Extraits (en. Excerpts)

/ɛkstʁɛ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

noun

Selected passages from a text, book, or other type of work.

The extracts from this work highlight key ideas.

Les extraits de cet ouvrage mettent en lumière des idées clés.

Fragments of texts used to illustrate an idea.

We used extracts from poems for our analysis.

Nous avons utilisé des extraits de poèmes pour notre analyse.

Representative samples of a whole.

The extracts from the conference will be published in the journal.

Les extraits de la conférence seront publiés dans le journal.

Derived from the verb extract, from the Latin extractus, meaning 'taken out'.

excerpt from reading

A selected passage from a text to read.

extrait de lecture

excerpt from film

A selected segment or scene from a film.

extrait de film

audio extracts

Selected audio recordings from a work.

extraits audio

extract

To recover or take something out of a set.

extraire

extraction

The act of withdrawing something from a source.

extraction

excerpt

A passage or segment taken from a text or a work.

extrait

The abridgment of a work or story.

This summary is an excerpt from his favorite novel.

Ce résumé est un extrait de son roman préféré.

A small piece of a song or recording.

I heard an excerpt from his new album on the radio.

J'ai entendu un extrait de son nouvel album à la radio.