ouvrir.
to open
Meaning & usage
to open
to begin, to initiate
À peine arrivé, il a ouvert les hostilités.
to open (of a door or a flower)
to open, to begin
La séquence s'ouvre sur une scène de nuit.
to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance)
to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it
On sonne à la porte. Je vais ouvrir.
Sophie, ouvre-moi, je voudrais te parler !
to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body)
Le gardien de but a plongé pour rattraper le ballon, s'est cogné contre le poteau et s'est ouvert l'arcade sourcilière.
to open onto, to lead into (+ sur)
Cette porte s'ouvre sur le jardin.
to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur)
La porte ouvre sur la rue.
to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à)
Sa fille s'est ouverte à la musique sur le piano familial.
to open up to, to confide in (+ à)
to make, to create, to open up (e.g., a path)
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French ouvrir, from Old French ovrir, obrir, from Vulgar Latin *operīre, alteration of Classical Latin aperīre (“to open”). See also Italian oprire; Catalan obrir.
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