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engage meaning in French

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engage [engaged, engaging, engages] (intransitive: to enter into battle)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ]

engager◼◼◼verbe

engage [engaged, engaging, engages] (to employ or obtain the services of someone)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ]

engager◼◼◼verbe

engage [engaged, engaging, engages] (to mesh or interlock)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ]

embrayer◼◻◻verbe

engage [engaged, engaging, engages] (to engross or hold the attention of someone)
verb
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ]

attirer l'attention◼◻◻verbe

engaged (already involved in a telephone call)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒd]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒd]

engagé◼◼◼adjectifHe has engaged himself to help me. = Il s'est engagé à m'aider.

engaged (agreed to be married)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒd]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒd]

fiancé◼◼◼adjectif
{m}
He's engaged. = Il est fiancé.

fiancée◼◼◻adjectif
{f}
I'm engaged. = Je suis fiancée.

engagement [engagements] (period of time when marriage is planned or promised)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt]

fiançailles◼◼◼nom {f pl}I broke off the engagement. = J'ai annulé les fiançailles.

engagement ring (a ring signifying a promise to wed)
noun
[UK: ɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt rɪŋ]
[US: en.ˈɡeɪdʒ.mənt ˈrɪŋ]

bague de fiançailles◼◼◼nom {f}

disengage [disengaged, disengaging, disengages] (release, detach)
verb
[UK: ˌdɪ.sɪn.ˈɡeɪdʒ]
[US: ˌdɪ.sən.ˈɡeɪdʒ]

désengager◼◼◼verbe

greengage [greengages] (a plum with greenish-yellow flesh and skin)
noun
[UK: ˈɡriːn.ɡeɪdʒ]
[US: ˈɡriːn.ɡeɪdʒ]

reine-claude◼◼◼nom {f}

rule of engagement (internal rules defining how to use force)
noun

règle d'engagement◼◼◼nom {f}