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1 récalcitrant
récalcitrant, e [ʀekalsitʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective* * *récalcitrante ʀekalsitʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif recalcitrant* * *ʀekalsitʀɑ̃, ɑ̃t adj récalcitrant, -e* * *récalcitrant, récalcitrante adj recalcitrant.( féminin récalcitrante) [rekalsitrɑ̃, ɑ̃t] adjectif[animal] stubborn————————, récalcitrante [rekalsitrɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin -
2 réfractaire
réfractaire [ʀefʀaktεʀ]adjective* * *ʀefʀaktɛʀ1) [personne]réfractaire à — resistant to [progrès, infection, influence]; impervious to [poésie, musique]
2) [matériau] refractory* * *ʀefʀaktɛʀ adj1) (briques) refractory2) (maladie) which is resistant to treatment3) (= rebelle)* * *A adj2 ( résistant à la chaleur) [matériau] refractory; brique réfractaire firebrick, refractory brick; argile réfractaire fireclay;B nmf1 ( opposant) recalcitrant; les réfractaires à l'aventure/au progrès those resistant to adventure/to progress;2 Hist ( prêtre) nonjuring priest; ( conscrit) draft dodger; ( travailleur) French civilian who refused to be drafted to work in Germany in 1942-44.[refraktɛr] adjectif2. [personne]réfractaire à resistant ou unamenable toje suis réfractaire aux mathématiques I'm incapable of understanding mathematics, mathematics is a closed book to me4. PHYSIOLOGIEpériode réfractaire refractory period ou phase————————[refraktɛr] nom masculin -
3 indocile
ɛ̃dɔsil adj* * *[ɛ̃dɔsil] adjectif————————[ɛ̃dɔsil] nom masculin et féminin -
4 rétif
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5 biribi
n. m. (mil.): Disciplinary battalion. (Originally the word was a place-name in southern Tunisia where ex-cons and recalcitrant soldiers served their time.) -
6 croix
n. f.1. 'Burk', 'mutt-head', fool.2. lllitcrate person (i.e. one who signs his name with a cross).3. (Prostitutes' slang): Awkward customer.4. (Gangland slang): Outsider, one who is not part of the milieu.5. 'Tricky customer', awkward person. C'est une vraie croix! He's a right pain in the neck!6. C'est la croix et la bannière: It's a terrible drag —It's darned awkward.7. Mettre une croix dessus: To 'say goodbye to something', to give something up for lost.8. Décrocher la croix de bois: To get 'bumped off', killed in the war.9. Croix de bois, croix de fer ( si je mens je vais en enfer): Cross my heart and hope to die! (if what I say is a lie).10. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes: deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross, made to fester and leave indelible scars.11. Le trafic des croix: Illegal trade of the Swiss twenty- franc gold coin known popularly as une croix. -
7 mouton
n. m.1. (Police slang): 'Snitch', 'grass', informer.2. (Prison slang): 'Stoolie', 'stoolpigeon', inmate whose brief it is to wheedle information from a recalcitrant prisoner.3. (pl.): 'Fluffies', bits of dusty fluff that tend to accumulate under large items of furniture.a Freak, outlandish character.b 'Five-leaf clover', item that is near-impossible to find.5. Etre un mouton de Panurge: To lack initiative, to follow the herd.6. Revenir à ses moutons (of lengthy explanations): To get back to the matter in hand. -
8 recal
adj. (abbr. récalcitrant): 'Bolshie', rebellious. -
9 vache
I.n. f.1. (pej.): 'Copper', policeman. Les vaches: 'The fuzz'. (This seemingly injurious appellation, as well as the expression Mort aux vaches!, has nothing to do with the bovine species. Mort aux vaches! is said to have originated after 1870 in occupied AlsaceLorraine where the German military police force, die Wache (the watch), focused discontent among the occupied, and the jeer was originally Mort à la Wache!)2. (also: peau de vache): 'Pig of a character', very awkward so-and-so.3. Coup de pied en vache (fig.): Dirty trick, sly and malicious act.4. Vache à lait: 'Sucker', wealthy dupe, the kind of rich gullible fool who keeps cadgers and hangers-on in food and money.5. Vache laitière (pej.): 'Big fat biddy' (the kind of 'silly moo' whose ample mammaries are her dominant feature).6. Etre plein comme une vache: To be 'pissed to the eye-balls', to be rolling drunk.7. Il pleut comme vache qui pisse! It's raining cats and dogs!8. Bouffer de la vache enragée: To have to rough it, to go through a tough period in life. (The image here is of the impoverished individual whose meat rations, when he can afford them, are of the 'shoe-leather' variety.)9. Oh, la vache! Damn and blast! — Drat! (This exclamation and its English equivalents are equally innocuous and dated.)10. Vache de¼! This colloquial intensifier can either be damning as in Quel vache de