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1 pot
pot [po]1. masculine nounb. ( = boisson) (inf)drink ; ( = réunion) (inf)c. ( = chance) (inf)• pas de or manque de pot ! just his (or your etc) luck!• c'est un vrai coup de pot ! what a stroke of luck!2. compounds* * *ponom masculin1) (récipient, contenu) gén container; ( en verre) jar; ( en plastique) carton, tub; (en faïence, terre) pot; ( pichet) jugmettre quelque chose en pot — to put [something] into jars [confiture, fruits]; to pot [plante]
2) ( de chambre) pot; ( de bébé) potty3) (colloq) ( boisson) drink4) (colloq) ( réunion) do (colloq) GB, drinks party5) (colloq) ( chance) luck•Phrasal Verbs:••être sourd comme un pot — (colloq) to be as deaf as a post
tourner autour du pot — (colloq) to beat about the bush
partir or démarrer plein pot — (colloq) to be off ou go off like a shot (colloq)
* * *po nm1) [terre cuite] pot, [verre] jar, [métal] tinJ'ai fait trois pots de confiture. — I've made three pots of jam.
2) * (= chance)3) * (= boisson)boire un pot; prendre un pot — to have a drink
On va prendre un pot ce soir. — We're going for a drink tonight.
4) (pour jeune enfant) potty ** * *pot nm1 Art, Ind (récipient, contenu) gén container; ( en verre) jar; ( en plastique) carton, tub; (en faïence, terre) pot; ( pichet) jug; pot de verre glass jar; mettre qch en pot to put [sth] into jars [confiture, fruits]; to pot [plante]; plante en pot potted plant; pot de marmelade jar of marmalade; pot de yaourt ( en verre) jar of yoghurt; ( en plastique) carton of yoghurt; acheter un pot de peinture to buy a tin of paint; garder les pots de confiture to save jam jars; réutiliser les pots de peinture to re-use the paint tins; il a fallu trois pots de peinture it took three tins of paint; ⇒ cuiller;2 ( de chambre) pot; ( de bébé) potty; aller sur le pot ( ponctuellement) to go on the potty; depuis un mois il va sur le pot he's been potty-trained for a month now;3 ○( boisson) drink; prendre un pot to have a drink;5 ○( chance) luck; elle n'a pas eu de pot she hasn't had much luck; avoir du pot to be lucky; avoir un coup de pot to have a stroke of luck; (par un) coup de pot, la porte était ouverte as luck would have it, the door was open;pot catalytique Aut catalytic converter; pot de chambre chamber pot; pot de colle lit pot of glue; fig○ leech; potà eau water jug GB, pitcher US; pot d'échappement ( silencieux) silencer GB, muffler US; ( système) exhaust; pot de fleurs flowerpot, plantpot; pot à lait ( de table) milk jug GB, creamer; ( de transport) milk can; pot au noir Naut dead calm zone; fig deathtrap; pot à tabac lit tobacco jar; fig○ potbellied person.payer les pots cassés to pick up the pieces; c'est le pot de terre contre le pot de fer it's an unequal contest; ce sera à la fortune du pot you'll have to take pot luck; découvrir le pot aux roses to stumble on what's been going on; être sourd comme un pot○ to be as deaf as a post; tourner autour du pot to beat about the bush; payer plein pot○ to pay full price; partir or démarrer plein pot○ to be off ou go off like a shot○.[po] nom masculin1. [contenant] potpot en étain/verre/terre tin/glass/earthenware pota. [plantes] to potb. [fruits, confitures] to put into jarspot à eau/lait water/milk jugpot à ou de yaourt yoghurt potb. [pour enfant] pot, pottypot à confiture ou à confitures jam jara. [vide] flowerpot, plant potb. [planté] flowers in a pot, potted flowersc'est le pot de terre contre le pot de fer La Fontaine (allusion) that's the danger of confronting someone more powerful than oneselfc'est dans les vieux pots qu'on fait les bonnes ou les meilleures soupes (proverbe) experience always wins the day (proverbe)pot de confiture/miel jar of jam/honeypot de peinture pot ou can of paint[fête]ils font un pot pour son départ à la retraite they're having a little get-together for his retirement4. (familier) [chance] lucka. [souvent] to be luckyb. [à un certain moment] to be in lucka. [jamais] he's unluckyb. [en ce moment] he's out of luckpas de pot! hard ou tough luck![enjeux] pot7. AUTOMOBILE————————en pot locution adjectivale[confiture, miel] in a jarpot de colle nom masculin(figuré & familier) nuisanceelle est pot de colle she sticks to you like glue, you just can't get rid of her -
