noun · verb
English to French Dictionary

waste Meaning in French (waste signification en français)

noundéchet, déchets, gaspillage
verbgaspiller
Synonymes:rebutpertedilapidation
déchet in English:waste
Phonetic:dɛʃɛ
Plural: wastes
Gender:Masculin
Quick Answer • En bref

La signification de waste en français est déchet, déchets, gaspillage, gaspiller. (Matériaux indésirables ou inutilisables mis au rebut après leur usage principal.)

Definitions of Waste

  1. 1
    noun(common)
    déchets

    Waste refers to unwanted or unusable materials that are discarded after primary use.

    Matériaux indésirables ou inutilisables mis au rebut après leur usage principal.

  2. 2
    verb(common)
    gaspiller

    To waste means to use or spend something carelessly, inefficiently, or without achieving a useful purpose.

    Utiliser ou dépenser quelque chose négligemment, inefficacement ou sans atteindre un but utile.

  3. 3
    noun(common)
    gaspillage

    Waste can also refer to the act of squandering resources or time without any beneficial outcome.

    L'acte de dilapider des ressources ou du temps sans aucun résultat bénéfique.

Example Sentences

“Don't waste food; there are many people who are hungry.”

Ne gaspillez pas de nourriture ; il y a beaucoup de gens qui ont faim.

“The factory produces a lot of industrial waste.”

L'usine produit beaucoup de déchets industriels.

“It's a waste of time arguing over small matters.”

C'est un gaspillage de temps de se disputer pour des petites choses.

Synonyms (Synonymes)

In French:

rebutpertedilapidation

In English:

squandermisusefritter awayrefusegarbage

Antonyms (Antonymes)

In French:

économieutilité

Inflected Word Forms

past tensewasted
present participlewasting
agent nounwaster
adjectivewasteful
adverbwastefully

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

waste of timecollocation

An activity that is not worth the time spent on it.

waste not, want notidiom

If you do not waste things, you will not be in need.

lay to wasteexpression

To completely destroy or devastate something.