compte rendu

Definitions of compte rendu
  1. noun
    a written account of what transpired at a meeting
    synonyms: procès-verbal
  2. noun
    a short account of the news
    synonyms: rapport
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    bulletin d'information, communiqué
    a brief report (especially an official statement issued for immediate publication or broadcast)
    communiqué
    an official report (usually sent in haste)
    bulletin d'information
    a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story
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    informations, nouvelles
    information reported in a newspaper or news magazine
  3. noun
    the act of informing by verbal report
    synonyms: bulletin, rapport
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    anecdote
    short account of an incident (especially a biographical one)
    conte, récit
    the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
    bavardage, bruit, cancan, commérage, potins, racontar
    a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people
    rumeur
    gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth
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    discours informatif
    a speech act that conveys information
  4. noun
    a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
    synonyms: bulletin, rapport
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    document, papiers, écrit
    writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)
  5. noun
    a short note
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    note
    a brief written record
  6. noun
    a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
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    note
    a brief written record
    duplicata
    a reproduction of a written record (e.g. of a legal or school record)
    registre
    an official written record of names or events or transactions
    procès-verbal
    a written account of what transpired at a meeting
    traduction
    a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
    traduction
    a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
    sous-titre
    translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
    note
    a brief (and hurriedly handwritten) note
    mémo, mémorandum
    a written proposal or reminder
    stud-book
    official record of the pedigree of purebred animals especially horses
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    archive
    anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
  7. noun
    an essay (especially one written as an assignment)
    synonyms: rapport
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    essai
    an analytic or interpretive literary composition
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