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1 prêt-à-porter
prêt-à-porter (plural prêts-à-porter) [pʀεtapɔʀte]masculine noun* * *pʀɛtapɔʀtenom masculin ready-to-wear, ready-to-wear clothes (pl)acheter du prêt-à-porter — to buy clothes off the peg GB ou rack US
* * *pʀɛtapɔʀteprêts-à-porter pl nmready-to-wear clothes pl off-the-peg Grande-Bretagne clothes pl* * *1 ( vêtements) ready-to-wear, ready-to-wear clothes (pl); acheter du prêt-à-porter to buy clothes off the peg GB ou rack US;2 ( secteur) ready-to-wear.[prɛtapɔrte] ( pluriel prêts-à-porter) nom masculin -
2 genou
masculine noun► à genouxêtre sur les genoux [personne] to be ready to drop* * *
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pl genoux ʒ(ə)nu nom masculin1) (d'homme, animal) kneemettre (un) genou à terre devant quelqu'un — lit to kneel down in front of somebody; fig to pay homage to somebody
2) (de pantalon, collant) knee3) Nautisme, Technologie knee
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à genoux locution adverbialese mettre à genoux — gén to kneel down; ( pour implorer) to go down on one's knees
être à genoux devant quelqu'un — fig to worship somebody
••faire du genou à quelqu'un — (colloq) to play footsie (colloq) with somebody
être sur les genoux — (colloq) [personne] to be on one's last legs
mettre quelqu'un sur les genoux — (colloq) to wear somebody out
* * *ʒ(ə)nugenoux pl nmElle est à genoux. — She's on her knees.
se mettre à genoux — to kneel down, to kneel
* * *A nm1 (d'homme, animal) knee; assieds-toi sur mes genoux sit on my knee ou lap; prends-la sur tes genoux put her on your knee ou lap; être dans l'eau jusqu'aux genoux, avoir de l'eau jusqu'aux genoux to be knee-deep in water; jupe en dessous/au-dessus du genou skirt below/above the knee; arriver au genou [jupe] to be knee-length; [botte] to come up to the knee; [pull, veste] to come down to one's knees; donner un coup de genou à qn to knee sb; mettre (un) genou à terre devant qn lit to kneel down in front of sb; fig to pay homage to sb;2 (de pantalon, collant) knee;B à genoux loc adv être à genoux to be kneeling, to be on one's knees; se mettre à genoux gén to kneel down; ( pour implorer) to go down on one's knees; tomber à genoux to fall to one's knees; à genoux! down on your knees!; je vous le demande à genoux! fig I'm begging you!; être à genoux devant qn fig to worship sb.faire du genou à qn○ to play footsie○ with sb; être sur les genoux○ [personne] to be on one's last legs; mettre qn sur les genoux○ to wear sb out.on était dans la neige jusqu'aux genoux we were knee-deep ou up to our knees in snowmon jean est troué aux genoux my jeans have got holes at ou in the knees2. TECHNOLOGIE [joint] ball-and-socket jointà genoux locution adverbiale1. [sur le sol]mets-toi à genoux get down on your knees, kneel down2. (figuré)a. [lui être soumis] to be on one's knees before somebodyb. [être en adoration devant lui] to worship somebodyc'est à tomber ou se mettre à genoux tellement c'est beau it's so beautiful it bowls you over
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