French Dictionary

French-English translation of lever

1 lever Verb, transitive

(a) to lift, raise; to levy taxes; to draw up a plan; (Slang) ~ le pied to split

(b) to get a person up; (Slang: in night club etc) to pull a bloke

Present: je lève, tu lèves, il/elle lève, nous levons, vous levez, ils/elles lèvent
Imperfect: je levais, tu levais, il/elle levait, nous levions, vous leviez, ils/elles levaient
Future: je lèverai, tu lèveras, il/elle lèvera, nous lèverons, vous lèverez, ils/elles lèveront
Perfect: j' ai levé, tu as levé, il/elle a levé, nous avons levé, vous avez levé, ils/elles ont levé
Present subjunctive: je lève, tu lèves, il/elle lève, nous levions, vous leviez, ils/elles lèvent

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2 lever Verb, intransitive

(a) (of plant) to come up; (Cookery) to rise; (Slang) to split

3 se lever Verb, pronominal

(a) (of person) to get up off a chair, out of bed; (of object) to go up, (of sun) rise, (of fog) lift; (fig: of rebels etc) to rise up

4 lever Verb, transitive

(a) (Slang) to pull a girl, punters

5 lever Noun, masculine

(a) getting up of a person, raising of the curtain; le ~ du soleil sunrise; le ~ du jour daybreak, dawn

Terms from the DGT glossary

French term	English term
Poudre à lever	Raising agent

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French-English translation of lever

Terms from the DGT glossary