Opponent, adversary - Adversaire (The 2288th Most Common French Word)

The French word for Opponent, adversary is Adversaire. It can be used as noun. It is classified as a B1 word, and is the 2288th most commonly used word in French. This word often comes up when talking about sport, cooperation. You can listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Download our app to practice this and the other 3000 most common French words with over 60000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types.

Pronunciation

English: opponent, adversary

French: adversaire

Examples


He defeated his opponent in the election.	Il a battu son adversaire électoral.
I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.	J'ai sous-estimé la force de mon adversaire.
He doesn't stand a chance against his opponent.	Il n'a aucune chance contre son adversaire.
I checkmated my opponent by using my two rooks.	J'ai maté mon adversaire en employant mes deux tours.
The samurai decapitated his opponent in one fell swoop.	Le samouraï décapita son adversaire d'un seul coup d'un seul.
Tom was a very tough opponent.	Tom était un adversaire très coriace.
I've underestimated the strength of my opponent.	J'ai sous-estimé la force de mon adversaire.
Separate your opponent's stones.	Séparez les pierres de votre adversaire.

Mr. Speaker, in some ways I am a little nervous of my Liberal opponent.	Monsieur le Président, dans un sens, mon adversaire libéral me rend un peu nerveux.
He showed much resilience in the face of his Lebanese opponent but had to admit defeat (12-15).	Il fait preuve d'une belle résistance face à son adversaire libanais mais doit s'incliner (12-15).
Whatever you don't take, your opponent will take.	Ce que vous ne prenez pas, votre adversaire le prendra.
Depart, every demonic power... every infernal adversary, every legion.	Que chaque pouvoir démoniaque, chaque adversaire infernal, chaque légion parte.
Players should therefore prevent each opponent from reaching the winning point.	Par conséquent, les joueurs doivent empêcher chaque adversaire d'atteindre le point gagnant.
Each player controls the team of his choice (penguin, gnu, firefox, wilber,...) and must destroy his adversary using more or less casual weapons.	Chaque joueur commande l'équipe de son choix (manchot, gnou, firefox, wilber,...) et doit détruire celle de son adversaire à l'aide d'armes plus ou moins conventionnelles.
With jose Chess you have an opponent that is hard to defeat.	Avec jose Chess vous avez un adversaire dur à gagner.
Another dirty campaign maneuver, courtesy of your opponent.	Une autre sale manœuvre de campagne, avec la permission de votre adversaire.
No matter his opponent, Little Mac always puts his best fist forward.	Peu importe qui est son adversaire, Little Mac sait asséner un coup de poing.
You've proven yourself a worthy opponent.	Tu as prouvé que tu es un adversaire digne d'intérêt.
If you find me a worthy opponent...	Si vous me trouvez un adversaire digne de moi... je le tuerais gratuitement.
She would try to pierce with a spear her opponent.	Elle tenterait de percer de sa lance son adversaire.
Meigs was a lifelong opponent of obstetric anesthesia.	Meigs a été toute sa vie un adversaire de l'anesthésie obstétricale.