couper înseamnă în Engleză
| Franceză | Engleză |
|---|---|
| couper/découper en julienne/bâtonnets/allumettes verbe | french(prepare food by cutting it into strips) |
| couperet nom {m} | cleaver [cleavers]◼◼◼(a squarish knife used for hacking) |
| couperose nom {f} | rosacea◼◼◼(chronic condition) |
| couperose nom | iron(II) sulfate(FeSO4) |
| coupe rase nom {f} | clearcutting◼◼◼(forestry practice) |
| (Quebec) couper les coins ronds verbe | cut corners(do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job) |
| à couper le souffle adjectif {m} | breathtaking◼◼◼(stunningly beautiful) |
| à couper le souffle adjectif | jaw-dropping◼◻◻(causing great awe or surprise) |
| découper verbe | chop [chopped, chopping, chops]◼◼◼(to cut into pieces) clip [clipped, clipping, clips]◼◼◻(to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc) crop [cropped, cropping, crops]◼◼◻(remove outer parts of (a photograph or image)) snip [snipped, snipping, snips]◼◼◻(to cut with short sharp actions) |
| mettre sa main à couper verbe | bet one's bootsverb |
| mieux que le fil à couper le beurre nom | greatest thing since sliced bread(a relatively recent invention) |
| planche à découper nom {f} | chopping board◼◼◼(sturdy board, upon which one chops and prepares food) |
| recouper verbe | recut [recut, recutting, recuts]◼◼◼(to cut again) |
| redécouper verbe | rezone(to change the zoning assigned to a piece of property) |
| se couper en quatre verbe | bend over backwards(make a great effort) |
| surcouper verbe | overruff(ruff with a higher trump) |
