Formes composées
story | storey |
| Anglais | Français |
| adventure story n | (fiction with exciting plot) | récit d'aventures nm |
| When I was a child I wanted to be a pirate like the ones I read about in adventure stories. |
| as the story goes expr | (as has been said) | à ce qu'on raconte adv |
| As the story goes, Hector was out of town when the bank was robbed. |
| À ce qu'on raconte, Hector n'était pas en ville quand la banque a été cambriolée. |
| d'après la rumeur adv |
backstory,
back story n | (fiction: character's background) | profil du personnage nm |
| passé nm |
| The movie does not reveal the hero's tragic backstory until the final scene. |
| bedtime story n | (story read to a child before sleep) (avant d'aller se coucher) | histoire, histoire du soir nf |
| The children begged their father to read them a bedtime story. |
| Les enfants ont supplié leur père de leur lire une histoire avant d'aller au lit. |
| Christmas Story n | (Bible tale: birth of Jesus) | histoire de la nativité (du Christ) nf |
| Nativity plays tell the Christmas story. |
cock-and-bull story,
cock and bull story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| histoire sans queue ni tête nf |
| coming-of-age story n | (novel, film: child becomes adult) | récit initiatique nm |
| roman d'apprentissage nm |
| histoire sur passage à l'âge adulte nf |
| cover story n | (magazine: story on front page) (Journalisme) | article en première page, article qui fait la première page nm |
| histoire en première page, histoire qui fait la première page nf |
| cover story n | (fiction concealing true purpose) (Espionnage) | couverture nf |
| detective story n | (story about crime investigation) | roman policier, policier nm |
fairy tale,
fairy story n | (fantasy story) | conte de fées nm |
| The movie is a modern adaptation of a classic fairy tale. |
| Le film est une adaptation moderne d'un conte de fées classique. |
| familiar story n | (common situation) | histoire ordinaire nf |
| It's a familiar story; she came to New York to be a star on Broadway and ended up on the streets. |
| feature story n | (article in magazine, newspaper) | article, article de fond nm |
| (long) | reportage nm |
| fish story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| (familier, Sud de la France) | galéjade nf |
| funny story n | (amusing anecdote, joke) (anecdote) | histoire amusante, anecdote amusante nf |
| He told us a funny story about his holiday in Thailand. |
| (blague) | histoire drôle nf |
| ghost story n | (tale of the supernatural) | histoire de fantômes nf |
| They sat around the fire and told ghost stories to each other. |
| histoire à faire peur nf |
| good story n | (entertaining account, anecdote) | anecdote savoureuse nf |
| It wasn't much fun when it happened, but it makes a good story now. |
| good story n | (good piece of fiction) | bon roman nm |
| I read a good story by Carol Shields last week. |
| hard-luck story n | (account of [sb]'s misfortune) | déboires nmpl |
| (péjoratif) | histoire larmoyante nf |
| (plus général, plus fort) | histoire tragique nf |
| The man told us a hard-luck story, before asking us for money. |
| horror story n | (scary story, film, etc.) | histoire d'horreur, histoire qui fait peur nf |
| human interest story n | (news item about people's lives) | histoire vécue nf |
| fait divers nm |
| It's a human interest story about a boy who successfully battled against cancer. |
| C'est l'histoire vécue d'un garçon qui se bat avec succès contre le cancer. |
| C'est un fait divers sur un garçon qui se bat avec succès contre le cancer. |
| life story n | ([sb]'s past experiences and history) | histoire nf |
| récit de sa vie nm |
| a likely story n | informal, ironic (dubious account) (familier) | c'est ça ! interj |
| Are you telling me you never heard the phone? That's a likely story! |
| Tu me dis que tu n'as pas entendu le téléphone ? C'est ça ! |
| (familier) | Tu parles ! interj |
| (familier, un peu vieilli) | à d'autres ! interj |
| Tu me dis que tu n'as pas entendu le téléphone ? À d'autres ! |
| love story n | (story about a romantic relationship) | histoire d'amour nf |
| Oh non, pas encore une de ces sempiternelles histoires d'amour ! |
| moral of the story n | (ethical lesson in a fable or story) | morale de l'histoire nf |
| In the tale of the tortoise and the hare, the slow tortoise wins the race - the moral of the story is that steady persistence wins in the end. |
