queue

UK
/kjuː/
US
/kju/
queuenoun
queues
pl
UK
/kjuː/
US
/kju/
Translations
There was a long queue outside the cinema for the new movie release.
Il y avait une longue file devant le cinéma pour la sortie du nouveau film.
file d’attenteInformatique.
The printer has a queue of documents waiting to be printed.
L’imprimante a une file d’attente de documents à imprimer.
Additional translations
tresseAu sens de coiffure, plus littéraire ou un peu vieilli.
Definitions
A line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed.
There was a long queue outside the cinema for the new movie release.
A list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion.
The printer has a queue of documents waiting to be printed.
A braid of hair worn hanging down behind.
He tied his hair back into a neat queue before the formal event.
queueverb
queued
Past Simple
queued
Past Participle
queuing
ing-form
UK
/kjuː/
US
/kjuː/
Translations
faire la queue
People began to queue outside the store before it opened.
Les gens ont commencé à faire la queue devant le magasin avant son ouverture.
mettre en file d’attenteInformatique.
The system will queue the requests and process them one by one.
Le système mettra les requêtes en file d’attente et les traitera une par une.
Definitions
To arrange or form a line or sequence of people or things waiting for their turn.
People began to queue outside the store before it opened.
To place in a sequence or order for processing or action.
The system will queue the requests and process them one by one.
Synonyms
line up
get in line
stand in line
form a line
queueadjective
UK
/kjuː/
US
/kjuː/
Used attributively before another noun (e.g., "queue management") to denote relation to a queue.
Translations
de file d’attenteInformatique.
The company introduced new queue management software.
L’entreprise a introduit un nouveau logiciel de gestion des files d’attente.
Definitions
Relating to or intended for a queue or series of items awaiting processing or attention.
The company introduced new queue management software.
Synonyms
in line
lined up
in a queue