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1 cocagne
kɔkaɲmât de cocagne — ≈ greasy pole
* * *kɔkaɲ nfmât de cocagne — greasy pole fig
* * *[kɔkaɲ]de cocagne locution adjectivaleépoque/pays de cocagne years/land of plenty -
2 pays
pays [pei]1. masculine nouna. ( = contrée, habitants) countryb. ( = région) region• il a vu du pays he's been round a bit or seen the world• être en pays de connaissance (dans une réunion) to be among friends ; (sur un sujet, dans un lieu) to be on home ground2. compounds► pays industrialisé industrialized country or nation• nouveaux pays industrialisés newly industrialized countries ► les pays moins avancés less developed countries* * *peinom masculin1) ( État) countrydans mon pays — where I come from, in my country
2) ( région)gens/produit du pays — local people/product
rentrer au pays — ( vu du point de départ) to go back home; ( vu du point d'arrivée) to come back home
3) ( village) village•Phrasal Verbs:••voir du pays — to do some travelling [BrE]
* * *pei nm1) (= territoire, habitants) country2) (= région) region3) (= village) village* * *B nm1 ( État) country; pays industriel/riche industrial/rich country; les pays lointains distant countries; l'Italie est le pays du soleil Italy is the land of sun; dans mon pays where I come from, in my country; ⇒ conquérir;2 ( région) la Bourgogne est le pays du bon vin Burgundy is the home of good wine; fromage du pays locally-produced cheese; gens/produit du pays local people/product; il n'est pas du pays he is not local; rentrer au pays ( vu du point de départ) to go back home; ( vu du point d'arrivée) to come back home;3 ( village) village; un petit pays des Landes a small village in the Landes.pays d'accueil host country; pays de cocagne Cockaigne; pays hôte host country; pays d'origine country of origin; pays des rêves dreamland; Pays du Soleil levant Land of the Rising Sun; pays en (voie de) développement, PED developing nation.voir du pays to do some travellingGB; être en pays connu or de connaissance ( dans un lieu) to be in familiar surroundings; ( parmi des gens) to be among familiar faces; ( sur un sujet) to be on one's home ground.[pei] nom masculin1. [nation] countryils se conduisent comme en pays conquis they're acting ou behaving as if they own the placeau pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois in the land of the blind the one-eyed man is kingpays chaud/sec hot/dry regionen pays de Loire in the Loire area ou valleyau pays des rêves ou des songes in the land of dreamsen pays de connaissance: vous serez en pays de connaissance, Tom fait aussi du piano you'll have something in common because Tom plays the piano tooun petit pays de 2 000 âmes a small town of 2,000 soulstout le pays se demande encore qui est l'assassin the whole country's still wondering who the murderer might be5. [région d'origine]a. [nation] one's countryb. [région] one's home (region)c. [ville] one's home (town)6. (figuré) [berceau, foyer]————————de pays locution adjectivale[produits] localsaucisson de pays traditional ou country-style sausageThis administrative region includes the départements of Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée (capital: Nantes).
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Cockaigne — noun Etymology: Middle English cokaygne, from Middle French (pais de) cocaigne land of plenty Date: 13th century an imaginary land of great luxury and ease … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cockaigne — /kɒˈkeɪn/ (say ko kayn) noun Medieval Legend a land of idleness and luxury. Also, Cockayne. {Old French cocaigne, from Middle Low German kōkenje small cake (of which the houses in this land are made) …
COCKAIGNE — an imaginary land of idleness and luxury, from a satirical poem of that name (coquina, a kitchen), where the monks live in an abbey built of pasties, the rivers run with wine, and the geese fly through the air ready roasted. The name has been… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Cockaigne — noun (Middle Ages) an imaginary land of luxury and idleness • Topics: ↑Middle Ages, ↑Dark Ages • Hypernyms: ↑imaginary place, ↑mythical place, ↑fictitious place … Useful english dictionary
