Sprekka Read your way into a language
Immersion0.0 / 20 h

Morphology by UDPipe, Charles University.

French › Dictionary

défense

A2#1,046

Hear it

nounfeminine
  1. defenceaction of defending or protecting from attack, danger or injury, or any means for that purpose
  2. defence
  3. prohibitionoften on signs informing onlookers that an activity is forbidden
  4. fender
  5. tuskof animal

Used in the library

  • Après la défense contre le froid, la défense contre la faim.After the defense against the cold, the defense against hunger.B1Maria Chapdelaine
  • S'il allait vous tuer, je resterais seule et sans défense, moi!If he were to kill you, I'd be alone and helpless!B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Le temps passe vite, lorsqu’il se passe en attaques et en défenses.Time passes fast, when it happens in attacks and defenses.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • Des amas de pierre y étaient déposés pour la défense.Stone piles were placed there for defense.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

Other ways to say it

Text you meet in the street

  • Défense de fumerNo smokingThe formal wording; Interdit de fumer says the same thing.

Read French with every word explained