figurative |
1. adj. Figuratif. | |
2. n. Figuré. | |
the |
1. art. Le, la, les. | |
general |
1. adj. Général. | |
2. n. (Militaire) Général. | |
The general led the army to victory. : Le général conduisit l'armée à la victoire. | |
She led the discussion from the general to the specific. : Elle conduisit la discussion en allant du général vers le particulier. | |
pitch |
1. v. Lancer. | |
He pitched the horseshoe. | |
2. v. (Baseball) Lancer, jeter une balle. | |
(transitif) The hurler pitched a curveball. | |
(intransitif) He pitched high and inside. | |
3. v. (Baseball) Jouer le rôle de lanceur. | |
Bob pitches today. | |
4. v. (Familier) Lancer (un produit), promouvoir. | |
He pitched the idea for months with no takers. | |
5. v. Monter (une tente par exemple). | |
Pitch the tent over there. | |
6. v. (Marine) (Intransitif) Tanguer. | |
(intransitif) The ship pitched in the heavy seas. | |
7. v. (Musique) Poser, placer (sa voix), donner la note. | |
To pitch is to produce a note of a given pitch. | |
8. n. Sève, résine. | |
Pitch is a sticky, gummy substance secreted by trees; sap. | |
It is hard to get this pitch off of my hand. | |
9. n. Poix, brai. | |
Pitch is a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar. | |
They put pitch on the mast to protect it. The barrel was sealed with pitch. | |
It was pitch black because there was no moon. | |
10. n. (Baseball) Lancer, action de jeter. | |
11. n. Terrain (de cricket, soccer, rugby, camping, etc.). | |
12. n. Pas, écartement. | |
13. n. Inclinaison, angle, pente. | |
14. n. (Marine) (Aéronautique) Tangage. | |
The motion of an airplane can be described in terms of roll, pitch, and yaw. | |
15. n. (Musique) Ton, diapason, personne qui donne le ton. | |
In an a cappella group, the pitch is the singer responsible for singing a note for the other members to tune themselves by. | |
Bob, our pitch, let out a clear middle “C” and our conductor gave the signal to start. | |
16. n. Hauteur de la voix, d'un son. | |
She has a very high-pitched voice. | |
17. n. (Familier) Boniment, baratin. | |
sales pitch | |
or |
1. conj. Ou. | |
2. n. , (héraldique) Or (couleur dorée). | |
3. adj. (Héraldique) Doré, en or. | |
tone |
1. n. Ton. | |
2. n. (Musique) Ton. | |
3. n. (Télécommunications) Tonalité. | |
4. v. Donner le ton. | |
5. v. Changer la couleur. | |
6. v. Durcir. | |
7. v. Harmoniser. | |
of |
1. prep. De. Indique une origine, une substance, une possession, etc. | |
The university of Ottawa. | |
L'université d'Ottawa. | |
The king of beasts. | |
Le roi des animaux. | |
2. prep. De. Indique une séparation avec certains verbes. | |
The accident deprived him of his health. | |
L'accident l'a privé de sa santé. | |
a |
1. art. Un, Une. | |
A book. | |
Un livre. | |
A girl. | |
Une fille. | |
sentence |
1. n. (Grammaire) Phrase. | |
2. n. (Juri) Peine. | |
3. v. Condamner. | |
or |
1. conj. Ou. | |
2. n. , (héraldique) Or (couleur dorée). | |
3. adj. (Héraldique) Doré, en or. | |
utterance |
1. n. Fait d'émettre un son, de s'exprimer : expression, émission (sonore), articulation, prononciation. | |
2. n. Quelque chose de dit : propos, parole, déclaration, énoncé. | |