| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| crop | n | (farming) agriculture | culture nf |
| Grandmother's farm always bore crops of corn and tomatoes. |
| Il y a toujours eu des cultures de maïs et de tomates à la ferme de ma grand-mère. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| crop | n | (farming yield) agriculture | récolte nf |
| | agriculture : céréales | moisson nf |
| This year's corn crop was poor after the torrential summer rains. |
| La récolte de maïs a été mauvaise cette année à cause des pluies torrentielles de l'été. |
| La moisson a été mauvaise en raison des pluies. |
| crop | n | figurative (group of sthg) figuré | cuvée nf |
| This year we have a fine crop of new basketball players. |
| La cuvée de cette année est excellente chez nos basketteurs. |
| crop | n | (whip) équitation | cravache nf |
| If the horse refuses to walk, just use the crop. |
| Si le cheval refuse d'avancer, utilise la cravache. |
| crop | n | (zoology: bird) zoologie : oiseau | jabot nm |
| The wild turkey has a large, red crop on its throat. |
| Le dindon sauvage a un gros jabot rouge sur la gorge. |
| crop | vtr | (cut off parts of a plant) jardinage | tailler⇒ vtr |
| The gardener cropped the hedges neatly. |
| Le jardinier a soigneusement taillé les haies. |
| crop | vtr | (remove or trim) user les bords | rogner⇒ vtr |
| The photographer cropped the photo so it would fit in the frame. |
| Le photographe a rogné la photo pour qu'elle rentre dans le cadre. |
| crop | vtr | (cut hair close to the scalp) cheveux | couper à ras vtr |
| The barber crops the hair off of any unfortunate customer, leaving them nearly bald. |
| Le coiffeur coupe à ras les cheveux de ses malheureux clients, qui ressortent quasiment chauves. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| bumper crop | n | (large harvest) | récolte exceptionnelle nf |
| I have a bumper crop of rabbits this year; I would have preferred the lettuces I planted! |
| bumper crop | n | figurative (large amount or number) fam | flopée nf |
| Il a ramassé une flopée de cèpes ce matin. |
| cash crop | n | (agricultural crop grown for money) | culture de rente nf |
| In many countries subsistence farmers have turned to producing cash crops. |
| My cash crops pay the bills but I also grow things for my own pleasure and for prestige. |
| | | culture marchande nf |
| commercial crop | | agriculture | culture commerciale |
| cream of the crop | n | figurative (best, elite) | top nm |
| Only the cream of the crop will make the Olympic rowing team. |
| Cette voiture, c'est vraiment le top. |
| crop circle | n | (unexplained pattern in agricultural fields) anglicisme | crop circle nm |
| Mon collègue croit mordicus que les crop circles sont l'œuvre d'extraterrestres. |
| crop duster | n | (plane that sprays pesticide) | avion d'épandage nm |
| She wondered if her neighborhood was undergoing an aerial attack, but then realized it was a crop duster in the farmer's field behind her house. |
| | | avion épandeur nm |
| crop failure | n | (poor agricultural harvest ) | mauvaise récolte nf |
| Widespread drought in India has increased the risk of crop failure this year. |
| La sécheresse a provoqué une mauvaise récolte. |
| crop mark | n | (printing: lines indicating where to trim) imprimerie | trait de coupe nm |
| crop rotation | n | (alternating crops grown in an area) | rotation des cultures nf |
| | Agric | assolement nm |
| crop up | vi | informal (appear suddenly or unexpectedly) | surgir⇒ vi |
| Problems started cropping up when we installed the new software. |
| Des problèmes ont surgi quand nous avons installé le nouveau logiciel. |
| | | survenir⇒ vi |
| Des problèmes sont survenus quand nous avons installé le nouveau logiciel. |
| | | apparaître⇒ vi |
| Des problèmes sont apparus quand nous avons installé le nouveau logiciel. |
| crop yield | n | (agricultural output) | rendement nm |
| crop-duster | | | avion d'épandage agricole nm |
| crop-dusting | | | pulvérisation des récoltes nf |
| current crop | n | figurative (latest batch or selection) fig, fam | fournée nf |
| The college's current crop of freshmen come from 47 states and 18 nations. |
| La dernière fournée d’étudiants issus de cette université vient de recevoir ses diplômes. |
| current crop | n | literal (most recent harvest) | dernière récolte nf |
| energy crop | n | (plant cultivated for fuel) | (culture) source de biocombustible nf |
| Corn has become an energy crop, in addition to being consumed by people and animals. |
| Outre son utilisation dans l'alimentation humaine et animale, le maïs est devenu une source de biocombustible. |
| hunting crop | | (equestrianism) équitation | cravache nf |
| riding crop | | | cravache nf |
| row crop | | | plante sarclée |
| single-crop farming | | Agriculture | monoculture nf |
| winter crop | n | (food grown for harvest in winter) | culture d'hiver nf |
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