guest

guest
guest [{{t}}gest]
1 noun
(a) (visitor → at home) invité(e) m,f, hôte mf; (→ at table) invité(e) m,f, convive mf;
also {{}}ironic{{}} be my guest! fais donc!, je t'en prie!;
{{}}Television{{}} with a guest appearance from… avec comme invité d'honneur…;
{{}}Television{{}} to make a guest appearance in a programme être invité dans une émission
(b) (in hotel) client(e) m,f; (in boarding house) pensionnaire mf
(c) {{}}Computing{{}} invité(e) m,f
2 intransitive verb
{{}}Television{{}} & {{}}Radio{{}} to guest on sb's show faire une apparition dans l'émission de qn;
{{}}Music{{}} another guitarist guested on one of the tracks un autre guitariste a participé à l'un des morceaux
►► guest artist invité-vedette (invitée-vedette) m,f;
guest beer = bière (pression) proposée pour une durée déterminée par un pub en plus de ses bières habituelles;
guest book (in house, hotel) & {{}}Computing{{}} (of Web page) livre m d'or;
guest of honour invité(e) m,f d'honneur;
guest list liste f des invités;
guest night (in club) = soirée d'un club où les non-membres sont invités;
guest speaker conférencier(ère) m,f (invité à parler par une organisation, une association);
guest star invité-vedette (invitée-vedette) m,f;
guest star Anthony Hopkins (in credits) avec la participation d'Anthony Hopkins;
guest worker travailleur(euse) m,f immigré(e)

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