2 flower-pot
nouna container made of earthenware, plastic etc in which a plant is grown.أصيص الزَّهْر -
3 lebrillo
• earthenware pot -
4 кринка
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5 çömlek
earthenware pot -
6 гърне
(earthenware) pot, jarтъркулнало се гърнето, та си намерило похлупака birds of a feather flock together* * *гърнѐ,ср., -та (earthenware) pot, jar; нощно \гърне chamber-pot; • на всяко \гърне меродия have a finger in every pie; meddlesome person; търкулнало се \гърнето, та си намерило похлупака birds of a feather flock together.* * *jar; pot ;chamber-pot (нощно)* * *1. (earthenware) pot, jar 2. на всяко ГЪРНЕ мерудия have a finger in every pie;a meddlesome person 3. нощно ГЪРНЕ chamber-pot 4. търкулнало се ГЪРНЕто, та си намерило похлупака birds of a feather flock together -
7 güveç
"earthenware cooking pot, casserole; meat and vegetable stewed in an earthenware pot, casserole" -
8 çömlek
earthenware pot. - hesabı 1. crude and untrustworthy calculation. 2. crude piece of work. - kebabı meat roasted in an earthenware pot. -
9 грне
earthenware pot, jug -
10 vasija
f.earthenware vessel.* * *1 vessel, pot, jar* * *SF ( Hist) vessel; (Culin) pot, dish* * *femenino (Arqueol) vessel (frml)* * *= vessel.Ex. She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.----* casco de vasija = potsherd.* fragmento de vasija = potsherd.* trozo de vasija = potsherd.* vasija de arcilla = clay pot.* * *femenino (Arqueol) vessel (frml)* * *= vessel.Ex: She situates the vessels in the context of Icelandic carving traditions in horn, bone, and walrus ivory = Ella sitúa las vasijas en el contexto de la tradición islandesa de la escultura en astas de cuernos, huesos y marfil de morsa.
* casco de vasija = potsherd.* fragmento de vasija = potsherd.* trozo de vasija = potsherd.* vasija de arcilla = clay pot.* * *usaban una calabaza como vasija they used a gourd as a container* * *
vasija sustantivo femenino (Arqueol) vessel (frml)
vasija sustantivo femenino
1 Arte Arqueol vessel
una vasija etrusca, an Etruscan vessel
2 (de barro, para cocinar) pot
' vasija' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
forma
- urna
- boca
- guaje
- jícara
English:
vessel
- pot
* * *vasija nf1. [de barro] earthenware vessel2. [de reactor nuclear] containment vessel* * *f container, vessel* * *vasija nf: container, vessel* * *vasija n vessel -
11 potiche
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12 gliniak
m pot. 1. (dzbanek) clay jug; (garnek) clay pot 2. (piec) clay stove* * *miGen. -a1. ( piec) earthenware stove.The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > gliniak
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13 tepalcate
m.1 small pieces of broken earthenware (vasija). (Mexico)2 earthenware pot, piece of crockery, crock.* * *SM CAm, Méx1) (=vasija) earthenware jar; (=fragmento) fragment of pottery, shard2) (=trasto) piece of junk* * *( Méx)1 (fragmento) shard, piece of pottery2 (vasija) earthenware pot* * *tepalcate nmMéx Hist shard -
14 saviruukku
yks.nom. saviruukku; yks.gen. saviruukun; yks.part. saviruukkua; yks.ill. saviruukkuun; mon.gen. saviruukkujen; mon.part. saviruukkuja; mon.ill. saviruukkuihincrock (noun)earthenware pot (noun)* * *• crock• earthen pot• earthenware pot• earthenware -
15 Steintopf
m stoneware pot* * *Stein|topfmstoneware pot* * *der earthenware pot* * *Steintopf m stoneware pot* * *der earthenware pot -
16 Römertopf
® m GASTR. oval earthenware pot, baking brick* * *Rö·mer·topfm ≈ cooking brick (oval earthenware casserole)* * *Römertopf® m GASTR oval earthenware pot, baking brick -
17 terre
