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yard [jɑ:d](a) (of factory, farm, house, school) cour f;∎ parked in the yard garé dans la cour(b) (work site) chantier m;∎ builder's yard chantier m de construction;∎ Nautical repair yard chantier m de radoub(c) (for storage) dépôt m∎ the Yard Scotland Yard;∎ Wilson of the Yard Wilson de Scotland Yard∎ square yard = 0,836m2, yard m carré;∎ it was about ten yards away c'était à environ dix mètres;∎ it was ten yards wide il avait dix mètres de large;∎ to buy cloth by the yard acheter le tissu au mètre;∎ figurative we still have yards of green velvet nous avons toujours des quantités de velours vert;∎ figurative his calculations were yards out il s'était complètement trompé dans ses calculs;∎ his face was a yard long il en faisait une tête, il faisait une tête d'enterrement∎ the 100 yards, the 100 yards' dash le cent mètres;∎ she won the 3,000 yards' steeplechase elle a gagné le 3000 mètres steeple►► yard of ale (container) = long récipient à bière d'une contenance d'environ un litre et demi;∎ to do the yard of ale = boire un litre et demi de bière d'une seule traite dans un "yard of ale";Sport yard line (in American football) = l'une des deux lignes horizontales qui divisent le terrain en yards;American yard sale vide-grenier m;yard work jardinage m -
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yard [jα:d]1. nouna. yard m (91,44 cm) ≈ mètre m• to buy cloth by the yard ≈ acheter de l'étoffe au mètreb. [of farm, school] cour f2. compounds* * *[jɑːd] 1.1) yard m (= 0.9144 m)2) fig3) (of house, farm, prison, hospital) cour f4) US ( garden) jardin m5) ( for storage) dépôt m; ( for construction) chantier m2.Yard pr n GBthe yard — police judiciaire britannique
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A n2 fig you've got yards of room! tu as plus de place qu'il n'en faut! ; she writes poetry by the yard, she writes yards and yards of poetry elle écrit des pages et des pages de poésie ;3 (of house, farm, prison, hospital) cour f ;5 Comm, Constr ( for storage) dépôt m ; ( for construction) chantier m ; builder's yard dépôt m de matériaux de construction ;6 Naut vergue f. -
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I noun((often abbreviated to yd) an old unit of length equal to 0.9144 metres.) vergeII noun1) (an area of (enclosed) ground beside a building: Leave your bicycle in the yard; a school-yard; a courtyard.) cour2) (an area of enclosed ground used for a special purpose: a shipyard; a dockyard.) chantier -
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Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > yard
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1) RU unité de longueur (0,914 m)2) chantier; entrepôtEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > yard
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marge d’isolement fDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > yard requirement
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Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > yard trap
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English-French architecture and construction dictionary > yard lumber
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scrap yard n chantier m de ferraille, casse f ; to take sth to/buy sth from the scrap yard mettre qch/acheter qch à la casse. -
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Scotland yard [police criminelle londonienne]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > fam. the Yard
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Scotland yard [police criminelle londonienne]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > Scotland Yard
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RU [Police] Scotland Yard [quartier général de la police londonienne]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > the Yard
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noun Scotland Yard ( police judiciaire britannique)
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yard — yard … Dictionnaire des rimes
yard — [ jard ] n. m. • 1669; mot angl. ♦ Mesure de longueur anglo saxonne (0,914 m). ⇒ verge. ● yard nom masculin (anglais yard) Unité principale de longueur (symbole yd) du système de mesures coutumier dans les pays anglo saxons, valant 0,914 m. yard… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Yard — Yard, n. [OE. yard, yerd, AS. geard; akin to OFries. garda garden, OS. gardo garden, gard yard, D. gaard garden, G. garten, OHG. garto garden, gari inclosure, Icel. gar[eth]r yard, house, Sw. g[*a]rd, Dan. gaard, Goth. gards a house, garda… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Yard — 〈n.; s, s od. ; Abk.: yd.〉 engl. u. nordamerikanisches Längenmaß, 0,91 m [engl., „Gerte, Messrute“; verwandt mit Gerte] * * * Yard [engl.: jɑ:d ], das; s, s <aber: 4 Yard[s]> [engl. yard, eigtl. = Maßstab; Rute]: Längeneinheit in… … Universal-Lexikon
yard — yard1 [yärd] n. [ME yerde < OE gierd, rod, staff, yard measure, akin to obs. Ger gerte, rod < IE * g̑hazdho , var. of base * ghasto , rod, pole > L hasta, pole, spear] 1. a) a unit of length in the FPS system, equal to 3 feet or 36… … English World dictionary
Yard — Yard, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. {Gad}, n., {Gird} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yard — W2S2 [ja:d US ja:rd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(measure)¦ 2¦(enclosed area)¦ 3¦(garden)¦ 4¦(back of house)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Sense: 1; Origin: Old English geard, gierd stick ] [Sense: 2 4; Origin: Old E … Dictionary of contemporary English
yard — Ⅰ. yard [1] ► NOUN 1) a unit of linear measure equal to 3 feet (0.9144 metre). 2) a square or cubic yard, especially of sand or other building materials. 3) a cylindrical spar slung across a ship s mast for a sail to hang from. ● by the yard Cf.… … English terms dictionary
Yard — Yard, v. t. To confine (cattle) to the yard; to shut up, or keep, in a yard; as, to yard cows. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yard — [ jard ] noun count *** 1. ) AMERICAN an area around a house that is used for sitting, playing, and growing plants in. British garden a ) an enclosed area around a large building where people can do activities outside: a school/prison yard b ) a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
yard — ‘enclosed area’ [OE] and yard ‘three feet’ [OE] are distinct words, both of ancient ancestry. The former probably goes back ultimately to Indo European *ghorto , which also produced Latin cohors ‘court’ (source of English cohort and court) and… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins