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1 lieu Noun, masculine
(a) place; avoir ~ to take place; les ~x the premises; ~ de vacances holiday resort; (TV) ~ de tournage location; (Crime) le ~ de la commission des faits the crime scene, the scene of the crime
(b) (fig) place, grounds (pl); avoir ~ de faire to have grounds for doing; au ~ de instead of, in place of; au ~ de faire qch instead of doing sth
(c) sans feu ni ~ with neither hearth nor home (literary), without a pot to piss in (Vulgar, humorous)
(d) (Maths) ~ géométrique locus
Terms from the DGT glossary
| French term | English term |
|---|---|
| Lieu de naissance | Place of birth |
| Pays et lieu de naissance | Country and place of birth |
| Lieu | Place |
| Lieu de chargement | Place of loading |
| Lieu et État membre de destination | Place and Member State of destination |
| Lieu de la procédure | Venue of the proceedings |
| Lieu et date | Place and date |
| Conservation des documents en lieu sûr | Safe custody of documents |
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