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mantle ['mæntəl]1 noun∎ a mantle of fog un manteau de brume;∎ figurative to take on or to assume the mantle of assumer le rôle de(c) (of gas lamp) manchon m;∎ British turn up the mantle montez le gaz(a) (cover with cloak) envelopper d'une cape∎ the wall is mantled with ivy le mur est tapissé de lierre(a) (liquid → froth) écumer, mousser∎ the blood mantled over her cheeks elle s'empourpra;∎ figurative the dawn mantled in the sky l'aurore envahit le ciel -
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parement mDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > mantle
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English-French dictionary of Geography > mantle of the Earth
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dolman ['dɒlmən](a) (Turkish robe) dolman m(b) (hussar's jacket) dolman m(c) (woman's mantle) pelisse f►► dolman sleeve manche f chauve-souris -
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1 noun(a) (domestic) gaz m;∎ to turn on/off the gas allumer/éteindre le gaz;∎ to use gas for cooking faire la cuisine ou cuisiner au gaz;∎ a street lit by gas une rue éclairée au gaz∎ to have gas subir une anesthésie gazeuse ou par inhalation;∎ the dentist gave me gas le dentiste m'a endormi au gaz;∎ gas and air (mask) masque m à oxygène∎ familiar step on or hit the gas! (in car) appuie sur le champignon!; figurative grouille!, grouille-toi!∎ the party was a real gas on s'est bien marrés ou on a bien rigolé à la soirée;∎ to have a gas se marrer, s'en payer une tranche;∎ what a gas! quelle rigolade!;∎ he's a real gas! c'est un vrai boute-en-train!∎ they had a good gas on the phone ils ont taillé une bonne bavette au téléphone∎ it was a gas evening c'était une soirée super;∎ he's a gas man il est marrant, on se marre bien avec lui►► Administration Gas Board compagnie f du gaz;gas bracket applique f à gaz;gas burner brûleur m à gaz;gas central heating chauffage m central au gaz;gas chamber chambre f à gaz;gas chromatography chromatographie f en phase gazeuse;British gas cooker cuisinière f à gaz, gazinière f;gas cylinder bouteille f de gaz;gas field gisement m de gaz;British gas fire (appareil m de) chauffage m au gaz;gas fitter installateur(trice) m,f d'appareils à gaz;gas furnace fourneau m à gaz;gas gangrene (UNCOUNT) gangrène f gazeuse;gas gauge jauge f d'essence;gas industry industrie f du gaz;gas jet brûleur m;British gas lamp (in street) bec m de gaz;gas mantle manchon m à incandescence;gas mask masque m à gaz;gas meter compteur m à gaz;gas oil gas-oil m, gazole m;∎ to put one's head in a gas oven se suicider en mettant la tête dans un four à gaz;American gas pedal accélérateur m;gas pipe tuyau m à gaz;gas pipeline gazoduc m;gas range fourneau m à gaz;American gas station poste m d'essence, station-service f;gas station attendant employé(e) m,f de station-service, pompiste mf;gas turbine turbine f à gaz;gas turbine engine moteur m à turbine à gaz;gas welding soudage m au gaz∎ to gas the automobile up faire le plein d'essencefaire le plein d'essence
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mantle — man tle, n. [OE. mantel, OF. mantel, F. manteau, fr. L. mantellum, mantelum, a cloth, napkin, cloak, mantle (cf. mantele, mantile, towel, napkin); prob. from manus hand + the root of tela cloth. See {Manual}, {Textile}, and cf. {Mandil}, {Mantel} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Mantle — Man tle, v. i. 1. To unfold and spread out the wings, like a mantle; said of hawks. Also used figuratively. [1913 Webster] Ne is there hawk which mantleth on her perch. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Or tend his sparhawk mantling in her mew. Bp. Hall.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Mantle — Man tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mantled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mantling}.] To cover or envelop, as with a mantle; to cloak; to hide; to disguise. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mantle — I index portentous (ominous), prophetic II index enshroud, plant (covertly place), spread … Law dictionary
mantle — /man tl/, n., v., mantled, mantling. n. 1. a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape. 2. something that covers, envelops, or conceals: the mantle of darkness. 3. Geol. the portion of the earth, about 1800 mi. (2900 km) thick, between the crust and the… … Universalium
Mantle — /man tl/, n. 1. Mickey (Charles), 1931 95, U.S. baseball player. 2. (Robert) Burns, 1873 1948, U.S. journalist. * * * That part of the Earth that lies beneath the crust and above the central core. On average, the mantle begins about 22 mi (35 km) … Universalium
mantle — {{11}}mantle (n.) O.E. mentel loose, sleeveless cloak, from L. mantellum cloak (source of It. mantello, O.H.G. mantal, Ger. Mantel, O.N. mötull), perhaps from a Celtic source. Reinforced and altered 12c. by cognate O.Fr. mantel cloak, mantle;… … Etymology dictionary