fermer à clef
French
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛʁ.me a klɛf/, (more formal) /fɛʁ.me.ʁ‿a kle/
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Verb
- (transitive) to lock
- Synonym: verrouiller
- J’espère que tu as bien pensé à fermer la porte à clef en partant.
- I hope you remembered to lock the door when you left.
- 1908, Gaston Leroux, Le Mystère de la chambre jaune, 2009 ed., Wikisource, chap. 1; translated 1908 by anonymous, Margaret Jull Costa (ed.), as The Mystery of the Yellow Room, 2003 ed., Dedalus, →ISBN:
- Nous l’avions entendue qui fermait la porte à clef et poussait le verrou, [...]
- — We heard her lock the door and shoot the bolt.
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