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wet [wet]1. adjectivea. [object, grass, clothes, place, sand, hair] mouillé ; [cement, plaster, paint, ink] frais ( fraîche f)• "wet paint" « attention, peinture fraîche »• he's still wet behind the ears (inf) ( = immature) il est un peu jeune ; ( = inexperienced) il manque d'expérienceb. [climate] humide2. noun• to wet o.s. or one's pants mouiller sa culotte4. compounds* * *[wet] 1.1) ( dampness) humidité f2) (colloq) GB péj chiffe f molle (colloq) pej3) GB Politics conservateur/-trice m/f modéré/-e2.1) ( damp) mouillé2) ( freshly applied) gen humide‘wet paint’ — ‘peinture fraîche’
3) ( rainy) [weather, season, day] humide; [conditions] d'humidité; [spell] de pluietomorrow, the North will be wet — demain, il pleuvra dans le nord
4) GB péj [person] qui manque de caractère; [remark] sans intérêt5) GB Politics modéré3.transitive verb2) ( urinate in or on)4.to wet one's pants/the bed — [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte/dans son lit
to wet oneself — gen mouiller sa culotte; [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte
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A n1 ( dampness) humidité f ; this plant is tolerant of the wet cette plante tolère l'humidité ; ducks like the wet les canards aiment l'eau ; the car won't start in the wet la voiture ne veut pas démarrer par temps humide ; the tyre performs well in the wet le pneu a de bons résultats sur terrain mouillé ;3 GB Pol conservateur/-trice m/f modéré/-e.B adj1 ( damp) [clothing, hair, hand, grass, road, surface, patch] mouillé ; wet with rain/urine mouillé par la pluie/l'urine ; wet with blood/tea mouillé de sang/de thé ; wet with tears [hanky] humide de larmes ; her face was wet with tears son visage était baigné de larmes ; wet with sweat trempé de sueur ; to get wet se faire mouiller ; to get one's feet/clothes wet se mouiller les pieds/les vêtements ; to get the floor/the towel wet tremper le sol/la serviette ; wet through trempé ;2 ( freshly applied) [cement, clay, plaster, varnish] humide ; [paint] frais/fraîche ; ‘wet paint’ ‘peinture fraîche’ ; the ink is still wet l'encre n'est pas encore sèche ; to keep sth wet empêcher qch de sécher ;3 ( rainy) [weather, climate, season, day, night, area] humide ; [conditions] d'humidité ; [spell] de pluie ; tomorrow, the North will be wet demain, il pleuvra dans le nord ; when it's wet quand il pleut ;4 GB péj [person] qui manque de caractère ; [remark, action] sans intérêt ; don't be so wet! du nerf! ;5 GB Pol [Tory, minister, cabinet, MP] modéré ;6 ○ ( where alcohol is sold) [state, country] où l'on peut acheter des boissons alcoolisées.C vtr1 ( p prés - tt- ; prét, pp wet) (with water, blood, sweat, tea) mouiller [floor, object, clothes] ;2 ( urinate in or on) to wet one's pants/the bed [adult] mouiller sa culotte/le lit ; [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte/dans son lit.D v refl to wet oneself gen mouiller sa culotte ; [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte. ⇒ ear, whistle.
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