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patte nom {f} | paw [paws]◼◼◼(soft foot of an animal) |
patte arrière nom {f} | hind leg [hind legs]◼◼◼(either of two legs towards the rear) |
patte avant nom {f} | foreleg [forelegs]◼◼◼(either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal) forepaw◼◼◼(paw of an animal's foreleg) |
patte de derrière nom {f} | hind leg [hind legs]◼◼◼(either of two legs towards the rear) |
patte de devant nom {f} | foreleg [forelegs]◼◼◼(either of the two legs towards the front of a four-legged animal) |
patte postérieure nom {f} | hind leg [hind legs]◼◼◼(either of two legs towards the rear) |
pattes d'oie nom {f pl} | crow's feet◼◼◼(wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye) |
pattes d'éléphant nom | bell-bottoms◼◼◼(pants that are flared from the knee downwards) |
pattes de mouche nom {f pl} | chicken scratch◼◼◼(informal: illegible handwriting) |
pattes de poulet nom {f pl} | chicken feet◼◼◼(feet of a chicken) |
[informal] patte nom {f} | pin [pins](informal: leg) |
bas les pattes ! interjection | hands off◼◼◼(don't touch!) |
casser trois pattes à un canard verbe | set the Thames on fire(to achieve something amazing) |
chat à pattes noires nom {m} | black-footed cat◼◼◼(Felis nigripes) |
court sur pattes adjectif | short-legged◼◼◼(having short legs) |
empattement nom {m} | wheelbase◼◼◼(distance btw. axles) serif [serifs]◼◼◻(short line in a font) |
fausse patte nom {f} | proleg [prolegs]◼◼◼(appendage of some insect larvae) |
graisser la patte verbe | grease [greased, greasing, greases]◼◼◼(to bribe) grease someone's palm(to bribe) |
mille-pattes nom {m} | millipede [millipedes]◼◼◼(elongated arthropod) |
retomber sur ses pattes verbe | land on one's feetverb |
subpattern nom {m} | subpatternnoun |
à quatre pattes adverbe | on all fours◼◼◼(on hands and knees) |
ça ne casse pas trois pattes à un canard pronoun | nothing to write home about(not exceptional) |