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Detailed Translations for prying from English to French

prying:


Translation Matrix for prying:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- nosiness; snoopiness
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- nosey; nosy; snoopy

Synonyms for "prying":


Related Definitions for "prying":

  1. offensively curious or inquisitive1
    • prying eyes1
  2. offensive inquisitiveness1

prying form of pry:

to pry verb (pries, pried, prying)

  1. to pry (browse; nose; ferret; smell)
    fouiller; flairer; fourrer le nez dans; fureter; fouiner
    • fouiller verb (fouille, fouilles, fouillons, fouillez, )
    • flairer verb (flaire, flaires, flairons, flairez, )
    • fureter verb (furète, furètes, furetons, furetez, )
    • fouiner verb (fouine, fouines, fouinons, fouinez, )

Conjugations for pry:

present
  1. pry
  2. pry
  3. pries
  4. pry
  5. pry
  6. pry
simple past
  1. pried
  2. pried
  3. pried
  4. pried
  5. pried
  6. pried
present perfect
  1. have pried
  2. have pried
  3. has pried
  4. have pried
  5. have pried
  6. have pried
past continuous
  1. was prying
  2. were prying
  3. was prying
  4. were prying
  5. were prying
  6. were prying
future
  1. shall pry
  2. will pry
  3. will pry
  4. shall pry
  5. will pry
  6. will pry
continuous present
  1. am prying
  2. are prying
  3. is prying
  4. are prying
  5. are prying
  6. are prying
subjunctive
  1. be pried
  2. be pried
  3. be pried
  4. be pried
  5. be pried
  6. be pried
diverse
  1. pry!
  2. let's pry!
  3. pried
  4. prying
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

pry [the ~] noun

  1. the pry (ferreter)
    le fureteur; le fouilleur

Translation Matrix for pry:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
fouiller feeling; scanning; sensing
fouilleur ferreter; pry burrower; digger
fureteur ferreter; pry
- crowbar; pry bar; wrecking bar
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
flairer browse; ferret; nose; pry; smell get wind of; investigate; research; root up; rummage; scent; search for; sense; sniff; sniff around; sniffle; snuffle
fouiller browse; ferret; nose; pry; smell browse; burrow; churn; drudge; examine; explore; ferret about; ferret around; frisk; go through; grabble; grope about; hunt; investigate; look for; nose about; nose around; potter about; prospect; ransack; research; root; root up; rout; rummage; rummage about; rummage around; scan; search; search for; seek; sniff; sniff around; turn about
fouiner browse; ferret; nose; pry; smell be lost; browse; ferret about; ferret around; grabble; grope about; hunt; investigate; look about; nose about; nose around; poke about; potter about; research; roam; roam about; rove about; rummage about; rummage around; search; search about; search for; sniff around; snoop; wander
fourrer le nez dans browse; ferret; nose; pry; smell browse; ferret about; ferret around; hunt; investigate; nose about; nose around; research; search; search for; sniff around
fureter browse; ferret; nose; pry; smell be lost; browse; ferret about; ferret around; grabble; hunt; investigate; look about; nose about; nose around; poke about; potter about; research; roam about; rove about; search; search about; search for; sniff around; sniffle; snoop; snuffle; wander
- horn in; intrude; jimmy; lever; nose; poke; prise; prize

Related Words for "pry":


Synonyms for "pry":


Related Definitions for "pry":

  1. a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge1
  2. be nosey1
    • Don't pry into my personal matters!1
  3. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open1
    • Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail1
  4. make an uninvited or presumptuous inquiry1
    • They pried the information out of him1
  5. search or inquire in a meddlesome way1

Wiktionary Translations for pry:

pry
verb
  1. to look where one is not welcome; to be nosey
  2. use leverage to open or widen
pry

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