Découvrez toute la conjugaison de cut en anglais, ainsi que ses (nombreuses et nombreux !) définitions, phrasal verbs, synonymes et expressions !
Tableaux de conjugaison de cut en anglais
Conjugaison du verbe cut à l’indicatif
Le verbe cut au present simple
- I cut
- You cut
- He/she/it cuts
- We cut
- You cut
- They cut
Le verbe cut au present continuous
- I am cutting
- You are cutting
- He/she/it is cutting
- We are cutting
- You are cutting
- They are cutting
Le verbe cut past simple
- I cut
- You cut
- He/she/it cut
- We cut
- You cut
- They cut
Le verbe cut au past continuous
- I was cutting
- You were cutting
- He/she/it was cutting
- We were cutting
- You were cutting
- They were cutting
Le verbe cut au present perfect
- I have cut
- You have cut
- He/she/it has cut
- We have cut
- You have cut
- They have cut
Le verbe cut au present perfect continuous
- I have been cutting
- You have been cutting
- He/she/it has been cutting
- We have been cutting
- You have been cutting
- They have been cutting
Le verbe cut au past perfect
- I had cut
- You had cut
- He/she/it had cut
- We had cut
- You had cut
- They had cut
Le verbe cut au past perfect continuous
- I had been cutting
- You had been cutting
- He/she/it had been cutting
- We had been cutting
- You had been cutting
- They had been cutting
Le verbe cut au future
- I will cut
- You will cut
- He/she/it will cut
- We will cut
- You will cut
- They will cut
Le verbe cut au future continuous
- I will be cutting
- You will be cutting
- He/she/it will be cutting
- We will be cutting
- You will be cutting
- They will be cutting
Le verbe cut au future perfect
- I will have cut
- You will have cut
- He/she/it will have cut
- We will have cut
- You will have cut
- They will have cut
Le verbe cut au future perfect continuous
- I will have been cutting
- You will have been cutting
- He/she/it will have been cutting
- We will have been cutting
- You will have been cutting
- They will have been cutting
Conjugaison du verbe carry au conditionnel
Le verbe cut au conditional present
- I would cut
- You would cut
- He/she/it would cut
- We would cut
- You would cut
- They would cut
Le verbe cut au conditional present continuous
- I would be cutting
- You would be cutting
- He/she/it would be cutting
- We would be cutting
- You would be cutting
- They would be cutting
Le verbe cut au conditional perfect
- I would have cut
- You would have cut
- He/she/it would have cut
- We would have cut
- You would have cut
- They would have cut
Le verbe cut au conditional perfect continuous
- I would have been cutting
- You would have been cutting
- He/she/it would have been cutting
- We would have been cutting
- You would have been cutting
- They would have been cutting
Les autres formes
L’infinitif de cut
- to cut
Participe présent de cut
- cutting
Participe passé de cut
- cut
L’impĂ©ratif de cut
- cut
- let’s cut
Ă€ l’image de to come, to write, to send, to leave et to fly, to cut est un verbe irrĂ©gulier. Il faut donc faire particulièrement attention au past simple et au participe passĂ©.
Définition de cut en anglais
Que veut dire le verbe cut en anglais ?
Le Cambridge Dictionary donne plusieurs définitions du verbe cut.
Penchons-nous sur les principales :
1. To break the surface of something, or to divide or make something smaller, using a sharp tool, especially a knife
Ceramic knives cut better than metal knives. → Les couteaux en céramique coupent mieux que les couteaux en métal.
2. To make something shorter, lower, smaller, etc.
Last year, the company had to cut its budget by 30 %. → L’annĂ©e dernière, l’entreprise a dĂ» rĂ©duire ses coĂ»ts de 30 %.
3. To remove something from something else
Th doctor cut the tumour out of his back. → Le docteur a retiré la tumeur de son dos.
4. To not go, especially to a place where you should be (familier)
Anna suggested to cut classes and go to the beach. → Anna proposa de sĂ©cher les cours et d’aller Ă la plage.
5. To stop or interrupt something
The film director shouted, “Cut! That’s a wrap!” → “Coupez ! C’est dans la boĂ®te !”, cria le rĂ©alisateur.
6. To go through or across a place, especially in order to get somewhere quickly
It should be quicker if we cut through the forest. → Ça devrait être plus rapide si on coupe par le bois.
7. To choose a playing card by dividing a pile of cards into two parts
The first player shuffles the cards and cuts them. → Le premier joueur bat les cartes et coupe.
8. To record music or speech on a record
They cut their first record in 1964. → Ils ont enregistré leur premier album en 1964.
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Les phrasal verbs avec cut en anglais
Rappel : les phrasal verbs (ou “verbes Ă particule”) sont des verbes qui, lorsqu’ils sont suivis d’un autre mot (la particule), voient leur sens initial complĂ©tĂ© ou modifiĂ©.
Il existe deux phrasal verbs formés sur le verbe cut :
- cut across something → passer au travers de
- cut away → changer de plan (dans le langage cinématographique)
- cut back → réduire/diminuer ses dépenses (familier)
- cut down → réduire/limiter sa consommation
- cut in → couper la parole
- cut out → retirer, éliminer ou se couper (pour l’électricité)
- cut somebody down → faucher (dans le sens d’ôter la vie)
- cut somebody off → couper les ponts avec quelqu’un
- cut somebody up (anglais britannique)/cut in → faire une queue de poisson à quelqu’un (familier)
- cut something over → transférer (via l’informatique, comme un fichier par exemple)
- cut something short → écourter, abréger
- cut up (anglais américain) → faire le pitre (familier)
- cut up → tronçonner (un arbre)
- cut up about something (anglais américain) → plaisanter au sujet de (familier)
Les synonymes de cut en anglais
En fonction du contexte, vous pouvez remplacer le verbe to cut par l’un des verbes suivants :
- carve → découper (de la viande)
- chip → tailler, couper en lamelles
- chop → couper
- cleave → fendre
- clip → couper, tailler
- crop → tailler (en jardinage)
- curtail → écourter, abréger (un séjour ou une visite)
- dice → couper en dés (en cuisine)
- divide → diviser
- mince → émincer (en cuisine)
- rip → déchirer
- separate → séparer
- slash → taillader, entailler
- slice → couper en tranches, découper
- slit → couper, inciser
- snip → découper
Expressions avec cut en anglais
- a cut above something/somebody → un cran au-dessus de (familier)
- cut a (wide) swathe → attirer l’attention, marquer les esprits, laisser son empreinte
- cut a dash/cut quite a figure → avoir belle allure
- cut a deal → conclure un marché
- cut and paste → faire un couper-coller (en informatique)
- cut and run → partir en courant, décamper (familier)
- cut both ways → être à double tranchant
- cut corners → faire des économies (familier)
- cut in line (anglais américain) → passer devant (dans une queue)
- cut it fine → ne pas prendre de risques
- cut loose → s’Ă©manciper, devenir indĂ©pendant (familier)
- cut no ice → ne pas impressionner quelqu’un ou ne pas prendre, ne pas marcher (desmanigances)
- cut off your nose to spite your face → se tirer une balle dans le pied
- cut somebody down to size → remettre quelqu’un à sa place
- cut somebody off at the knees → humilier
- cut somebody some slack → être indulgent envers quelqu’un
- cut somebody to the quick → piquer quelqu’un au vif (le vexer, le peiner)
- cut something to ribbons → déchiqueter
- cut the ground from under somebody → déstabiliser, mettre quelqu’un en difficulté
- cut the mustard → être à la hauteur
- cut to fit (adjectif) → taillé sur-mesure
- cut to the chase → aller droit au but (familier)
- cut your teeth → faire ses dents (chez les bébés) ou se faire les dents (dans un travail ou un domaine particulier)
- cut-off date → date limite
- have your work cut out for you → avoir du pain sur la planche (familier)
