(a) (in time) before; (indicating a deadline) before, by; (with negative) before, until (at least), till (Infml); ~ peu shortly (afterwards); ~ de faire before doing; même ~ de venir, ~ même de venir even before coming, even before I,you (etc) come; ~ que qn (ne) fasse qch before sb does sth; partir ~ la fin to leave before the end; ne l'envoie pas ~ 14h don't send it before 2pm, don't send it until at least 2pm; il faut l'envoyer ~ de partir you must send it before you leave

(b) (in priority) before, above, in front of; ~ tout above all; ~ toute chose first and foremost

(a) beforehand (quite frm), before (slightly Infml); deux semaines ~ two weeks before, two weeks earlier, two weeks previously (quite frm); d'~ previous, earlier month, success, train, people; la semaine d'~ the previous week, the week before (Infml); il a du prendre le train d'~ he must have got the previous train; (when there is only a choice of two trains) he must have got the earlier train

(b) before it, in front of it (etc); on s'approche de la gare mais vous pouvez vous arrêter ~ we're coming to the station but you can stop before it (or) before you get to it

(c) (with movement, also fig) further (forward); plus ~ further (forward), further ahead, further on, (when going into something, also fig) further in; trop ~ too far (forward), too far ahead, too far on, too far in; (fig) s'engager plus ~ to get further involved; (fig) s'engager trop ~ to get too involved

(d) en ~ ahead, in front (de, of); marcher en ~ de qch/qn to walk in front of sth/sb; être en ~ to be in front; regarder en ~ (also fig) to look ahead; mettre qn en ~ to push sb to the front; (fig) to use sb as a front; (fig) se mettre en ~ to move to the fore, go out in front

(a) front wheel, seat, part; la roue ~ gauche/droite the front left/right wheel; traction ~ front-wheel drive

(a) front (of a train, car); bows, stem (of a ship); à l'~ in the front (de, of); voyager à l'avant du train to travel (or) sit in the front of the train; (fig) aller de l'~ to forge ahead

(b) (Sport) forward; la ligne des ~s the forward line