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1 corde
corde [kɔʀd]1. feminine nouna. ( = câble, cordage) rope• en corde• grimper or monter à la corde to climb a ropeb. (sur instrument de musique, raquette) string• orchestre/quatuor à cordes string orchestra/quartet• est-ce que c'est dans ses cordes ? is he up to it?• il pleut or il tombe des cordes (inf) it's pouring with rain2. compounds* * *kɔʀd1) (câble, lien) rope2) (d'arc, de raquette) string3) ( pendaison)4) Sportêtre à la corde — [coureur] to be on the inside; [cheval] to be on the rail
5) Musique ( d'instrument) string6) ( fil de chaîne) warp thread•Phrasal Verbs:••pleuvoir or tomber des cordes — (colloq) to rain cats and dogs (colloq)
ce n'est pas dans mes cordes — (colloq) it's not my line
c'est dans tes cordes — (colloq) it's just your sort of thing
quand la corde est trop tendue, elle casse — Proverbe ( d'une personne) if you push somebody too far, they'll snap; ( d'une situation) if you allow a situation to reach a certain point, something's got to give; pendu
* * *kɔʀd1. nf1) (= filin) rope2) (= matière) rope3) [violon, raquette, arc] string4) (= trame)5) ATHLÉTISME, AUTOMOBILES2. cordes nfpl1) BOXE2) MUSIQUE3) (locutions)être dans les cordes de qn — to be up sb's street Grande-Bretagne to be up sb's alley USA
C'est tout à fait dans ses cordes. — It's right up his street.
* * *corde nf2 (d'arc, de raquette) string ⇒ arc;4 Sport être à la corde [coureur] to be on the inside; [cheval] to be on the rail; commencer à la corde [coureur] to start in the inside lane; envoyer un boxeur dans les cordes to put a boxer against the ropes; prendre un virage à la corde to hug a bend;5 Mus ( d'instrument) string; les (instruments à) cordes the strings; à cordes croisées [piano] overstrung;6 Tex ( fil de chaîne) warp thread;7 Math chord;8 Aviat corde de l'aile wing chord;9 ( mesure) cord.corde dorsale spinal cord; corde à linge clothes line; corde lisse Sport climbing rope; corde à nœuds Sport knotted (climbing) rope; corde raide lit, fig tightrope; être sur/marcher sur la corde raide to be on/to walk a tightrope; corde de rappel Sport abseiling rope; corde à sauter skipping rope, jump rope US; cordes du tympan chorda tympani; cordes vocales vocal chords.pleuvoir or tomber des cordes to rain cats and dogs○; tirer sur la corde to push one's luck; il ne vaut pas la corde pour le pendre he's absolutely worthless; ce n'est pas dans mes cordes○ it's not my line; c'est dans tes cordes○ it's just your sort of thing; toucher or faire vibrer la corde sensible de qn to touch on something close to someone's heart; faire jouer la corde sensible to tug at the heartstrings; quand la corde est trop tendue, elle casse Prov ( d'une personne) if you push somebody too far, they'll snap; ( d'une situation) if you allow a situation to reach a certain point, something's got to give; ⇒ pendu.[kɔrd] nom féminin1. [lien] ropea. (familier) [profiter d'autrui] to push one's luck, to go a bit too farb. [abuser de sa santé, ses forces] to push oneself to the limits, to overdo it2. [câble tendu]corde raide high wire, tightropea. (sens propre) to be on ou to walk the tightropeb. (figuré) to walk a tightrope, to do a (difficult) balancing act3. [pour pendre] ropese mettre ou se passer la corde au coua. [se mettre à la merci de quelqu'un] to put one's head in a nooseb. [se marier] to saddle oneself with a wifeil ne faut pas parler de corde dans la maison d'un pendu (proverbe) talk not of ropes in a hanged man's housetoucher ou faire vibrer ou faire jouer la corde sensible to touch an emotional chord, to tug at the heartstrings7. [d'une arbalète, d'une raquette] stringavoir plus d'une corde ou plusieurs cordes à son arc to have more than one string to one's bowc'est dans ses cordes it's right up her street, it's her line10. [mesure] cord11. MATHÉMATIQUES chord————————cordes nom féminin pluriel————————à la corde locution adverbialeAUTOMOBILE & ÉQUITATION————————dans les cordes locution adverbiale[d'un ring] on the ropes————————de corde locution adjectivale,en corde locution adjectivale[semelle] cord (modificateur)[revêtement] whipcord (modificateur)[échelle] rope (modificateur) -
2 espadrille
espadrille [εspadʀij]feminine noun* * *ɛspadʀij nfespadrille, rope-soled sandal* * *espadrille nf espadrille.[ɛspadrij] nom féminin -
3 espadoches
n. f. pl. (corr. espadrilles): Rope-soled sandals.
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