Francia | Angol |
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plaque tournante nom {f} | turntable [turntables]◼◼◼(rotating platform for turning locomotives) |
plaquebière nom {f} | cloudberry◼◼◼(species) |
plaqueminier nom {m} | persimmon [persimmons]◼◼◼(tree) |
plaqueminier (tree) nom {m} | kaki◼◼◼(persimmon) |
plaquer verbe | plate [plated, plating, plates]◼◼◼(to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) tackle [tackled, tackling, tackles]◼◼◻(Rugby, American football: to bring a ball carrier to the ground) jilt [jilted, jilting, jilts]◼◻◻(to jilt) electroplate [electroplated, electroplating, electroplates]◼◻◻(to coat an object with a thin layer of metal using electrolysis) |
plaquette nom {f} | platelet [platelets]◼◼◼(particle found in the blood of mammals) |
plaquette de frein nom {f} | brake pad◼◼◼(friction element in a disc brake) |
rouflaquettes [slang] nom {f pl} | sideburns◼◼◼(facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin) |
scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis verbe | |
scier la branche sur laquelle on est assis (to saw off the branch one is sitting on) [verb] phrase | like turkeys voting for Christmas(of an action: self-defeating or serving to bring about a situation detrimental to the person performing the action) |
sclérose en plaques nom {f} | multiple sclerosis◼◼◼(chronic disease of the brain and spinal cord) |
slaquer ses bobettes [Quebec] verbe | get one's knickers in a twist(to become overwrought or unnecessarily upset over a trivial matter) |
tectonique des plaques nom {f} | plate tectonics◼◼◼(large-scale movement of tectonic plates) |
tête à claques nom {f} | blighter(person) |
valaque adjectif | Wallachian◼◼◼(related to Wallachia) |
Valaque nom {m} nom {f} | Wallachian◼◼◼(person from Wallachia or of Wallachian descent) |