôlez, )

Conjugations for understand:

present
  1. understand
  2. understand
  3. understands
  4. understand
  5. understand
  6. understand
simple past
  1. understood
  2. understood
  3. understood
  4. understood
  5. understood
  6. understood
present perfect
  1. have understood
  2. have understood
  3. has understood
  4. have understood
  5. have understood
  6. have understood
past continuous
  1. was understanding
  2. were understanding
  3. was understanding
  4. were understanding
  5. were understanding
  6. were understanding
future
  1. shall understand
  2. will understand
  3. will understand
  4. shall understand
  5. will understand
  6. will understand
continuous present
  1. am understanding
  2. are understanding
  3. is understanding
  4. are understanding
  5. are understanding
  6. are understanding
subjunctive
  1. be understood
  2. be understood
  3. be understood
  4. be understood
  5. be understood
  6. be understood
diverse
  1. understand!
  2. let's understand!
  3. understood
  4. understanding
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for understand:

VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
comprendre be on to; comprehend; get; grasp; rumble to; see through; understand be in sympathy with; comprise; conceive; confine; consist of; count in; dam; embank; encapsulate; enclose; envelope; feel; feel empathy for; figure in; fill; imagine; include; intend; limit; look through; restrict; see through; sympathise; sympathize; take up space; think
concevoir be on to; comprehend; get; grasp; rumble to; see through; understand conceptualise; conceptualize; construct; contain; contrive; create; design; devise; estimate; get to know; grasp; hold; invent; make; manufacture; plan; plot; prepare; realise; realize; set up
contrôler have it taped; understand affirm; audit; be the one in control; check; check out; control; curb; dominate; examine; go through again; govern; have the upper hand; hear; inspect; investigate; look at; prove; restrain; scrutinise; scrutinize; test; trace; verify; view; watch
entendre be on to; interpret; rumble to; see through; take up; understand aim at; capture; catch; contain; get to know; grab; grasp; grip; hear; hear out; hold; learn; listen; listen to; mean; realise; realize; seize; trap
interpréter interpret; take up; understand act; act a part; cover; define; depict; describe; explain; expound; express; express oneself; give expression to; impersonate; interpret; perform; personify; play the role of; play-act; portray; recount; render; report; represent; reproduce; reveal oneself; say; speak; talk; tell; transcribe; translate; utter; ventilate
maîtriser have it taped; understand be the one in control; bring to submission; bring under control; check; confine; control; crush; curb; dam; dominate; embank; encapsulate; enclose; envelope; exercise authority; exert power; have the upper hand; keep back; keep in control; limit; moderate; order; overcome; overpower; overwhelm; pulverise; pulverize; recant; reign; restrain; restrict; retract; revoke; rub fine; rule; subdue; subject; suppress; take back; take possession of something; tame; withhold
maîtriser la matière have it taped; understand
piger be on to; comprehend; get; grasp; rumble to; see through; understand look through; see through
réaliser comprehend; get; grasp; understand accomplish; achieve; act; attain; bring about; bring forth; capitalise; capitalize; carry out; come about; conceptualise; conceptualize; construct; create; design; direct; do; effect; execute; gain; generate; get hold of; get one's hands on; invent; labor; labour; lay one's hands on; make; manufacture; obtain; prepare; produce; realise; realize; receive for one's portion; seize; seize upon; succeed; win; work
saisir be on to; comprehend; get; grasp; rumble to; see through; understand apprehend; arrest; captivate; capture; catch; catch on the way; chain; clamp; clasp; clutch; confiscate; contain; detain; dive in; enchain; enchant; enclose with the hands; enthral; enthrall; fall to; fascinate; get hold of; get one's hands on; get to know; grab; grasp; grip; hold; imprison; intercept; intrigue; lay one's hands on; look through; obtain; overcome by; pick up; realise; realize; receive; receive for one's portion; see through; seize; seize upon; serve oneself; shackle; strike; take; take hold of; take in custody; take prisoner; trap
se rendre compte comprehend; get; grasp; understand contain; get to know; grasp; hold; realise; realize
voir comprehend; get; grasp; understand attend; become aware of; behold; cast an eye on; check; contain; control; examine; feel; find; get to know; glance; go through; grasp; hold; inspect; look; look at; look on; notice; observe; perceive; realise; realize; scrutinise; scrutinize; see; see in; sense; verify; view; watch; witness
- empathise; empathize; infer; interpret; read; realise; realize; see; sympathise; sympathize; translate
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- gather

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Related Definitions for "understand":

  1. know and comprehend the nature or meaning of1
    • She did not understand her husband1
    • I understand what she means1
  2. perceive (an idea or situation) mentally1
    • I don't understand the idea1
  3. believe to be the case1
    • I understand you have no previous experience?1
  4. make sense of a language1
    • She understands French1
  5. be understanding of1
    • You don't need to explain--I understand!1

Wiktionary Translations for understand:

understand
verb
  1. to be aware of the meaning of
understand
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
understand comprendre verstaan — begrijpen van een uiting
understand concevoir; comprendre vatten — begrijpen
understand comprendre begrijpen — met het verstand bevatten
understand comprendre begreifen — etwas oder jemanden mit dem Verstand erfassen
understand comprendre nachvollziehen — Geschehenes oder von anderen Überlegtes selbst durchdenken, so dass man es verstehen kann

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