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while:
- en même temps; pendant ce temps; en attendant; pendant que; pendant; durant; tant que
- quelque temps; petit laps de temps; moment; laps de temps
Wiktionary:
- while → moment, durée, temps
- while → pendant que, tant, tandis que, bien que, quoique
- while → alors que, tandis que, pendant que, moment
- while → pendant que
User Contributed Translations for while:
- alors que, lors de

English

Detailed Translations for while from English to French

while:

while adj

while (at the same time)
en même temps; pendant ce temps; en attendant
- en même temps adj
- pendant ce temps adj
- en attendant adj
while (during; as)
pendant que; pendant; durant
- pendant que adj
- pendant adj
- durant adj
while (meanwhile; in the mean time; in the meantime; in between; whilst; as)
en attendant; pendant ce temps
- en attendant adj
- pendant ce temps adj
while (as long as)
tant que; pendant que
- tant que adj
- pendant que adj

while [the ~] noun

the while
le quelque temps; le petit laps de temps; le moment
- quelque temps [le ~] noun
- petit laps de temps [le ~] noun
- moment [le ~] noun
the while
le laps de temps
- laps de temps [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for while:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
laps de temps	while	brief space of time; continuation; copy margin; duration; hardcopy margin; length; length of time; little while; period; period of time; space; space of time; spaces of time; term; time; time span
moment	while	date; little while; minute; moment; opinion; period of time; point of view; position; second; space of time; standpoint; view
pendant		antithesis; counterpart; opposite number; pendant; pendent
petit laps de temps	while
quelque temps	while
-	patch; piece; spell
Conjunction	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	whereas
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	during; whilst
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
durant	as; during; while	at which time; during; during long time; in the course of; under
en attendant	as; at the same time; in between; in the mean time; in the meantime; meanwhile; while; whilst	in the mean time; in the meantime; meanwhile
en même temps	at the same time; while	at once; at the same moment; at the same time; concurrently; directly; immediately; instantly; now; right now; simultaneous; simultaneously; synchronous
pendant	as; during; while	at which time; during; in expectation of; in the course of; under
pendant ce temps	as; at the same time; in between; in the mean time; in the meantime; meanwhile; while; whilst	from the moment that; in the mean time; in the meantime; meanwhile; since
pendant que	as; as long as; during; while	from the moment that; since
tant que	as long as; while

Related Words for "while":

whiles

Synonyms for "while":

piece; spell; patch; time

Related Definitions for "while":

a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition¹
- he was here for a little while¹

Wiktionary Translations for while:

while

noun

uncertain duration of time, a period of time
- while → moment

en-con

during the same time that
- while → pendant que; tant; tandis que
although
- while → tandis que; bien que; quoique

while

Synonyme de lorsque
- alors que → while; although; though

noun

espace de temps pendant lequel une chose dure.
- durée → time; while; period
durée des choses, marquer par certaines périodes, et principalement par la révolution apparente du soleil ; écart entre le déroulement de deux événements.
- temps → while; period

conj

En même temps que.
- pendant que → as; while

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• while	→ tandis que; alors que	↔ terwijl — hoewel
• while	→ tandis que; pendant que	↔ terwijl — gedurende de periode dat nog een andere actie aan de gang is
• while	→ moment	↔ Weile — Zeitangabe: unbestimmte, kürzere Zeitdauer
• while	→ alors que; tandis que	↔ derweil — veraltend, ansonsten noch in Namibia geläufig: während

User Contributed Translations:

Word	Translation	Votes
while	alors que	15
while	lors de	11

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