English-French translations for role

• rôle
  Mais comment développer ce rôle? But how will that role develop?
  C'est un rôle ingrat et difficile. This is a thankless, difficult role.
  L'Europe n'y joue qu'un rôle de coordination. Europe's role is a coordinating role.
• fonction
  Elles ont donc une fonction indispensable. It therefore has a crucial role.
  Quelle est la fonction de l'Union européenne? What is the European Union's role?
  Je lui souhaite beaucoup de succès dans ses nouvelles fonctions. I wish him all the best in his new role.

Definition of role

• A character or part played by a performer or actor
• The expected behaviour of an individual in a society
• The function or position of something
• Designation that denotes an associated set of responsibilities, knowledge, skills, and attitudes
• The function of a word in a phrase
• In the Raku programming language, a code element akin to an interface, used for composition of classes without adding to their inheritance chain
• An ancient unit of quantity, 72 sheets of parchment

Examples

• My neighbor was the lead role in last years village play
• Her dream was to get a role in a Hollywood movie, no matter how small
• The role of women has changed significantly in the last century
• Local volunteers played an important role in cleaning the beach after the oil spill
• What rôle does the wax in your earhole fulfill?
• The project manager role is responsible for ensuring that everyone on the team knows and executes his or her assigned tasks

Related words

• casserole
• acrolein
• petroleum
• parole
• carole
• profiterole
• neuroleptic
• prole
• proleg