Grammatical class
Verb
devoir
must, to have to, should (as a requirement)
Details
Syllables
de-voir
Phonetics
də.vwaʁ
Grammatical class
Verb
Freq. (books)
1832
Freq. (movies)
750
Freq. (news)
1289
Variants
Sentences
Sami va devoir partir.
Sami will have to leave.
Tu vas devoir y aller.
You're going to have to leave.
Je vais devoir regarder.
I'll have to take a look.
Sami va devoir déménager.
Sami will have to move out.
Tom va devoir vérifier cela.
Tom is going to have to verify this.
Ils pensaient devoir le faire.
They thought they should do that.
Tu vas devoir formuler quelques excuses.
You'll have to manufacture some kind of excuse.
J'ai bien peur de vous devoir des excuses.
I'm afraid that I owe you an apology.
Elle se plaignait de devoir reprendre le travail.
She was moaning about having to go back to work.
Je vais devoir me débarrasser de cette moquette usée.
I will have to get rid of this worn-out carpet.
Les auteurs d’un dictionnaire doivent déterminer au départ les catégories de mots à retenir, en fonction des limites imposées par l’éditeur et du public visé.
The authors of a dictionary have to determine from the outset which categories of words to retain, according to the limits imposed by the editor, and the target audience.
Aujourd’hui je dois aux intérêts de la nation, je me dois à moi-même de faire connoître mes motifs.
Today, I owe to the interests of the nation, [so] I owe it to myself to make my motives known.