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foil [fɔɪl]1 noun(a) (metal sheet) feuille f ou lame f de métal;∎ Cookery (silver) foil (papier m) aluminium m, papier m alu;∎ cooked in foil en papillote;∎ foil container barquette f en papier aluminium∎ he's the perfect foil to his wife il sert de faire-valoir à sa femme;∎ it acts as a foil to her beauty cela met en valeur sa beauté(d) (in jewellery) paillon m(thwart → attempt) déjouer; (→ plan, plot) contrecarrer;∎ foiled again! encore raté!;∎ once again they have been foiled by their own incompetence une fois encore ils ont échoué à cause de leur propre incompétence -
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A n1 ( for wrapping) papier m d'aluminium ; a sheet of foil une feuille de papier d'aluminium ; silver/gold foil papier argenté/doré ; foil-wrapped emballé dans du papier d'aluminium ;2 Sport fleuret m ;3 ( deterrent) repoussoir m ;4 ( setting) to be ou act as a foil to ou for faire ressortir.C vtr contrecarrer [person] ; déjouer [attempt, hope, plot] ; to be foiled in one's attempt to do sth être déjoué dans sa tentative de faire qch ; foiled again! encore raté! -
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foil [fɔɪl]1. noun( = tinfoil) papier m d'aluminium[+ attempts] déjouer ; [+ plans] contrecarrer* * *[fɔɪl] 1.1) ( for wrapping) papier m d'aluminiumsilver/gold foil — papier argenté/doré
2) Sport fleuret m3) ( deterrent) repoussoir m2.transitive verb contrecarrer [person]; déjouer [attempt] -
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I [foil] verb(to defeat; to disappoint: She was foiled in her attempt to become President.) faire échouerII [foil] noun1) (extremely thin sheets of metal that resemble paper: silver foil.) feuille/papier d'aluminium2) (a dull person or thing against which someone or something else seems brighter: She acted as a foil to her beautiful sister.) repoussoirIII [foil] noun(a blunt sword with a button at the end, used in the sport of fencing.) fleuret -
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clinquant m, lobe m, feuille métallique fDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > foil
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lobe mEnglish-French architecture and construction dictionary > foil
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English-French architecture and construction dictionary > foil-backed gypsum board
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feuille d’aluminium fDictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction > aluminium foil
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déjouer [un complot] ; tromper [la surveillance de qqn] ; faire échec à; contrecarrer [un plan/un projet]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to foil
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['tɪnfɔɪl]noun papier m (d')aluminium
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