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I.chat1 [∫a]1. masculine nouna. ( = animal) cat• il n'y avait pas un chat dehors ( = personne) there wasn't a soul outside• il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat it's nothing to make a fuss about (PROV) chat échaudé craint l'eau froide(PROV) once bitten, twice shy (PROV) quand le chat n'est pas là les souris dansent(PROV) when the cat's away the mice will playb. ( = jeu) tag2. compounds► chat perché ( = jeu) off-ground tagII.chat2 [t∫at]masculine noun* * *ʃanom masculin2) Jeuxjouer à chat — to play tag ou tig GB
c'est toi le chat — you're ‘it’
•Phrasal Verbs:••il n'y a pas un chat — (colloq) the place is deserted
il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort — Proverbe let sleeping dogs lie Proverbe
* * *ʃa nm* * *chat nm1 ( animal) gén cat; ( mâle) tomcat; chat siamois/birman/persan Siamese/Burmese/Persian cat; ⇒ appeler;chat de gouttière ( tigré) tabby cat; ( commun) ordinary cat; péj alley cat; chat à neuf queues cat-o'-nine-tails (+ v sg); chat perché Jeux off-ground tag ou tig GB; chat sauvage wildcat; le Chat botté Puss in Boots.écrire comme un chat to scrawl; donner sa langue au chat to give in; il n'y a pas un chat the place is deserted; avoir un chat dans la gorge to have a frog in one's throat; retomber comme un chat sur ses pattes to fall on one's feet; il ne faut pas réveiller le chat qui dort Prov let sleeping dogs lie Prov; être or s'entendre comme chien et chat to fight like cat and dog.I, chatte [ʃa, ʃat] nom masculin, nom féminin[mâle] tomcat[femelle] she-catchat européen ou de gouttière tabby (cat)chat persan/siamois Persian/Siamese cata. [félin] wildcatquand le chat n'est pas là, les souris dansent (proverbe) when the cat's away, the mice will play (proverbe)2. LITTÉRATURE4. JEUX5. HISTOIRE & NAUTIQUEchatte (vulgaire) nom fémininpussy (très familier), fanny (très familier & UK)II[tʃat] nom masculin -
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Raccoon — Rac*coon (r[a^]k*k[=oo]n ), n. [F. raton, prop., a little rat, fr. rat rat, perhaps of German origin. See {Rat}.] (Zo[ o]l.) A North American nocturnal carnivore ({Procyon lotor}) allied to the bears, but much smaller, and having a long, full… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
raccoon — ☆ raccoon [ra ko͞on′ ] n. pl. raccoons or raccoon [< Virginia Algonquian aroughcun] 1. any of a genus (Procyon, family Procyonidae) of small, tree climbing, American carnivores, active largely at night and characterized by long, yellowish gray … English World dictionary
raccoon — (n.) also racoon, c.1600, arocoun, from Algonquian (Powhatan) arahkun, from arahkunem he scratches with the hands. Early forms included Capt. John Smith s raugroughcum. In Norwegian, vaskebjèrn, lit. wash bear … Etymology dictionary
raccoon — (also racoon) ► NOUN ▪ a greyish brown omnivorous American mammal with a black facial mask and a ringed tail. ORIGIN from an Algonquian dialect word … English terms dictionary
Raccoon — For other species called raccoon in the genus Procyon, see Procyon (genus). For other uses, see Raccoon (disambiguation). Raccoon … Wikipedia
raccoon — /ra koohn /, n., pl. raccoons, (esp. collectively) raccoon. 1. a nocturnal carnivore, Procyon lotor, having a masklike black stripe across the eyes, a sharp snout, and a bushy, ringed tail, native to North and Central America and introduced… … Universalium
Raccoon — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Raccoon signifie en anglais raton laveur ou un représentant du genre Procyon en général ; racoon est le nom d un raton laveur de Guadeloupe ; La … Wikipédia en Français
raccoon — UK [rəˈkuːn] / US [ræˈkun] noun Word forms raccoon : singular raccoon plural raccoons a) [countable] a small animal with a black and white face and a long tail that lives mainly in North and Central America b) [uncountable] the fur from a raccoon … English dictionary
raccoon — also racoon noun (plural raccoon or raccoons; also racoon or racoons) Etymology: Virginia Algonquian raugroughcun, arocoun Date: 1608 1. a. a small nocturnal carnivore (Procyon lotor) of North America that is chiefly gray, has a black mask and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
raccoon — rac|coon racoon [rəˈku:n, ræ US ræ ] n [Date: 1600 1700; : Virginia Algonquian; Origin: äräkhun] 1.) a small North American animal with black fur around its eyes and black and grey rings on its tail 2.) [U] the skin and thick fur of a raccoon ▪ a … Dictionary of contemporary English
raccoon — [[t]ræku͟ːn[/t]] raccoons N COUNT (The spelling racoon is also used. Raccoon can also be used as the plural form.) A raccoon is a small animal that has dark coloured fur with white stripes on its face and on its long tail. Raccoons live in… … English dictionary