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1 cheveu
masculine noun• une femme aux cheveux blonds/frisés a woman with fair/curly hair• il n'a pas un cheveu sur la tête or le caillou (inf) he hasn't a hair on his head• arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe (inf) [personne] to turn up at the most awkward moment ; [remarque] to be completely irrelevant• tiré par les cheveux [histoire] far-fetched* * *
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pl cheveux ʃəvø nom masculin1) ( poil) hairavoir quelques cheveux blancs — to have a few grey GB ou gray US hairs
2) ( petite dimension) hair's breadthêtre à un cheveu de quelque chose/de faire — to be within a hair's breadth of something/of doing
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avoir les cheveux blancs — to have grey GB ou gray US hair
une histoire à vous faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête — a story that makes your hair stand on end
••se faire des cheveux (colloq) (blancs) — to worry oneself to death ( pour about)
* * *ʃ(ə)vø cheveux pl1. nmil s'en est fallu d'un cheveu; Il s'en est fallu d'un cheveu que le "non" l'emporte au référendum. — The "noes" only failed to win the referendum by a whisker.
2. cheveux nmpl(= chevelure) hair sgse faire couper les cheveux — to get one's hair cut, to have one's hair cut
* * *A nm1 ( poil) hair; avoir quelques cheveux blancs to have a few greyGB hairs; avoir les cheveux blancs to have grey GB ou gray US hair; il ne lui reste que quelques cheveux sur le dessus he only has a few hairs left on his head; il n'a plus un cheveu sur la tête he's nearly bald, he hasn't got a single hair left on his head; un spécialiste du cheveu a hair specialist; avoir le cheveu lisse/mal peigné to have smooth/dishevelledGB hair; avoir le cheveu rare to be a bit thin on top;2 ( petite dimension) hair's breadth; être à un cheveu de qch/de faire to be within a hair's breadth of sth/of doing; il s'en est fallu d'un cheveu que je fasse I came within a hair's breadth of doing; ne tenir qu'à un cheveu to hang by a thread.B cheveux nmpl ( chevelure) hair ¢; avoir les cheveux longs or de longs cheveux to have long hair; cheveux gras/secs greasy/dry hair; se couper/se laver les cheveux to cut/to wash one's hair; se faire couper les cheveux to have one's hair cut; avoir les cheveux en broussaille or en bataille to have tousled hair; une histoire à vous faire dresser les cheveux sur la tête a story that makes your hair stand on end; se prendre aux cheveux to grab each other by the hair.avoir un cheveu sur la langue to have a lisp; venir/arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe to come/to arrive at an awkward moment; se faire des cheveux○ (blancs) to worry oneself to death (pour about); couper les cheveux en quatre to split hairs; avoir mal aux cheveux○ to have a hangover; être tiré par les cheveux to be far-fetched; il y a un cheveu○ there's a hitch○.( pluriel masculin cheveux) [ʃ(ə)vø] nom masculin1. [poil] hairune fille aux cheveux courts a girl with short hair, a short-haired girlles cheveux en désordre ou bataille with unkempt ou tousled hair(les) cheveux au vent with his/her etc. hair blowing freely in the winds'il touche à un seul cheveu de ma femme... if he dares touch a hair on my wife's head...venir ou arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe to come at the wrong time2. [coiffure] hairstyletu aimes mes cheveux comme ça? how do you like my haircut ou hairstyle?à cheveux locution adjectivalehair (modificateur)à un cheveu de locution prépositionnellecheveux d'ange nom masculin pluriel1. [guirlande] tinsel garland
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