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how fast

/haʊ fɑːst/

Traduction: Phrase interrogative utilisée pour demander la vitesse, la rapidité de déplacement ou le rythme de changement. Note : 'How fast' se compose de l'adverbe 'how' et de l'adjectif 'fast' ; employé avec des noms comme 'speed', 'rate', il fonctionne comme une locution déterminative complexe.

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determiner

/haʊ fɑːst/A1formal
  • frPhrase interrogative utilisée pour demander la vitesse, la rapidité de déplacement ou le rythme de changement. Note : 'How fast' se compose de l'adverbe 'how' et de l'adjectif 'fast' ; employé avec des noms comme 'speed', 'rate', il fonctionne comme une locution déterminative complexe.

An interrogative phrase used to ask about speed, velocity, or rate of movement/change. Note: 'How fast' is primarily an interrogative adverbial phrase consisting of 'how' + the adjective 'fast'. When used before nouns like 'speed', 'rate', or 'pace', it functions as a complex determiner phrase modifying those nouns. This entry focuses on its determiner-like usage with nominal complements.

  1. Interrogative determiner (physical speed)A1formal

    Used before nouns denoting motion or velocity (e.g., 'speed', 'pace', 'rate') to ask about measurable physical speed of movement.

    frdéterminant interrogatif de vitesse

    • How fast a speed can this car reach?
    • How fast a pace are you planning to run?
    • How fast a rate does the river flow?
  2. Interrogative determiner (rate of change/progress)B1formalbusiness

    Used before abstract nouns to ask about the rate, tempo, or rapidity of a process, change, or development.

    frà quelle vitesse

    • How fast a growth rate is sustainable?
    • How fast a change can the system handle?
    • How fast a progress have we achieved?
  3. Adverbial usage (standalone speed inquiry)A1informal

    Used without a following noun to ask about speed directly. The noun is implied by context. (Note: This is the most common adverbial usage, included for completeness).

    frÀ quelle vitesse

    • How fast can you type?
    • How fast does the train go?
    • How fast did you finish the race?
  4. Indirect question usageB1formal

    Used to introduce a noun clause that reports a question about speed, functioning as the object of verbs like 'know', 'ask', 'wonder'.

    frà quelle vitesse (interrogation indirecte)

    • I wonder how fast he can run.
    • Do you know how fast the download will be?
    • Tell me how fast you need this done.
  5. Exclamatory or emphatic useB2informal

    Used in exclamations or rhetorical questions to emphasize the surprising extent of speed, rapidity, or urgency.

    frque … rapidement

    • How fast a time you ran that mile!
    • How fast do you expect me to work?
    • How fast the world is changing!