owe
verbecourant dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//əʊ//
- États-Unis//oʊ//
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
verbe
- 1
To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
We owe it to our children to make our nation a better place to live in the future.
I owe Kevin five bucks which he lent to me last week.
This time I'll cover for you, but now you owe me a favour.
VVe owe God a death, and we can but die:
- 2
To have debt; to be in debt.
- 3
To have as a cause; used with to.
The record owes its success to the outstanding guitar solos.
Étymologie
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe Proto-Germanic *aiganą Proto-West Germanic *aigan Old English āgan Middle English owen English owe From Middle English owen, from Old English āgan, from Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to own”), from Proto-Germanic *aiganą, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂óyḱe (“to possess, own”), reduplicated stative of *h₂eyḱ- (“to own”). See also own, ought. Cognate with Sanskrit ईष्टे (īṣṭe, “to own, possess”).
Formes
- passé
- owed, ought
- participe passé
- owed, ought, own
- participe présent
- owing
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- owes
owe · To be under an obligation to give something back to someone or to perform some action for someone.
owed · That owes.Owen · A male given name. A male given name from Welsh, an…Owens · A surname transferred from the given name.