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1 clou
clou [klu]1. masculine noun2. plural masculine nounclous ( = passage piétons) traverser aux or dans les clous to cross at the pedestrian crossing3. compounds* * *klu
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nom masculin1) Technologie nail2) ( attraction) ( de spectacle) star attraction; ( de soirée) high point3) ( furoncle) boil4) (colloq) ( mont-de-piété)
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clous nom masculin pluriel1) ( passage pour piétons) pedestrian crossing (sg) GB, crosswalk (sg) US2) (sl) ( rien)•Phrasal Verbs:••ne pas valoir un clou — (colloq) not to be worth a thing
* * *klu1. nm1) (pour clouer, décorer) nail2) MÉDECINE boil3) fig2. clous nmpl(= passage clouté) pedestrian crossing* * *A nm1 Tech nail; suspendu à un clou hung on a nail; ceinture/veste à clous studded belt/jacket; planter un clou to hammer in a nail;3 ○( bicyclette) boneshaker○, bicycle;4 ( furoncle) boil;5 ○( mont-de-piété) être/mettre au clou to be at/to take [sth] to the pawnshop.B clous nmpl2 ○( rien) des clous! no way!clou à chaussures shoe tack; clou de girofle Bot, Culin clove; clou sans tête lost-head nail; clou de tapissier upholstery tack.un clou chasse l'autre one takes over where the other leaves off; enfoncer le clou to drive the point home; ne pas valoir un clou○ not to be worth a thing ou a brass farthing GB.[klu] nom masculin1. [pointe] nail2. [summum]le clou de the climax ou highlight of3. CUISINE4. (familier & péjoratif) [machine]5. (familier & locution)des clous! no way!, nothing doing!————————clous nom masculin pluriel————————à clous locution adjectivale[chaussure] hobnail (modificateur)[pneu] studded————————au clou locution adverbialemettre quelque chose au clou to pawn something, to hock something
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