trouver
French → English
(action) To find: to discover or encounter someone or something that was being sought
Par bonheur, il trouva enfin une place de travail dans un grand laboratoire.
(English) Luckily, he finally found a job position in a large laboratory.
Les policiers ont trouvé plusieurs clés USB cachées sous le tapis.
(English) The police officers found several USB sticks hidden under the rug.
(location) To be located: to be situated in a specific place or state
Près du petit village se trouvait un très vieux monument historique.
(English) Near the small village was located a very old historical monument.
Nous nous sommes trouvés nez à nez au milieu du grand boulevard.
(English) We found ourselves face to face in the middle of the large boulevard.
(intellectual) To solve: to discover an answer, solution, or idea through mental effort; to invent
Isaac Newton a trouvé la loi de la gravitation universelle en observant une pomme.
(English) Isaac Newton found the law of universal gravitation by observing an apple.
L'élève a fini par trouver la solution de ce problème mathématique complexe.
(English) The student finally managed to find the solution to this complex math problem.
Entry ID: fr:en:trouver · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary