backbone
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
backbone / ˈbækbəʊn/ noun
- (spine) (of person, animal) colonne f vertébrale;
(of fish) grande arête f;
- fig (strong feature) ossature f;
to be the ~ of (people, players) constituer l'ossature de (group, team);
(person, concept) être le pilier de (organization, project);
- fig (courage) cran (familier) m;
he has no ~ c'est une larve.
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