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Meaning of "self" in the French dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SELF IN FRENCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SELF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
interjection
article
Self is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SELF MEAN IN FRENCH?

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Definition of self in the French dictionary

The definition of self in the dictionary is.

La définition de self dans le dictionnaire est .


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FRENCH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SELF

séleucide
self-affirmation
self-broyage
self-connaissance
self-control
self-contrôle
self-défence
self-defense
self-distribution
self-gouvernement
self-government
self-inductance
self-induction
self-luminosité
self-made-man
self-régulation
self-respect
self-service
selle
sel

FRENCH WORDS THAT END LIKE SELF

box-calf
golf
mini-golf

Synonyms and antonyms of self in the French dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SELF» IN FRENCH

The following French words have a similar or identical meaning as «self» and belong to the same grammatical category.
French synonyms of self

Translation of «self» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SELF

Find out the translation of self to 25 languages with our French multilingual translator.
The translations of self from French to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «self» in French.

Translator French - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator French - Spanish

yo
570 millions of speakers

Translator French - English

self
510 millions of speakers

Translator French - Hindi

स्वयं
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator French - Arabic

النفس
280 millions of speakers

Translator French - Russian

сам
278 millions of speakers

Translator French - Portuguese

ego
270 millions of speakers

Translator French - Bengali

স্ব
260 millions of speakers

French

self
220 millions of speakers

Translator French - Malay

diri
190 millions of speakers

Translator French - German

selbst
180 millions of speakers

Translator French - Japanese

自己
130 millions of speakers

Translator French - Korean

자기
85 millions of speakers

Translator French - Javanese

poto
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator French - Vietnamese

tự
80 millions of speakers

Translator French - Tamil

சுய
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Marathi

स्वत: ची
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Turkish

öz
70 millions of speakers

Translator French - Italian

stesso
65 millions of speakers

Translator French - Polish

ja
50 millions of speakers

Translator French - Ukrainian

сам
40 millions of speakers

Translator French - Romanian

auto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator French - Greek

εαυτός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator French - Afrikaans

self
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator French - Swedish

själv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator French - Norwegian

selv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of self

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF»

The term «self» is very widely used and occupies the 1.144 position in our list of most widely used terms in the French dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of self
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SELF» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «self» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «self» appears in digitalised printed sources in French between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the French literature, quotes and news about self

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10 FRENCH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF»

Discover the use of self in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to self and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in French literature.
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Self-défense pratique: réalisme, efficacité, contrôle
Clair et méthodique, Roland Habersetzer vous propose plusieurs niveaux de lecture: il accompagne votre progression en fonction de vos capacités de défense et de vos goûts personnels pour tel ou tel type de défense, en laissant un large ...
Roland Habersetzer, 2008
2
French: A Self-Teaching Guide
Learn to speak French like a native with this essential guide Now you can teach yourself how to speak, write, and read French in just 15 easy-to-follow lessons.
Suzanne A. Hershfield-Haims, Suzanne Abitbol Hershfield, 2000
3
Heal Your Wounds and Find Your True Self:
Ce livre démontre que tout ce que nous vivons provient principalement de cinq grandes blessures de bases.
Lise Bourbeau, 2000
4
Space and Self in Early Modern European Cultures
The notion of 'selfhood' conjures up images of self-sufficiency, integrity, introspectiveness, and autonomy – characteristics typically associated with 'modernity.
David Warren Sabean, Malina Stefanovska, 2012
5
Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions
This collection of essays deals with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions from the archaic period to Late Antiquity.
Jan Assmann, Guy G. Stroumsa, 1999
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Self-knowledge: A treatise, showing the nature and benefit ...
Here we are commanded, instead of judging others,' to judge ourselves ; and to avoid the inexcusable rashness of condemningothers for the very crimes we ourselves are guilty of, Rom. ii. i, ai, 22.; which a self-ignorant man is very apt to do ...
John Mason, 1764
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Narrating the Self in Early Modern Europe / L'écriture de ...
The authors of the sixteen essays collected in this volume use a variety of approaches to study a broad range of what are now called 'ego-documents' from the Renaissance to the beginning of the nineteenth century.
Bruno Tribout, Ruth Whelan, 2007
8
Self islam: histoire d'un islam personnel
" Pendant longtemps, tout au moins jusqu'à l'âge de huit ou neuf ans, j'ai vécu le fait d'être musulman le vendredi et dans les vignes de mon grand-père le samedi sans trop souffrir de la contradiction.
Abdennour Bidar, 2006
9
Du DRH au Self-service: Ou les nouvelles technologies au ...
Les technologies de l'information et de la communication s'immiscent dans tous les rouages de l'entreprise.
Bernard Just, 2006
10
Français-Américains: ces différences qui nous rapprochent
Avec le self En raison de différences importantes entre le concept de self* dans les cultures française et américaine, nous souhaitons accorder une attention particulière à ce sujet. Ce chapitre est divisé en trois parties : une approche culturelle ...
Gilles Asselin, Ruth Mastron, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term self is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Self Défense : Le temps des grades
La fin de saison a sonné à l'Ecole de Self-Défense Tonfa. Tous les pratiquants se sont entrainés avec motivation durant la saison. «ladepeche.fr, Jul 15»
2
CHPF : Le poisson à l'origine de l'intoxication alimentaire au self
Selon les conclusions du bureau de veille sanitaire, une partie des clients ayant déjeuné au self-service du CHPF du Taaone, mardi, ont bel et ... «La Dépêche de Tahiti, Jul 15»
3
"Relations Publics" : Image & dialogue (Mouans) lance "L …
Quatre mois après leur rapprochement, l'agence de communication de Mouans-Sartoux Image & dialogue group et Self Image (Paris) créent ... «Webtimemedias.com, Jul 15»
4
Self East en compétition internationale
Self East est le titre du film, d'une durée de six minutes et trente-deux secondes, qui prendra part à la compétition internationale du Festival du ... «Liberté-Algérie, Jul 15»
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Photos : Karlie Kloss : divine et naturelle pour Marella, elle s'offre …
Alors que sa nouvelle campagne vient à peine d'être révélée, le top US s'offre au même moment la couverture de Self Magazine. Un résultat ... «Public.fr, Jul 15»
6
Le self-service : une tendance de fond dans l'entreprise
Se tourner vers une solution self-service permet au département IT de donner la faculté aux salariés de résoudre eux-mêmes leurs problèmes, ... «JDN, Jul 15»
7
Rachel McAdams en petite robe noire Self Portrait
La star a choisi un modèle signé Self Portrait, une marque britannique que l'on voit de plus en plus sur les fashionistas, dernièrement c'est ... «Closer, Jul 15»
8
Richard Lowe, un self made man qui a pris de l'assurance
Après le Cameroun, le Ghana, le Libéria, la Guinée, et bientôt la Sierra Leone, Activa poursuit son expansion africaine inspirée par son ... «Financial Afrik, Jul 15»
9
Wearables : bientôt outils de self-defense ?
Tirer la sonnette d'alarme lors d'une agression peut-être compliqué. L'usage d'un wearable apporterait un degré de discretion unique pour ... «Dreuz Info, Jul 15»
10
Komé Cessé et Apollinaire Compaoré, deux self made man africains
Voilà deux figures du capitalisme africain partis de rien. Deux capitaines d'industrie qui partagent le même territoire ouest-africain, les mêmes ... «Financial Afrik, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Self [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/self>. Jun 2026 ».
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