| moral of the story n | figurative (lesson to be learned from [sth]) | morale nf |
| The engine blew up after a week so the moral of the story is not to buy a really cheap second-hand car. |
| leçon nf |
| leçon de morale nf |
multi-story (US),
multi-storey (UK) n as adj | (building: with levels) | à étages, à plusieurs étages adj |
| news story | (news report) (Journalisme) | article nm |
| information nf |
| photo story n | (photography) | photoreportage nm |
| shaggy dog story n | figurative, informal (long wordy anecdote) | histoire sans queue ni tête nf |
| short story n | (written fiction shorter than a novella) | nouvelle nf |
| He wrote short stories about people living in rural areas. |
| Il a écrit des nouvelles sur des gens habitant en zones rurales. |
short story writer,
short-story writer n | (author of short fiction) | nouvelliste nmf |
| auteur de nouvelles, auteure de nouvelles nm, nf |
| Edgar Allan Poe was a famous 19th-century American short story writer. |
single-story (US),
single-storey (UK) adj | (building: having one level, floor) | de plain-pied loc adj |
| sob story n | informal (tale or account meant to evoke pity) | histoire à faire pleurer dans les chaumières nf |
| histoire larmoyante nf |
| Just get on with your job – I don't want to hear any more of your sob stories. |
| Reprends ton travail ; je ne veux plus entendre tes histoires larmoyantes. |
| story writer n | (author of prose fiction) | écrivain, écrivaine nm, nf |
| auteur de fiction, auteure de fiction nm, nf |
| (Cinéma, Bandes dessinées) | scénariste nmf |
| I want to be a story writer when I grow up. |
storyline,
story line,
story-line n | (fiction: plot, story) | histoire, intrigue nf |
| scénario nm |
| I found the storyline of “War and Peace” really difficult to follow. |
| J'ai trouvé l'intrigue de "Guerre et Paix" vraiment difficile à suivre. |
| success story n | figurative (real-life example of [sb] succeeding) (anglicisme) | success story nf |
| belle réussite nf |
| tall story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched account) | histoire à dormir debout nf |
| (familier, régionalisme) | galéjade nf |
| (familier) | histoire tirée par les cheveux nf |
tall tale,
tall story n | figurative, informal (far-fetched story) | histoire à dormir debout, histoire invraisemblable nf |
| I don't want to hear any of your tall tales about being abducted by aliens on your way to school. |
| tell a story v expr | (recite a narrative) | raconter une histoire loc v |
| The children asked their grandfather to tell them a story. |
| Les enfants ont demandé à leur grand-père de leur raconter une histoire. |
| tell a story v expr | figurative (reflect events) (figuré) | raconter une histoire loc v |
| en dire long (sur [qch]) loc v |
| Every picture tells a story. |
| Chaque image raconte une histoire. |
| Chaque image en dit long. |
| that's a different story interj | informal (quite the contrary) (familier) | c'est une autre histoire interj |
| Singing pop is pretty easy, but singing opera – well, that's a different story! |
| Chanter de la pop est plutôt facile, mais chanter de l'opéra, c'est une autre histoire ! |
| (familier) | c'est une autre paire de manches interj |
| Chanter de la pop est plutôt facile, mais chanter de l'opéra, c'est une autre paire de manches ! |
| the whole story n | (the full truth) | toute la vérité nf |
| We'll never know the whole story about what she did that night. |
| Nous ne connaîtrons jamais toute la vérité sur ce qu'elle a fait ce soir-là. |
| le fin mot de l'histoire nm |
| Nous ne saurons jamais le fin mot de l'histoire sur ce qu'elle a fait ce soir-là. |
think piece,
dope story n | (article: opinion and analysis) (Journalisme) | tribune, tribune libre nf |
three-story apartment (US),
three-storey apartment (UK) n | (flat with three floors) | triplex, appartement en triplex nm |
| top story n | (headline news item) | gros titres nmpl |
| à la une |
| À la une aujourd'hui : l'enlèvement du petit Jérémie. |
| true story n | (account of a real-life experience) | histoire vraie nf |
two-story (US),
two-storey (UK) n as adj | (building: having two floors) | à un étage loc adj |
| sur deux niveaux loc adj |
upper story,
plural: upper stories (US),
upper storey,
plural: upper storeys (UK) n | (building: higher floor) | dernier étage nm |
| war story n | (story about war experience) | récit de guerre nm |
| war story n | figurative (story about difficult situation) (figuré) | récit de guerre nm |
