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1 cheval
1. masculine nouna. ( = animal) horse ; ( = viande) horsemeat• elle fait combien de chevaux ? what horsepower is it?2. compounds* * *
1.
pl - aux ʃ(ə)val, o nom masculin1) Zoologie horsemiser sur le bon cheval — fig to back the right horse
2) ( activité) horse-riding3) ( viande) horsemeat4) ( personne) real Trojan(vieux) cheval de retour — ( homme politique) war horse; ( récidiviste) habitual offender, old lag (colloq)
5) (colloq) ( femme masculine) pej
2.
à cheval sur locution prépositivePhrasal Verbs:••* * *ʃ(ə)val, ochevaux pl nm1) (= animal) horseà cheval sur [un mur, une branche] — astride, [domaines, territoires] straddling
être à cheval sur qch fig [discipline, sécurité, grammaire, convenances] — to be a stickler for sth
2) AUTOMOBILES (cheval vapeur) horsepower no pl10 chevaux — 10 horsepower (for tax purposes)
10 chevaux fiscaux — 10 horsepower (for tax purposes)
50 chevaux au frein — 50 brake horsepower, 50 b.h.p.
* * *A nm1 Zool horse; cheval sauvage wild horse; à (dos de) cheval on horseback; monter à cheval to ride a horse; à cheval! mount!; promenade à cheval (horse) ride; tenue de cheval riding clothes; remède/traitement de cheval strong medicine; fièvre de cheval raging fever; bon cheval fig right choice; miser sur le bon/mauvais cheval fig to back the right/wrong horse; ⇒ petit, sabot;2 ⇒ Les jeux et les sports ( activité) horse-riding; aimer le cheval to like horse-riding; faire du cheval to go horse-riding;3 ( viande) horsemeat; bifteck de cheval horsemeat steak;4 ( personne) real Trojan; (vieux) cheval de retour ( homme politique) war horse; ( récidiviste) habitual offender, old lag○;B à cheval sur loc prép1 ( à califourchon sur) astride; à cheval sur un mur astride a wall;2 ( s'étendant sur) spanning; à cheval sur deux pays/trois décennies spanning two countries/three decades;3 ( de part et d'autre de) le domaine est à cheval sur la route the estate straddles the road;4 ( entre) in between; à cheval sur le rouge et le violet in between red and purple;5 ( pointilleux sur) être à cheval sur les principes/bonnes manières/horaires to be a stickler for principles/good manners/schedules.cheval d'arçons pommel horse; cheval à bascule Jeux rocking horse; cheval de bataille hobbyhorse; enfourcher son cheval de bataille to get on one's hobbyhorse; cheval de course racehorse; cheval fiscal, CV Fisc unit for car tax assessment; cheval de labour carthorse GB, drafthorse US; cheval de manège riding school horse; cheval marin Zool sea horse; cheval pur sang thoroughbred horse; cheval reproducteur stud horse; cheval de saut Sport vaulting horse; cheval de selle saddle horse; cheval de trait = cheval de labour; cheval de Troie Trojan horse; chevaux de bois merry-go-round horses; chevaux de frise Mil chevaux-de-frise.à cheval donné on ne regarde pas les dents Prov don't look a gift horse in the mouth; ne pas être un mauvais cheval not to be such a bad sort; monter sur ses grands chevaux to get on one's high horse; ce n'est pas la mort du petit cheval it's not the end of the world.( pluriel masculin chevaux) [ʃ(ə)val, o] nom masculinça ne se trouve pas sous le pas ou sabot d'un cheval it doesn't grow on treesfaire du cheval to ride, to go riding3. LOISIRS4. AUTOMOBILE & FINANCE5. MILITAIRE6. ANTIQUITÉ7. [viande] horsemeat8. (familier & péjoratif) [femme]à cheval locution adverbiale2. [à califourchon]3. (familier) [pointilleux]de cheval locution adjectivale2. (familier) [fort]
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