terre [tεʀ]1. feminine nouna. ( = planète) earth ; ( = monde) world• être à terre [lutteur] to be down• j'aurais voulu rentrer sous terre I wished the ground would swallow me up► terre à terre [personne] down-to-earth ; [préoccupations] mundane• toucher terre [navire, avion] to lande. ( = pays) land• la France a toujours été une terre d'accueil pour les réfugiés France has always welcomed refugees2. compounds* * *tɛʀnom féminin EarthPhrasal Verbs:* * *tɛʀ nf1) (= planète) (prend la majuscule dans un contexte astronomique) earth2) (= sol) ground3) (= substance) soil, earthOn va remettre de la terre sur ces plate-bandes. — We're going to put some more soil in these flower beds.
mettre en terre [plante] — to plant, [défunt] to bury
4) (que l'on cultive) land5) (= terrain) land sgIls ont des terres du côté de Carpentras. — They have some land near Carpentras.
C'est une bonne terre pour la vigne. — It's good land for growing vines.
6) (= matériau) clay7) (opposé à mer) land no plla terre ferme — dry land, terra firma
8) (= contrée) landC'est une terre accueillante. — It's a welcoming land.
9) ÉLECTRICITÉ, ÉLECTRONIQUE earth10)par terre [mettre, être] (dehors) — on the ground, (dedans) on the floor, [jeter, tomber] to the ground, down
Elle s'est assise par terre. — She sat on the floor.
Il est tombé par terre. — He fell down.
* * *A nf1 ( surface du sol) ground; le cycliste était à terre the cyclist was lying on the ground; être jeté à terre to be thrown to the ground; sous terre underground; à 200 mètres sous terre 200 metresGB underground; ne frappez jamais un adversaire à terre never hit a man when he's down; mettre pied à terre Équit to dismount; mettre un genou à terre to go down on one knee;2 ( matière) gén earth; Agric soil; terre rouge/séchée red/dried-up earth; terre fertile/stérile fertile/infertile soil; l'eau, l'air, la terre et le feu water, air, earth and fire; sortir de terre lit [plante] to come up; [animal] to poke its head out of the ground; fig une ville nouvelle est sortie de terre a new town has sprung up; porter or mettre qn en terre liter to bury sb;3 ( campagne) le retour à la terre the movement back to the land; rester attaché à la terre to stay close to the land; travailler la terre to work the land;4 ( terrain) land ¢; acheter/vendre une terre to buy/to sell a plot of land; des terres land; elle possède des terres en Anjou she owns land in Anjou; se retirer sur ses terres to go and live on one's estate; vivre de ses terres to live off the land;5 ( région) land; des terres lointaines/vierges distant/virgin lands; une terre inconnue an unknown land, terra incognita littér; en terre chrétienne/musulmane on Christian/Muslim land; la terre natale de qn sb's native land; la terre de mes ancêtres the land of my ancestors; la terre d'Afrique liter the African continent; la terre d'Alsace liter the Alsace region; leur pays a toujours été une terre d'accueil their country has always welcomed newcomers;6 ( opposé à mer) land; une bande/langue de terre a strip/tongue of land; un vent de terre a land breeze; aller à terre to go ashore; apercevoir la terre to sight land; ‘Terre!’ ‘land ho!’; être loin de toute terre to be far from land; s'enfoncer à l'intérieur des terres to go deep inland; regagner la terre ferme to reach land ou terra firma littér;7 ( où vit l'humanité) earth; être/vivre sur terre to be/to live on earth; quitter la terre euph to die; la terre et le ciel Relig things earthly and things heavenly; prendre toute la terre à témoin to take the whole world as one's witness; il croit que la terre entière est contre lui he thinks the whole world is against him; redescends or reviens sur terre! fig come back to earth!;8 Art de la terre (glaise) clay; une statuette/pipe en terre a clay figurine/pipe; un pot de or en terre an earthenware pot;C par terre loc adv ( dehors) on the ground; ( dedans) on the floor; ils étaient assis/couchés par terre they were sitting/lying on the ground ou floor; se rouler par terre lit to roll about on the ground ou floor; fig ( de rire) to fall about laughing; c'est à se rouler par terre it's hilarious; se rouler par terre de douleur/rire to roll on the ground