What does expédier in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word expédier in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use expédier in French.
The word expédier in French means send, dispatch, pack off, hurry off, rush off, finish quickly, hurry through, rush through, deliver, handle day-to-day business, deal with day-to-day matters, make short work of your meal. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word expédier
send, dispatchverbe transitif (envoyer) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") La secrétaire expédie le courrier de la journée. The secretary sent the day's mail. |
pack off, hurry off, rush offverbe transitif (familier (faire partir rapidement) Il a expédié son fils en colonie pour les vacances. He packed his son off to camp for the vacation. |
finish quicklyverbe transitif (familier (faire vite) Il expédie son travail pour partir se promener. He finished his work quickly so he could go for a walk. |
hurry through, rush throughverbe transitif (familier (s'occuper rapidement de) Le médecin a expédié ses derniers patients pour partir plus tôt en week-end. The doctor hurried the final patients through so he could get away earlier for the weekend. |
deliververbe transitif (droit (délivrer) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le notaire expédie une copie du jugement. The solicitor delivered a copy of the ruling. |
handle day-to-day business, deal with day-to-day matterslocution verbale (régler les problèmes ordinaires) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
make short work of your meallocution verbale (manger très vite) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Comme j'avais une réunion en tout début d'après-midi, j'ai dû expédier mon repas (en 10 minutes). ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. As I had a meeting right at the beginning of the afternoon, I had to wolf down my meal (in ten minutes). |
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