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Detailed Translations for lack from English to French

lack:

to lack verb (lacks, lacked, lacking)

  1. to lack (be missing; be absent; be lacking)
    manquer; être absent; faire défaut
    • manquer verb (manque, manques, manquons, manquez, )
  2. to lack
    manquer; être privé de
    • manquer verb (manque, manques, manquons, manquez, )

Conjugations for lack:

present
  1. lack
  2. lack
  3. lacks
  4. lack
  5. lack
  6. lack
simple past
  1. lacked
  2. lacked
  3. lacked
  4. lacked
  5. lacked
  6. lacked
present perfect
  1. have lacked
  2. have lacked
  3. has lacked
  4. have lacked
  5. have lacked
  6. have lacked
past continuous
  1. was lacking
  2. were lacking
  3. was lacking
  4. were lacking
  5. were lacking
  6. were lacking
future
  1. shall lack
  2. will lack
  3. will lack
  4. shall lack
  5. will lack
  6. will lack
continuous present
  1. am lacking
  2. are lacking
  3. is lacking
  4. are lacking
  5. are lacking
  6. are lacking
subjunctive
  1. be lacked
  2. be lacked
  3. be lacked
  4. be lacked
  5. be lacked
  6. be lacked
diverse
  1. lack!
  2. let's lack!
  3. lacked
  4. lacking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

lack [the ~] nomen

  1. the lack (poverty; paucity; destitution; )
    la pauvreté; la misère; le besoin
  2. the lack (deficit; shortage; deficiency; )
    le manque; le déficit; l'insuffisance; la pénurie; la défiance; la carence; le défaut; la disette
  3. the lack (deficiency; want)
    le manque; la misère; la pénurie; le besoin; le défaut
  4. the lack (insufficiency; shortfall; deficiency; shortcoming)
    l'insuffisance

Translation Matrix for lack:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
besoin dearth; deficiency; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; bad luck; crisis; destitution; emergency situation; famine; indigentness; misfortune; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; paucity; poorness; reverse; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; state of emergency; tightness; trouble; want
carence deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall impotence; powerlessness
disette deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall famine; food-scarcity; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
défaut deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; want absence; blank; blunder; defect; disability; error; failing; failure; fault; feebleness; flaw; gap; gas; handicap; hiatus; hoot; howler; immorality; impediment; imperfection; incorrectness; lacuna; machine defect; mistake; oversight; scream; shortage; sin; slip; vice; void; weakness
défiance deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall distrust; mistrust; suspicion
déficit deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall deficiency; famine; flaw; gap; loss; needyness; paucity; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness
insuffisance deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall incapability; incapacity; incompetence; shortage
manque deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; want blank; disability; failure; famine; flaw; gap; handicap; hiatus; impediment; lacuna; needyness; paucity; physical defect; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; tightness; void
misère dearth; deficiency; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; bad condition; bad luck; blows; calamity; catastrophe; destitution; disaster; disasters; discomforts; famine; grief; helplessness; hollowness; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; miserable condition; misery; misfortune; misfortunes; necessity; need; needyness; parsimony; paucity; poor situation; poorness; problems; punches; reverse; sadness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; skinniness; slenderness; sorrow; sparsity; squalor; thinness; tightness; trouble; troubles
pauvreté dearth; destitution; hardship; lack; need; paucity; penury; poverty; want adversity; depravedness; destituteness; destitution; disaster; famine; frugality; fumblingness; harbourless; hollowness; indigentness; lankiness; leanness; meagerness; meagreness; necessity; need; neediness; needyness; of limited means; parsimony; paucity; plainness; poorness; poverty; scantiness; scarcity; seediness; shabbiness; shortage; simpleness; simplicity; skinniness; skinnyness; slenderness; sobriety; sparsity; thinness; tightness
pénurie deficiency; deficit; insufficiency; lack; shortage; shortcoming; shortfall; want famine; frugality; meagerness; meagreness; needyness; parsimony; paucity; plainness; scantiness; scarcity; shortage; simpleness; simplicity; slenderness; sobriety; tightness
- deficiency; want
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
faire défaut be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack
manquer be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack be in need; be in want; be lost; be missed; be missing; fail; fall flat; fall through; flop; get lost; go short; go wrong; lose; lose one's face; meet with disaster; miss; neglect; overlook; pinch; pinch and scrape; press; squeeze
être absent be absent; be lacking; be missing; lack
être privé de lack be in need; be in want; go short; pinch and scrape
- miss
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- be short of; need; want

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Related Definitions for "lack":

  1. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable1
    • there is a serious lack of insight into the problem1
  2. be without1
    • This soup lacks salt1

Wiktionary Translations for lack:

lack
verb
  1. be without, need, require
noun
  1. deficiency, need
lack
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
lack manquer ontberen — iets missen waaraan men grote behoefte heeft
lack manquer mangelenontbreken, te kort schieten
lack manque; pénurie gebrek — een tekort
lack manque Mangel — kPl.|: unzureichende Menge oder unzureichendes Ausmaß von etwas
lack insuffisance; manque; pénurie Zuwenigvon Personen oder Sachen: Mangel; eine zu kleine Zahl oder Menge; ein zu geringes Maß
lack être dénué; être dépourvu; être privé entbehren — K|intrans.|geh.|mG etwas für notwendig, vorteilhaft, passend, angenehm Erachtetes als fehlend, mangelnd empfinden; nicht besitzen
lack manquer fehlen — nicht vorhanden sein
lack pauvreté Armut — das Fehlen von Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten, geistige Armut

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