with pain/laughter; mon chapeau/le téléphone est tombé par terre my hat/the telephone fell on the ground ou floor; ça a fichu tous nos projets par terre○ it messed up all our plans○.terre d'asile country of refuge; terre battue trodden earth; sur terre battue [tennis] on a clay court; terre de bruyère Hort peat; terre cuite baked clay; Art terracotta; figurine en terre cuite terracotta figurine; terre à foulon fuller's earth; terre glaise clay; terre noire chernozem; terre d'ombre umber; terre de pipe pipeclay; terre à poterie or potier potter's clay; terre de Sienne sienna; terre de Sienne brûlée burned sienna; terre végétale topsoil; terres rares rare earths.avoir les pieds sur terre to have one's feet firmly planted on the ground; garder les pieds sur terre to keep one's feet on the ground; ne pas avoir les pieds sur terre to be a dreamer, to have one's head in the clouds; elle voulait rentrer sous terre or à cent pieds sous terre she wished the ground would swallow her up.[tɛr] nom fémininA.[GLOBE]1. [planète]2. [monde terrestre] earthle bonheur existe-t-il sur la terre? is there such a thing as happiness on this earth ou in this world?B.[SOL]1. [surface du sol] grounda. [dans une habitation] earth ou hard-earth ou mud floorb. [dans une cour] bare groundc. [sur un court de tennis] clay (surface)a. [en actes] to treat somebody like dirtb. [en paroles] to tear somebody to shreds2. [élément opposé à la mer] land (substantif non comptable)sur la terre ferme on dry land, on terra firma3. [région du monde] land4. [pays] land, countryterre natale native land ou country6. [symbole de la vie rurale]la terre the land, the soilrevenir à/quitter la terre to return to/to leave the landC.[MATIÈRE]mettre ou porter quelqu'un en terre to bury somebodyterre à vigne/à blé soil suitable for wine-growing/for wheatterre grasse heavy ou clayey soil3. [pigment]terre d'ombre terra ombra, raw umber————————terres nom féminin plurielvivre sur/de ses terres to live on/off one's estates————————à terre locution adverbiale1. [sur le sol] on the ground————————en pleine terre locution adverbialeAGRICULTURE in the open, in open ground————————par terre locution adjectivaleavec la pluie, notre promenade est par terre the rain has put paid to our walk (UK) ou ruined our plans for a walk————————par terre locution adverbiale[sur le plancher] on the floor[sur le sol] on the ground————————sous terre locution adverbiale1. [sous le sol] undergroundils durent établir des abris sous terre they had to build shelters underground ou underground shelters2. (locution)j'aurais voulu être à cent pieds sous terre ou rentrer sous terre I wished the earth would swallow me up————————sur terre locution adverbiale1. [ici-bas] on (this) earth2. (locution)revenir ou redescendre sur terre to come back to earth (with a bump) -
18 kigae
------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] tile[English Plural] tiles[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Swahili Example] nyumba iliezekwa kwa vigae [Sul][English Example] the house is roofed with tiles------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] roofing tile[English Plural] roofing tiles[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] roof-slate[English Plural] roof-slates[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] earthenware tile[English Plural] earthenware tiles[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8[Swahili Example] sahihi ya mpishi, wino wa masizi juu ya karatasi ya kigae [Ya][English Example] the cook's signature, charcoal ink on an earthenware tile------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] shard[English Plural] shards[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] potsherd[English Plural] potsherds[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] piece of broken earthenware pot[English Plural] pieces of pots[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] fragment[English Plural] fragments[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------[Swahili Word] kigae[Swahili Plural] vigae[English Word] splinter[English Plural] splinters[Part of Speech] noun[Class] 7/8------------------------------------------------------------ -
