Dutch | English |
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een figuur slaan substantief | egg on one's face(suffer embarrassment or humiliation) |
één uur bijwoord | o'clock(indication of time (the translations below are of "one o’clock")) |
een uur in de wind stinken werkwoord | stink to high heaven(to have a very strong and unpleasant smell) |
eerlijk duurt het langst phrase | |
eerste stuurman substantief {m} | first mate(nautical: officer next in rank to the captain) |
eigen vuur substantief {n} | friendly fire(fire from allied or friendly forces) |
elfde uur substantief | eleventh hour(The last minute) |
factuur substantief {f} | bill [bills](invoice) invoice [invoices](bill) |
fietsstuur substantief {n} | handlebar [handlebars](bar for steering) |
figuur substantief {f} | curve [curves](informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body) picture [pictures](representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) |
figuur substantief {m} {n} | figure [figures](drawing) |
figuurlijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord | figurative(metaphorical; not literal) |
figuurlijk bijwoord | figuratively(in a figurative manner) |
figuurlijke uitdrukking substantief {f} | trope [tropes](rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning) |
figuurzaag substantief {f} | fretsaw(saw) |
fijnstructuurconstante substantief | |
foliumzuur substantief {n} | folic acid [folic acids](vitamin B9, a polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid) |
fractuur substantief {f} | fracture [fractures](act of breaking, or something broken) |
frituur substantief {c} | chip shop(UK: a fast food outlet which sells fish and chips) |
frituur substantief {f} | chipper(deep frier) |
frituurpan substantief {f} | deep fryer(vessel for deep frying) |
ftaalzuur substantief {n} | phthalic acid [phthalic acids](acid) |
fulminezuur substantief {n} | fulminic acid(HCNO) |
fundamentele natuurkracht substantief {m} | fundamental interaction(basic forces that act between elementary particles) |
fytinezuur substantief {n} | phytic acid(compound) |
gammahydroxybutaanzuur substantief {n} | gamma-hydroxybutyric acid(chemical) |
geen rook zonder vuur phrase | no smoke without fire(gossip and accusations are often substantiated by fact) |
gegevensstructuur substantief | data structure [data structures](organization of data) |
gemeenschappelijk bestuurd gebied of eigendom substantief | condominium [condominiums](joint sovereignty over a territory) |
gemene muur substantief {m} | party wall(commonly shared wall) |
glazuur substantief {n} | glaze [glazes](coating on pottery) |
goedkoop is duurkoop phrase | buy cheap, buy twice(buying a cheap product is a false economy) |
graanschuur substantief | garner(granary) granary [granaries](storage facility) |
Grieks vuur substantief | Greek fire(flammable substance) |
grote muur substantief {m} | stitchwort(Stellaria holostea) |
guur bijvoeglijk naamwoord | bleak [bleaker, bleakest](desolate and exposed) |
halfuur substantief {n} | half-hour [half-hours](period) |