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21 galvauder
galvodeverbe transitif to sully [réputation]; to dull [gloire]; to waste [talent]; to overwork [idée]; to squander [fortune]* * *ɡalvode vt* * *galvauder verb table: aimerA vtr to sully [réputation]; to dull [gloire]; to abuse, to waste [don, talent]; to overwork [idée, théorie, expression]; to squander [fortune]; expression galvaudée overused ou hackneyed expression.B †vi ( muser) to loaf around.C se galvauder vpr [personne] to cheapen oneself.[galvode] verbe transitif2. [don, qualité] to prostitute3. [mot, sens] to debasele mot a été galvaudé the word has become clichéd ou hackneyed through overuse————————se galvauder verbe pronominal intransitifto demean ou to lower oneself -
22 grue
grue [gʀy]feminine noun( = oiseau) crane* * *gʀy1) Technologie crane2) Zoologie crane••faire le pied de grue — (colloq) to hang around
* * *ɡʀy nf1) (= engin) crane2) (= oiseau) cranefaire le pied de grue — to hang around, kick one's heels Grande-Bretagne
* * *grue nf1 Tech crane; manœuvrer une grue to operate a crane; grue hydraulique/flottante hydraulic/floating crane;2 Zool crane;3 ○( prostituée) slut○ péj, prostitute.faire le pied de grue○ to hang around.[gry] nom féminin1. TECHNOLOGIE crane4. (très familier & vieilli) [prostituée] tart (UK), hooker (très familier & US)5. (familier & vieilli) [femme stupide] silly goose -
23 horizontal
horizontal, e (masculine plural - aux) [ɔʀizɔ̃tal, o]1. adjective2. feminine noun* * *horizontale, mpl - aux ɔʀizɔ̃tal, o adjectif horizontal* * *ɔʀizɔ̃tal, o horizontal, -e horizontaux mpl1. adj2. nf* * *A adj horizontal.B horizontale nf2 ○( prostituée) prostitute.le un horizontal [aux mots croisés] one across————————horizontale nom fémininà l'horizontale locution adverbiale -
24 hétaïre
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25 public
public, -ique [pyblik]1. adjectivea. ( = non privé) publicb. ( = de l'État) [services, secteur, finances] public ; [école, instruction] State before n, public (US)2. masculine nouna. ( = population) le public the (general) public• « interdit au public » "no admittance to the public"b. ( = audience, assistance) audience• être bon/mauvais public to be easy/hard to pleasec. ( = secteur) le public the public sector* * *
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- ique pyblik adjectif [lieu, argent] public; [enseignement] state (épith) GB, public US; [entreprise, chaîne] state-owned (épith)homme or personnage public — public figure
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nom masculin1) ( tout le monde) public‘interdit au public’ — ‘no admittance’
2) (de spectacle, conférence, d'émission) audience; ( de manifestation sportive) spectators (pl)3) ( lecteurs) readership4) ( adeptes)5) ( secteur)* * *pyblik (-ique)1. adj1) (jardin, piscine, bibliothèque) public, (école, instruction) state modif2) (scrutin) open2. nm1) (= population) publicCe parc est ouvert au public. — The park is open to the public.
2) (= assistance) audienceLe public a applaudi le chanteur. — The audience applauded the singer.
Je déteste parler en public. — I hate speaking in public.