19 caneca
f.1 rubbish bin (British), trash can (United States) (for garbage). (Colombian Spanish)2 earthenware bottle, earthenware glass.* * *1 earthenware flask* * *SF1) Méx (=vasija) glazed earthenware pot; Cono Sur (=balde) wooden bucket; Col [para basura] rubbish bin, garbage can (EEUU); Caribe (=bolsa de agua) hot water bottle; And (=lata) can, tin; [de petróleo etc] drum; (=porrón) wine bottle (with a spout)2) Cuba (=medida) liquid measure of 19 litres* * *femenino (Col) ( papelera) wastebasket, waste-paper basket (BrE); ( cubo de la basura) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)* * *femenino (Col) ( papelera) wastebasket, waste-paper basket (BrE); ( cubo de la basura) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)* * *( Col)1 (papelera) wastebasket, waste-paper basket ( BrE); (cubo de la basura) garbage o trash can ( AmE), dustbin ( BrE)2 (tambor) oildrum* * *
caneca sustantivo femenino (Col) ( papelera) wastebasket, waste-paper basket (BrE);
( cubo de la basura) garbage o trash can (AmE), dustbin (BrE)
' caneca' also found in these entries:
English:
bin
- can
- dust
- garbage
- litter
- pedal bin
- rubbish
- swing
- trash
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20 cacharro
m.1 pot.fregar los cacharros to do the dishes2 piece of junk (informal).3 crock (informal) (machine).4 rickety car, noisy old car, jalopy, buggy.5 old boat.6 old plane.* * *1 (de cocina) crock, piece of crockery■ ¿qué es ese cacharro? what's that thing over there?* * *noun m.object, piece of junk* * *SM1) [de cocina] pot, dishfregar los cacharros — to do o wash the dishes
3) * (=aparato) gadget4) ** (=pistola) rod **, pistol* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex. Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.Ex. For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex. In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *1) ( de cocina) pot2) (fam) ( cachivache) thing; ( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq); ( aparato) gadget* * *= gizmo [gismo], jalopy, whatchamacallit.Nota: Expresión utilizada para referirse a un objeto del que no se recuerda el nombre; abreviatura de 'What do you call it?'.Ex: Within, you will find a pleathora of gadgets and gizmos, ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime.
Ex: For all Havana's crumbling structures, its disintegrating roads and toxin-belching jalopies, it attracts over a million tourists each year.Ex: In his book's section ' Watchamacallit' he forecasts that communication between user and machine will be through voice for entering text and a pen-like device for pointing.* * *A (de cocina) potdeja los cacharros para mañana leave the pots and pans for tomorrowB ( fam)1 (cachivache) thingtiene la casa llena de cacharros que no sirven para nada her house is full of junk o useless things3 (aparato) gadget* * *
cacharro sustantivo masculino
( coche viejo) jalopy (AmE), old banger (BrE colloq);
( aparato) gadget
cacharro sustantivo masculino
1 (de loza) earthenware pot o jar
2 familiar (objeto inservible o viejo) thing, piece of junk
3 cacharros pl, (de cocina) pots and pans
fregar los cacharros, to do the washing-up
' cacharro' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
chisme
English:
banger
- battered
- heap
- lemon
- rickety
- thing
- whatsit
- wreck
* * *cacharro nm1. [recipiente] pot;fregar los cacharros to do the dishes[automóvil] heap, bangeraprietas este cacharro y sale agua press this thing o gizmo here and water comes out* * *m1 pot;lavar los cacharros Méx, C.Am. wash the dishes2 Méx, C.Am. ( trasto) piece of junk3 Méx, C.Am.coche junkheap* * *cacharro nm3) cacharros nmpl: pots and pans* * *cacharro n1. (recipiente) pot / pan2. (coche) old banger3. (trasto) piece of junk
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