French Dictionary

French-English translation of deviner

1 deviner Verb, transitive

(a) to guess a secret, reason; to solve a riddle; devinez qui c'est qui l'a fait guess who did it; je ne devine pas I can't guess, I give up; (Infml) devine quoi! guess what! (Infml); (Infml) "tu devines le reste" "need I say more?", (in telling anecdote) "the rest is history"

(b) (literary) ~ qn to see into sb

Present: je devine, tu devines, il/elle devine, nous devinons, vous devinez, ils/elles devinent
Imperfect: je devinais, tu devinais, il/elle devinait, nous devinions, vous deviniez, ils/elles devinaient
Future: je devinerai, tu devineras, il/elle devinera, nous devinerons, vous devinerez, ils/elles devineront
Perfect: j' ai deviné, tu as deviné, il/elle a deviné, nous avons deviné, vous avez deviné, ils/elles ont deviné
Present subjunctive: je devine, tu devines, il/elle devine, nous devinions, vous deviniez, ils/elles devinent

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French-English translation of deviner