Vain - Vain (The 2971st Most Common French Word)
The French translation for Vain is Vain. It is classified as a B2 word, and is the 2971st most commonly used word in French. It can be used as adjective. You can find example sentences below to provide context, and you can also listen to the word's pronunciation. 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:
vain
French:
vain
Examples
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| He tried in vain to pull the wool over my eyes. | Il a essayé en vain de m'ouvrir les yeux. |
| Your sacrifice was not in vain. | Ton sacrifice ne fut pas vain. |
| Son sacrifice ne sera pas vain. | Son sacrifice ne restera pas vain. |
| Son sacrifice ne restera pas vain. | Son sacrifice ne sera pas vain. |
| His sacrifice will not be in vain. | Son sacrifice ne restera pas vain. |
| I plead with each of you and not in vain. | Je supplie chacun de vous et pas en vain. |
| In vain Mithridates attempted to object through diplomatic channels. | Mithridate a tenté de s'y opposer en vain par la voie diplomatique. |
| A project that was inevitably murderous and inevitably vain. | Un projet forcément meurtrier et forcément vain. |
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| You're vain, and self-centered, and ruthless. | Vous êtes vain, égocentrique et impitoyable. |
| To ask for real democracy would be in vain. | Demander une vraie démocratie serait vain. |
| According to Plutarch, Colotes was clever, but vain, dogmatic and intolerant. | Selon Plutarque, Colotès est intelligent mais aussi vain, dogmatique et intolérant. |
| The Dutch troops fought on in the vain hope that Beaulieu would send reinforcements. | Les troupes néerlandaises combattent dans l'espoir vain que Beaulieu envoie des renforts. |
| Crassus is depicted as a vain man with poor military judgement. | Crassus est représenté comme un homme vain avec un manque de jugement militaire. |
| Solidarity is not a vain word in Europe. | La solidarité n'est pas un vain mot en Europe. |
| Many girls are very vain considered unremarkable and even gray. | Beaucoup de filles sont très vain considéré comme banal et même gris. |
| In vain now seemed the splendid sacrifice. | Ainsi semblait vain le splendide sacrifice. |
| Our efforts will not have been in vain. | L'effort n'aura pas été vain. |
| This appeal was not in vain. | Cet appel n'a pas été vain. |
| It was so hard for all of us to accept the fact that this hope was to be in vain. | Nous avons tous eu tellement de mal à accepter que cet espoir ait été vain. |
| He tried to make his wife happy, but in vain. | Il a essayé de rendre sa femme heureuse, mais il n'y est pas parvenu. |
| All our attempts were in vain. | Toutes nos tentatives furent vaines. |
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