* * *A adj [lieu, vente, argent] public; [école, enseignement] state ( épith) GB, public US; [entreprise, chaîne] state-owned ( épith); rendre qch public to make sth public; la dette publique the national debt; hôpital public state-run hospital; les cours sont publics the lectures are open to the public; en audience publique in open court; homme or personnage public public figure; femme or fille publique prostitute.B nm1 ( tout le monde) public; en public in public; ouvert au public open to the public; ‘interdit au public’ ‘no admittance’; ‘avis au public’ ‘public notice’; porter qch à la connaissance du public to make sth public; ⇒ grand;2 (de spectacle, conférence, d'émission) audience; ( de manifestation sportive) spectators (+ v pl); s'adresser à un public jeune/un large public to be directed at a young audience/a wide audience; il lui faut un public he/she has to have an audience; être bon public to be easily pleased; être mauvais public to be hard to please; tous publics for all ages; on entendait des rires dans le public there was laughter in the audience;3 ( lecteurs) readership;4 ( adeptes) avoir un public to have a following; elle ne veut pas décevoir son public she doesn't want to disappoint her fans ou public;1. [ouvert à tous] publicsa nomination a été rendue publique ce matin his nomination was officially announced ou was made public this morning————————nom masculin1. [population] publicle grand public the general public, the public at large2. [audience - d'un spectacle] public, audience ; [ - d'un écrivain] readership, readers ; [ - d'un match] spectatorspublic féminin/familial female/family audiences'adresser à un vaste public/à un public restreint to address a vast/limited audiencec'est un excellent livre, mais qui n'a pas encore trouvé son public although the book is excellent, it hasn't yet found the readership it deserves3. [secteur]————————en public locution adverbiale————————grand public locution adjectivale -
26 se prostituer
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27 prostituer (se)
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28 amazone
n. f. High-class prostitute who solicits from an expensive motor car. -
29 arpenteuse
n. f. 'Hooker', 'prozzy', prostitute. -
30 asperge
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31 autobus
n. m. Part-time prostitute, usually a near-penniless housewife who has to resort to soliciting to make ends meet. -
32 battre
v. trans. & intrans.1. Battre quelqu'un à plate(s) couture(s): To 'beat someone hollow', to defeat someone convincingly.2. Battre quelqu'un comme plâtre: To give someone a good thrashing.3. To tell 'tall stories', to fib, to lie.4. Battre a Niort: To deny something vehemently. Il battait à Niort que c'était pas lui le coupable: He swore blind he was innocent.5. Battre comtois:a To play dumb, to feign ignorance.b To state untruths in order to get to the truth.6. Battre le dingue: To feign insanity in order to avoid a sentence on the grounds of diminished responsibility.7. Battre son quart (of prostitute): To be out soliciting. -
33 bergère
n. f.1. 'Lassie', girl, woman. (According to context, the word can refer to one's girlfriend, one's wife or even a prostitute.)2. Winning switch-card slipped to a gambler by an accomplice in a game of poker. -
34 biseness
n. m.1. Job, occupation.2. 'Racket', shady activity. Faire le biseness: To be 'on the game', to be a prostitute. (The word is obviously a corruption of the English 'business'.) -
35 bisenesseuse
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36 bitume
n. m. Pavement. Fouler le bitume (of prostitute): To go soliciting. -
37 bitumeuse
n. f. 'Prozzy', 'hooker', prostitute. -
38 bizeness
n. m.1. Job, occupation.2. 'Racket', shady activity. Faire le bizeness: To be 'on the game', to be a prostitute. (The word is obviously a corruption of the English 'business'.) -
39 boudin
n. m.1. Cosh, truncheon (also: goumi).2. 'Prick', 'cock', penis.3. Tyre. On s'est retrouvés en pleine cambrousse avec deux boudins crevés: We were stranded in the middle of nowhere with two flat tyres.4. (pej.): 'Biddy', ungainly woman. Chaque fois qu'on sort ensemble, il se leve toujours un affreux boudin! Whenever we go out on a foursome, he always manages to land the ugliest girl going!5. 'Prozzie', low-class prostitute.6. Avoir du boudin: To have an unbeatable hand at cards.7. Faire du boudin: To sulk and sulk.9. 'Tiens— voilà du boudin': Humorous yet meaningless words associated with the tune of the slow march of the French Foreign Legion. -
40 bourrin
I.n. m.1. 'Nag', horse.2. (pl.): Units of horse-power. 'y a 200 bourrins sous le capot: He's got 200 horse-power under the bonnet.3. Randy so-and-so, highly-sexed man.4. (pej.): 'Prozzy', prostitute.5. Bourrin de retour: 'Old lag', old jailbird, recidivist (the kind of character who seems to boomerang his way in and out of prison).II.adj.1. 'Pig-headed', stubborn.2. (of man): Randy, highly-sexed.
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