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litter [ˈlɪtər]1. noun• "litter" (on bin) « papiers »b. ( = animal's offspring) portée f3. compounds* * *['lɪtə(r)] 1.1) ( rubbish) détritus mpl; ( more substantial) ordures fpl; ( paper) papiers mpl‘no litter’ — ‘défense de déposer des ordures’
2) ( random collection) fouillis m (of de)4) ( for casualty) brancard m; ( for dignitary) litière f5) ( for pet tray) litière f2.transitive verb [leaves, books] joncher [ground]to litter the house with something — [person] semer quelque chose dans toute la maison
to be littered with corpses — [ground] être jonché de cadavres
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A n1 ( rubbish) détritus mpl ; ( more substantial) ordures fpl ; ( paper) papiers mpl ; to drop litter jeter des détritus ; the streets are full of litter les rues sont pleines de détritus or d'ordures ; ( on sign) ‘no litter, penalty £500’ ‘défense de déposer des ordures sous peine d'une amende de 500 livres sterling’ ;2 ( random collection) fouillis m (of de) ; you can hardly see the floor for the litter of books on aperçoit à peine le plancher à cause du fouillis de livres ;4 (for farm stock, cat) litière f ;B vtr [leaves, books] joncher [ground, floor] ; to litter clothes around a room laisser traîner ses vêtements partout dans une pièce ; to litter a house with sth semer qch dans toute la maison [clothes, magazines] ; to litter the floor/ground with sth recouvrir le plancher/sol de qch ; to litter a surface with sth couvrir une surface de qch ; to be littered with papers/corpses [ground, field] être jonché de papiers/cadavres ; to be littered with allusions/references fig être parsemé d'allusions/de références ; history is littered with crooks l'histoire est pleine d'escrocs.
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