Translation of "own" to French

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Dictionary translations for "own"

own [əun] adjective

- / -

propre (belonging to particular person, group)

It was his own fault.

C'était de sa propre faute.

own [əun] verb Conjugation

owned / owned / owning / owns

posséder (possess)

Do you own a computer?

Possèdes-tu un ordinateur ?

avouer (admit)

He owned up to his fault.

Il avoua sa faute.

Phrases with "own" (47)

on his own - tout seul
on my own - moi-même
on your own - vous-mêmes
on her own - toute seule
on their own - tout seuls
on its own - tout seul
our own selves - nous-mêmes
at his own expense - à ses propres frais
at its own expense - à ses propres frais
at your own expense - à vos propres frais

Contexts with "own"

It was his own fault. C'était de sa propre faute.

Do you own a computer? Possèdes-tu un ordinateur ?

Everyone has his own treasure. Tout le monde a son jardin secret.

I have been more than once intoxicated, my passions have always bordered on extravagance: I am not ashamed to confess it; for I have learned, by my own experience, that all extraordinary men, who have accomplished great and astonishing actions, have ever been decried by the world as drunken or insane. J'ai été plus d'une fois intoxiqué, mes passions ont toujours été près de l'extravagance : je n'ai pas honte de l'avouer ; car j'ai appris, par ma propre expérience, que tous les grands hommes, qui ont accompli de grandes et étonnantes actions, ont été dénoncés par le monde comme intoxiqués ou malades.

I roll my own cigarettes. Je roule mes propres cigarettes.

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