onto in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for onto in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

See also open, move, go, get

I.open [Brit ˈəʊp(ə)n, Am ˈoʊpən] N

II.open [Brit ˈəʊp(ə)n, Am ˈoʊpən] ADJ

III.open [Brit ˈəʊp(ə)n, Am ˈoʊpən] VB trans

5. open (make wider) → open up

IV.open [Brit ˈəʊp(ə)n, Am ˈoʊpən] VB intr

6. open (become wider) → open up

I.move [Brit muːv, Am muv] N

1. move:

2. move (proceed, travel):

1. go (move, travel):

aller (from de, to à, en)

18. go (extend in depth or scope):

II.go [Brit ɡəʊ, Am ɡoʊ] VB trans see usage note

III.go <pl goes> [Brit ɡəʊ, Am ɡoʊ] N

IV.go [Brit ɡəʊ, Am ɡoʊ] ADJ

he's all go inf!
it's all the go inf!
that was a near go inf!
to go off on one Brit inf
to go off like a frog in a sock Aus inf event:
there you go inf!

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

I.back onto VB [Brit bak -, Am bæk -] (back onto [sth])

I.give onto VB [Brit ɡɪv -, Am ɡɪv -] (give onto [sth])

I.look onto VB [Brit lʊk -, Am lʊk -] (look onto [sth])

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to wind (onto a bobbin)
winding (onto a bobbin)

onto in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for onto in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

onto, on to [ˈɒntu:, Am ˈɑ:ntu:] PREP

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onto Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to copy a file onto a disk
to get back onto a road
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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A curtain drifted onto the hot plate and the trailer was quickly engulfed.
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Oil and tar can commonly wash up onto the beaches as well, 94% of which originates from oil spills, engine lubrication oil, and tanker washings.
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Moving onto this week's trend, its hot pants that are the fashionable thing to be seen wearing.
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Five tanks were landed directly onto the beach, and four were stranded on a landing craft which struck a mine.
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Pollen carried on their bodies may be carried to another flower where a small portion can rub off onto the pistil, resulting in cross pollination.
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Such quantum probes should introduce as little back-action as possible onto the qubit during measurement.
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In 1951 the first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the camera's electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic video tape.
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So loud that the plate glass window at the opposite end of the club shakes, tables tremble and people hang onto their drinks.
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He testified in a 1912 enquiry that he held onto the stern railing of the ship as it went down.
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The gameplay's emphasis was on enticing fish to bite onto the lure and then successfully fighting the fish and reeling it to the boat.
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