Translations of «swimming» (En-Fr) on Lingvo Live

Lingvo dictionaries
Examples from texts
Add to my dictionary
User translations
Collocations
Word forms

Examples from texts

He lay perfectly quiet for two or three minutes, trusting to the single sense of hearing, confident that the noise in the lake would reach his ears, did any one venture to approach by swimming.
Il resta deux ou trois minutes sans oser faire aucun mouvement, se fiant à son oreille, et comptant que, si quelque Huron tentait d’approcher de lui à la nage, le bruit de l’eau le lui apprendrait.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

The number of animals seen swimming in the water, floating on its surface, moving on the surface of the sediment, or emerged from the sediment but apparently dead, should be noted and recorded during each observation period.
Chaque fois, on devrait noter le nombre de sujets nageant dans l'eau, flottant à sa surface, se déplaçant à la surface du sédiment ou sortis de ce dernier, mais apparemment morts.
http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/24/2012
http://www.ec.gc.ca 3/24/2012

General construction work for structures for swimming pools
Travaux de construction de salles de sport ou récréatives
http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009

"Is that a dog, or a deer, swimming towards this shore?"
– Est-ce un chien ou un daim, qui vient vers nous à la nage ?
Cooper, James Fenimore / The Pathfinder, or, the Inland SeaCooper, James Fenimore / Le lac Ontario
Le lac Ontario
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Pathfinder, or, the Inland Sea
Cooper, James Fenimore
© State University of New York 1981

The star attractions on the programme of the Summer Games are athletics and swimming.
Les deux sports phares du programme des Jeux d'été sont l'athlétisme et la natation.
© Copyright 2009
© Le Musée Olympique, 2e édition 2007
http://olympic.org 1/19/2012
© Copyright 2009
© The Olympic Museum, 2nd edition 2007
http://olympic.org 1/19/2012

PNG Programmes in archery, athletics, basketball, boxing, football, golf, hockey, judo, rugby 7s, sailing, shooting, Softball, swimming, table tennis, tennis, taekwondo, triathlon, volleyball and weightlifting.
PNG Programmes en athlétisme, basketball, boxe, football, golf, haltérophilie, hockey, judo, natation, rugby à sept, softball, taekwondo, tennis, tennis de table, tir, tir à l'arc, triathlon, voile et volleyball.
© Copyright 2009
http://olympic.org 08.08.2011
© Copyright 2009
http://olympic.org 08.08.2011

Self-contained, closed or semi-closed circuit (rebreathing) diving and underwater swimming apparatus.
appareils de plongée sous-marine autonomes, en circuit fermé ou semi-fermé (réinspiration).
http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009
http://wt.jrc.it/lt/Acquis/ 9/4/2009

"Hurrah! Old Tom," he shouted - "The rascals are taking to the lake, and I'll soon have 'em all swimming!"
– Hourra, vieux Tom ! s’écria-t-il, les vagabonds vont dans le lac l’un après l’autre, et je les aurai bientôt mis tous à la nage.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

He was a prisoner on the narrow tongue of land, vigilantly watched beyond a question, and with no other means of escape than that of swimming.
Il était prisonnier sur cette étroite langue de terre, sans aucun doute gardé à vue, et sans autre moyen de s’échapper qu’à la nage.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

An honest man would have been drowned; the rogue saved himself by swimming.
Un honnête homme se serait noyé ; le coquin se sauva à la nage.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile

It is used by vacationers mainly for fishing, swimming and outdoor activities.
Le lac est principalement utilisé par les villégiateurs pour la pêche, la baignade et les activités de type « plein air ».
http://www.canlii.org/en/ 31.10.2011
http://www.canlii.org/en/ 31.10.2011

With respect to the earlier unsuccessful attempt on his ex-wife's life, he testified that on the evening in question he was with his son Regan at home, and that they were opening up the swimming pool for the summer.
Quant à la tentative de meurtre précédente qui a échoué contre son ex-épouse, il a déposé que le soir en question il était à la maison avec son fils Regan et qu'ils étaient en train de préparer la piscine pour l'été.
http://www.canlii.org/en/ 24.11.2011
http://www.canlii.org/en/ 24.11.2011