temps! What bloody (awful) weather! or loaded with admiration as in C'est un vache de mec! He's one hell of a guy!11. La croix des vaches: Punishment inflicted by old-time pimps on recalcitrant prostitutes or by members of the underworld on a traitor. These deep facial cuts in the shape of a cross made with a razor blade, were encouraged to fester and leave a scar by the application of a chemical.II.adj.1. (of person): Weak, all limp. Je me sens tout vache aujourd'hui! I'm really feeling weak at the knees today!2. (of person): 'Beastly', 'mean', nasty. Son père est drôlement vache avec lui, côté discipline! His father's a right Colonel Blimp! Sois pas vache, prête-moi des sous! Come on, be a pal, lend us some money! Tu es vraiment vache, ces temps-ci! You're a right swine these days!3. (of problem, poser): 'Stinking difficult', awkward and loaded with (intentional) snags. Ses questions d'examen sont toujours vaches! The papers he sets are right stinkers!4. Un vache¼, une vache ¼: An incredible¼(When the adjective precedes the noun, it acts as an intensifier nearly always with a positive connotation. Une vache nana: A smashing bird. Il m'est arrivé une vache histoire! You won't believe what happened to me!)5. Amour vache: Tempestuous sort of love affair (the kind where the partners seem to be exchanging as many blows as kisses). -
10 videur
n. m. 'Bouncer', stockily-built doorman in restaurant, nightclub, etc. whose job it is to eject unwanted and recalcitrant customers.
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récalcitrant — récalcitrant, ante [ rekalsitrɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. et n. • 1696; h. 1551; de recalcitrer « résister avec opiniâtreté » (1120); lat. recalcitrare « ruer », de calx, calcis « talon » 1 ♦ Qui résiste avec opiniâtreté, entêtement. Cheval, mulet… … Encyclopédie Universelle
recalcitrant — RECALCITRÁNT, Ă, recalcitranţi, te, adj. Care se opune, care nu se lasă convins; încăpăţânat, îndărătnic, nesupus. – Din fr. récalcitrant. Trimis de claudia, 08.07.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 RECALCITRÁNT adj. 1. v. încăpăţânat. 2. v. indisciplinat.… … Dicționar Român
récalcitrant — récalcitrant, ante (ré kal si tran, tran t ) adj. Qui résiste avec humeur, opiniâtreté. • Puisque aujourd hui votre humeur pétulante Vous rend l âme aux leçons un peu récalcitrante, REGNARD le Joueur, I, 10. • Sitôt qu il [un malade du… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
recalcitrant — I adjective balky, callous, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, fractious, hardened, headstrong, immovable, insubordinate, intractable, mulish, mutinous, noncooperative, obstinate, obstreperous, opposing, oppugnant, pervicacious,… … Law dictionary
recalcitrant — (adj.) 1823, from Fr. récalcitrant, lit. kicking back (17c. 18c.), pp. of recalcitrare to kick back, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + L. calcitrare to kick, from calx (gen. calcis) heel. Used from 1797 as a French word in English. Verb… … Etymology dictionary
recalcitrant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ obstinately uncooperative. ► NOUN ▪ a recalcitrant person. DERIVATIVES recalcitrance noun recalcitrantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin recalcitrare kick out with the heels … English terms dictionary
recalcitrant — [ri kal′si trənt] adj. [L recalcitrans, prp. of recalcitrare, to kick back (in LL, to disobey) < re , back + calcitrare, to kick < calx, heel: see CALCAR] 1. refusing to obey authority, custom, regulation, etc.; stubbornly defiant 2. hard… … English World dictionary
Recalcitrant — Re*cal ci*trant (r[ e]*k[a^]l s[i^]*trant), a. [L. recalcitrans, p. pr. of recalcitrare to kick back; pref. re re + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. {Inculcate}.] Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
recalcitrant — refractory, intractable, headstrong, willful, *unruly, ungovernable Analogous words: rebellious, *insubordinate, factious, contumacious: *obstinate, stubborn: resisting, opposing, withstanding (see RESIST) Antonyms: amenable (sense 2) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
recalcitrant — [adj] disobedient, uncontrollable contrary, contumacious, defiant, fractious, indomitable, insubmissive, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, resisting, stubborn, undisciplinable,… … New thesaurus
recalcitrant — adjective Etymology: Late Latin recalcitrant , recalcitrans, present participle of recalcitrare to be stubbornly disobedient, from Latin, to kick back, from re + calcitrare to kick, from calc , calx heel Date: 1843 1. obstinately defiant of… … New Collegiate Dictionary