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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

bitter adjective gen amer/-ère;
(wind) glacial/-e;
(disappointment, truth) cruel/-elle.

IDIOMS:

to the ~ end jusqu'au bout.

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French:

aigre-doux - amer - âpre - cuisant - farouche - saumâtre

bitter: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
bitter	adj	(flavour) saveur	amer adj
This food has a bitter taste.
Ce plat a un goût amer.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
bitter	adj	(hard to accept) difficile à accepter	amer adj
The death of his mother was bitter news.
La nouvelle de la mort de sa mère lui a laissé un goût amer.
bitter	adj	(piercing) perçant	glacial adj
It was a bitter wind that blew from the north.
Un vent glacial soufflait du nord.
bitter	adj	(intensely antagonistic) antagonisme	implacable, acharné adj
The two brothers were bitter rivals.
Les deux frères étaient des rivaux implacables (or: acharnés).
bitter	adv	(very, exceedingly) froid : très, excessivement	de loup, de gueux adj inv
It was a bitter cold night.
Cette nui-là, il faisait un froid de loup (or: de gueux).
bitter	n	(bitterness) côté amer, dur : figuré	épine nf
		goût	amertume nf
You have to take the bitter with the sweet.
Il n'y a pas de rose sans épines.
* J'aime beaucoup l'amertumme de la bière.
bitter	vtr	(to make bitter)	rendre amer vtr ⇒
The special hops bittered the beer.
Ce houblon particulier a rendu la bière amère.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
bitter almond		nf	amande amère
bitter aloes		nm	aloès médicinal
bitter apple		nf	coloquinte
bitter chocolate			chocolat amer
bitter cold			froid pénétrant
bitter disappointment			amère déception
bitter end		phrase	toute fin
bitter enemies			à couteaux tirés
bitter lemon		nm	soda au citron
bitter orange			orange amère
bitter vetch (botany)		nm	ers botanique
bitter words			mots amers
bitter-end		phrase	toute fin
bitter-tasting		adj	amer (goût amer)
pungent, acrid, bitter		adj	âpre (vin)
swallow a bitter pill			avaler la pilule
to the bitter end			jusqu'à la dernière extrémité
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