content

content: content, e [kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t]

adjective

( = heureux) pleased, happy

• avoir l'air content to look happy or pleased

► content de ( = satisfait de) [+ élève, voiture, situation] pleased or happy with

• être content de soi to be pleased with o.s.

• je suis très content d'être ici I'm very glad to be here

• non content d'être ... not content with being ...

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1.

contente kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif happy, pleased

je suis contente que tu sois là — I'm glad you're here

il est toujours content de lui — he is always so self-satisfied

non content de ne rien faire, il s'endette — not content with doing nothing, he is running up debts

2.

nom masculin

(tout) son content — [manger, dormir] to one's heart's content

avoir son content de — to have one's fill of

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kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj content, -e
pleased, glad

être content que — to be glad that, to be pleased that

Je suis content que tu sois venu. — I'm glad you've come.

content de — pleased with

Elle m'a dit qu'elle était contente de mon travail. — She told me she was pleased with my work.

non content de ... — not content with ...

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content, contente

A adj

1 (heureux) happy, pleased (de qch with sth; de faire to do; que that); ça te plaît? tu es content? do you like it? are you pleased?; je suis content de jouer ce match I'm happy to be playing in this match; ne pas avoir l'air très content not to look very happy; je suis contente que tu sois là I'm glad you're here;

2 (satisfait) pleased, satisfied (de with); être content de soi to be pleased with oneself; [vaniteux] to be self-satisfied; je suis assez content de moi I'm quite pleased with myself; maintenant que tu as tout cassé, je suppose que tu es content? you've broken everything, are you happy now?; non content de (faire) not content with (doing); non content de ne rien faire, il s'endette not content with doing nothing, he is running up debts.

B nm (tout) son content [manger, boire, dormir] to one's heart's content; avoir son content de iron to have one's fill of [ennuis].

(féminin contente) [kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif

1. [heureux] happy, glad, pleased

je suis content que tu aies pu venir I'm glad that you could make it

s'il n'est pas content, c'est pareil! (familier) he can like it or lump it!

2. [satisfait]

être content de quelque chose to be satisfied with something

je suis très content de moi I'm very pleased with myself

non content d'être riche, il veut aussi être célèbre not content with being rich ou not satisfied with being rich, he wants to be famous as well

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nom masculin

(soutenu)

avoir (tout) son content de quelque chose to have (had) one's fill of something

laisse-les s'amuser tout leur content let them play as much as they like

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Synonyms:

Satisfied, contented, easy in mind, Satisfy, appease, make easy, make contented, Satisfaction, ease, contentment, peace

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content — content, ente [ kɔ̃tɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • fin XIIIe; lat. contentus, de continere → contenir ♦ Satisfait. 1 ♦ Content de qqch. Vx Comblé, qui n a plus besoin d autre chose. « Qui vit content de rien possède toute chose » (Boileau). Subst. m. (fin XVe) … Encyclopédie Universelle
content — content, ente (kon tan, tan t ) adj. 1° Qui se contente de, qui s accommode de, se borne à. Content de peu. • Le sage y vit en paix [sous l humble toit] et méprise le reste ; Content de ses douceurs, errant parmi les bois, Il regarde à ses… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
content — CONTENT, ENTE. adj. Celui, celle qui a l esprit satisfait. Un homme content. Il est content de sa condition, de sa fortune, de ses biens. Il est content de peu de choses. Elle est contente de tout. Il vit content. Il a le coeur content. Il ne… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
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