Französisch | Englisch |
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bandérilléro nom {m} | banderillero(one who sticks the banderillas in the bull's neck) |
barbouiller verbe | daub [daubed, daubing, daubs]◼◼◼(to apply something in hasty or crude strokes) |
barbouilleur nom {m} | dauber [daubers]◼◼◼(unskillful painter) smearer(unskillful painter) |
barillet nom {m} | barrel [barrels]◼◼◼(part of a clarinet) cylinder [cylinders]◼◼◼(part of a revolver which contains chambers for rounds) |
bastille nom {f} | bastille [bastilles]◼◼◼(old name for prison, dungeon) |
Bastille nom {f} | Bastille◼◼◼(a prison in France) |
bataille nom {f} | battle [battles]◼◼◼(general action, fight, or encounter; a combat) fight [fights]◼◼◻(battle) combat [combats]◼◼◻(a battle; a fight) |
bataille d'Angleterre nom {f} | Battle of Britain◼◼◼(series of air engagements between the British Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe during World War II) |
bataille d'eau nom {f} | water fight◼◼◼(activity where the participants get each other wet) |
bataille d'oreillers [Quebec] nom {f} | pillow fight◼◼◼(a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows) |
bataille de boules de neige nom {f} | snowball fight◼◼◼(play fight) |
bataille de polochons nom {f} | pillow fight◼◼◼(a play fight that involves hitting others with pillows) |
bataille de pouces nom {f} | thumb war◼◼◼(children's game) |
bataille navale nom {f} | battleship◼◼◼(guessing game) |
bataille rangée nom {f} | pitched battle◼◼◼noun |
batailleur adjectif | contentious(given to struggling) |
batailleur adjectif {m} | hawkish(supportive of warlike foreign policy) |
bateau en bouteille nom {m} | ship in a bottle◼◼◼(ornament consisting of a model ship inside a glass bottle) |
bâton de taille nom {m} | tally stick(piece of wood with notches or scores) |
bébé corneille nom | squab [squabs](baby rook) |
belle-fille nom {f} | daughter-in-law [daughters-in-law]◼◼◼(wife of one's child) stepdaughter [stepdaughters]◼◼◼(daughter of one's spouse and not of oneself) |
belle-fille [stepdaughter] nom {f} | stepchild [stepchildren]◼◼◼(the child of one's spouse from his or her previous partner) |
béquille nom {f} | crutch [crutches]◼◼◼(device to assist in motion as a cane) kickstand◼◼◻(levered bar of a bicycle or motorcycle) charley horse(a muscle cramp, usually in the thigh or leg) |
Berdouilleux nom propre | Jabberwock(fantastical monster) |
bidonville nom {m} | slum [slums]◼◼◼(dilapidated neighborhood) skid row(especially dilapidated section of a city) |
bidonville nom {f} | shantytown [shantytowns]◼◼◻(area containing a collection of shacks and shanties) |
bidouiller verbe | tinker [tinkered, tinkering, tinkers]◼◼◼(to fiddle with something in an attempt to fix or improve it) twiddle [twiddled, twiddling, twiddles](to wiggle, fidget) |
bidouiller [colloquial] verbe | tamper [tampered, tampering, tampers]◼◼◼(alter by making unauthorized changes) |
bijoux de famille nom {m pl} | family jewels◼◼◼(testicles) bollocks(testicles) crown jewels(jewelry) |