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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 -
3 martinet
martinet [maʀtinε]masculine noun( = oiseau) swift* * *maʀtinɛnom masculin1) Zoologie swift2) ( fouet) ≈ whip* * *maʀtinɛ nm1) (= fouet) small whip (used to punish children), strap2) (= oiseau) swift* * *martinet nm1 Zool swift;2 ( fouet) ≈ whip;3 Tech tilt hammer.[martinɛ] nom masculin1. [fouet] cat-o'-nine-tails3. ORNITHOLOGIE
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