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Detailed Translations for wants from English to French

want:

want [the ~] noun

  1. the want
    le besoin
  2. the want (lack; deficiency)
    le manque; la misère; la pénurie; le besoin; le défaut
  3. the want (poverty; lack; paucity; )
    la pauvreté; la misère; le besoin

to want verb (wants, wanted, wanting)

  1. to want (must; have to; need)
    devoir; falloir; être obligé de; être dans l'obligation de
  2. to want (wish; like to)
    vouloir; désirer; aimer
    • vouloir verb (veux, veut, voulons, voulez, )
    • désirer verb (désire, désires, désirons, désirez, )
    • aimer verb (aime, aimes, aimons, aimez, )
  3. to want (desire; long; crave; )
    désirer; convoiter; avoir envie de
    • désirer verb (désire, désires, désirons, désirez, )
    • convoiter verb (convoite, convoites, convoitons, convoitez, )
  4. to want (need; require)
    avoir besoin; nécessiter
    • nécessiter verb (nécessite, nécessites, nécessitons, nécessitez, )

Conjugations for want:

present
  1. want
  2. want
  3. wants
  4. want
  5. want
  6. want
simple past
  1. wanted
  2. wanted
  3. wanted
  4. wanted
  5. wanted
  6. wanted
present perfect
  1. have wanted
  2. have wanted
  3. has wanted
  4. have wanted
  5. have wanted
  6. have wanted
past continuous
  1. was wanting
  2. were wanting
  3. was wanting
  4. were wanting
  5. were wanting
  6. were wanting
future
  1. shall want
  2. will want
  3. will want
  4. shall want
  5. will want
  6. will want
continuous present
  1. am wanting
  2. are wanting
  3. is wanting
  4. are wanting
  5. are wanting
  6. are wanting
subjunctive
  1. be wanted
  2. be wanted
  3. be wanted
  4. be wanted
  5. be wanted
  6. be wanted
diverse
  1. want!
  2. let's want!
  3. wanted
  4. wanting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for want:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
besoin dearth; deficiency; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; bad luck; crisis; destitution; emergency situation; famine; indigentness; misfortune; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; paucity; poorness; reverse; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; state of emergency; tightness; trouble
devoir being forced to; being obliged to; clerical work; difficulty; duty; having to; lecture; paper; problematical case; project; task; writing
défaut deficiency; lack; want absence; blank; blunder; defect; deficiency; deficit; disability; error; failing; failure; fault; feebleness; flaw; gap; gas; handicap; hiatus; hoot; howler; immorality; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; insufficiency; lack; lacuna; machine defect; mistake; oversight; scream; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; sin; slip; vice; void; weakness
manque deficiency; lack; want blank; deficiency; deficit; disability; failure; famine; flaw; gap; handicap; hiatus; impediment; insufficiency; lack; lacuna; needyness; paucity; physical defect; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; tightness; void
misère dearth; deficiency; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; bad condition; bad luck; blows; calamity; catastrophe; destitution; disaster; disasters; discomforts; famine; grief; helplessness; hollowness; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; necessity; need; needyness; parsimony; paucity; poor situation; poorness; problems; punches; reverse; sadness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; squalor; thinness; tightness; trouble; troubles
pauvreté dearth; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; disaster; famine; frugality; fumblingness; harbourless; hollowness; indigentness; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; necessity; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; plainness; poorness; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; seediness; shabbiness; shortage; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; skinnyness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness; tightness
pénurie deficiency; lack; want deficiency; deficit; famine; frugality; insufficiency; lack; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; parsimony; paucity; plainness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety; tightness
- deficiency; deprivation; lack; need; neediness; privation; wish; wishing
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
aimer like to; want; wish adore; be fond of; fancy; have a taste for; like; love
avoir besoin need; require; want
avoir envie de covet; crave; desire; long; want; will; wish be fond of; fancy; have a taste for; hope; like
convoiter covet; crave; desire; long; want; will; wish hope
devoir have to; must; need; want be obliged to; ought to; owe; should
désirer covet; crave; desire; like to; long; want; will; wish be hungry for; crave; crave for; have one's heart set on; hope; hunger; languish; long for; pine; to want something very badly; yearn
falloir have to; must; need; want be obliged to; ought to; should
nécessiter need; require; want compel; force; oblige; oblige to
vouloir like to; want; wish
être dans l'obligation de have to; must; need; want be obliged to; ought to; should
être obligé de have to; must; need; want be obliged to; ought to; should
- desire; need; require
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- call for; demand; lack; need; require

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Related Definitions for "want":

  1. a specific feeling of desire1
  2. anything that is necessary but lacking1
    • I tried to supply his wants1
  3. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable1
    • for want of a nail the shoe was lost1
  4. a state of extreme poverty1
  5. wish or demand the presence of1
    • I want you here at noon!1
  6. have need of1
    • This piano wants the attention of a competent tuner1
  7. hunt or look for; want for a particular reason1
    • Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI1
    • Uncle Sam wants you1
  8. feel or have a desire for; want strongly1
    • I want to go home now1
    • I want my own room1
  9. be without, lack; be deficient in1
    • want courtesy1
    • want the strength to go on living1
    • flood victims wanting food and shelter1

Wiktionary Translations for want:

want
verb
  1. desire
noun
  1. desire, wish, longing
  2. lack (of)
  3. poverty
want
noun
  1. Traductions à trier suivant le sens
  2. état de ce qui est insuffisant.
  3. absence, défaut, fait de manquer.
  4. condition, état de celui qui inspirer la pitié.
  5. perte, absence, manque d’un bien, d’un avantage qu’on avait, ou qu’on devait, qu’on pouvait avoir.
  6. vœu, désir qu’une chose accomplir.
verb
  1. prier, demander quelqu’un.
  2. former un souhait.
  3. Avoir l’intention, la volonté de faire quelque chose, s’y déterminer. (Sens général)

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
want manque Mangel — kPl.|: unzureichende Menge oder unzureichendes Ausmaß von etwas
want avoir envie de mögenhäufig verneint: drückt den Wunsch nach dem aus, was der Satz ohne das Modalverb aussagt
want désirer wollen — nur den Wunsch nach etwas haben, danach verlangen, es begehren, sich danach (nur) sehnen
want vouloir wünschen — etwas ersehnen, erhoffen
want désir begeerte — verlangen
want vouloir willen — iets als verlangen hebben


Wiktionary Translations for wants:

wants
noun
  1. Traductions à trier suivant le sens