Rougon stood there stupefied, unable to comprehend it all, and feeling his head swimming.
Stupide, il resta là, ne comprenant plus, sentant sa tête tourner.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar

So high must we lift our feet that we walked with a sound of swimming.
On marchait en levant très haut les pieds avec un bruit de nageurs.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO

There are other variations of triathlon: the winter triathlon, the duathlon (cycling and running) and the aquathlon (running and swimming).
Il existe d'autres variantes du triathlon : le triathlon d'hiver, le duathlon (cyclisme et course à pied) et l'aquathlon (course à pied et natation).
© Copyright 2009
http://olympic.org 28.08.2011
© Copyright 2009
http://olympic.org 28.08.2011

Add to my dictionary

Not found

User translations

No translations for this text yet.
Be the first to translate it!

Collocations

swimming pool

piscine

swimming suit

maillot de bain

synchronized swimming

natation synchronisée

swimming pool

bassin

International Swimming Federation

Fédération Internationale de Natation

swim suit

maillot de bain

swim against the current

remonter le courant

Word forms

swim

verb

Basic forms
Past	swam
Imperative	swim
Present Participle (Participle I)	swimming
Past Participle (Participle II)	swum

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I swim	we swim
you swim	you swim
he/she/it swims	they swim

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am swimming	we are swimming
you are swimming	you are swimming
he/she/it is swimming	they are swimming

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have swum	we have swum
you have swum	you have swum
he/she/it has swum	they have swum

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been swimming	we have been swimming
you have been swimming	you have been swimming
he/she/it has been swimming	they have been swimming

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I swam	we swam
you swam	you swam
he/she/it swam	they swam

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was swimming	we were swimming
you were swimming	you were swimming
he/she/it was swimming	they were swimming

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had swum	we had swum
you had swum	you had swum
he/she/it had swum	they had swum

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been swimming	we had been swimming
you had been swimming	you had been swimming
he/she/it had been swimming	they had been swimming

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will swim	we shall/will swim
you will swim	you will swim
he/she/it will swim	they will swim

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be swimming	we shall/will be swimming
you will be swimming	you will be swimming
he/she/it will be swimming	they will be swimming

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have swum	we shall/will have swum
you will have swum	you will have swum
he/she/it will have swum	they will have swum

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been swimming	we shall/will have been swimming
you will have been swimming	you will have been swimming
he/she/it will have been swimming	they will have been swimming

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would swim	we should/would swim
you would swim	you would swim
he/she/it would swim	they would swim

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be swimming	we should/would be swimming
you would be swimming	you would be swimming
he/she/it would be swimming	they would be swimming

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have swum	we should/would have swum
you would have swum	you would have swum
he/she/it would have swum	they would have swum

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been swimming	we should/would have been swimming
you would have been swimming	you would have been swimming
he/she/it would have been swimming	they would have been swimming

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am swum	we are swum
you are swum	you are swum
he/she/it is swum	they are swum

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being swum	we are being swum
you are being swum	you are being swum
he/she/it is being swum	they are being swum

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been swum	we have been swum
you have been swum	you have been swum
he/she/it has been swum	they have been swum

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was swum	we were swum
you were swum	you were swum
he/she/it was swum	they were swum

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being swum	we were being swum
you were being swum	you were being swum
he/she/it was being swum	they were being swum

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been swum	we had been swum
you had been swum	you had been swum
he/she/it had been swum	they had been swum

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be swum	we shall/will be swum
you will be swum	you will be swum
he/she/it will be swum	they will be swum

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been swum	we shall/will have been swum
you will have been swum	you will have been swum
he/she/it will have been swum	they will have been swum

swimming

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	swimming	*swimmings
Possessive case	swimming's	*swimmings'