cross-court
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
cross /krɒs/ , US /krɔːs/
- noun
- (shape) croix f;
the Cross Relig la Croix;
to put a ~ against cocher (name, item);
‘put a ~ in the box’ ‘faites une croix dans la case’, ‘cochez la case’;
- (hybrid) croisement m ( between entre);
a ~ between X and Y fig un mélange de X et de Y;
- (in sewing) on the ~ dans le biais.
- (shape) croix f;
- adjective
- (angry) fâché;
to be ~ with sb être fâché contre qn;
to be ~ about sth être agacé par qch;
to get ~ se fâcher ( with contre);
to make sb ~ mettre qn en colère, agacer qn;
- (contrary to general direction) (breeze) contraire.
- (angry) fâché;
- transitive verb
- (go across by moving) lit traverser (road, room);
traverser, passer (river);
franchir (border, line, mountains);
(span) (bridge) franchir, enjamber;
(have route across) (road, railway line, river) traverser;
fig dépasser (limit, boundary);
it ~ed his mind that il lui est venu à l'esprit or l'idée que;
to ~ the class divide surmonter la barrière des classes;
to ~ the bounds of decency dépasser les limites de la décence;
- (intersect with) couper;
to ~ each other se couper;
- (place in shape of a cross) croiser;
to ~ one's legs/arms croiser les jambes/bras;
- Biol, Bot, Zool croiser ( with avec);
- (oppose) contrarier (person);
- (draw line across) barrer (cheque).
- (go across by moving) lit traverser (road, room);
- intransitive verb
- (also ~ over) to ~ to North America aller en Amérique;
to ~ into Italy passer en Italie;
- (intersect) se croiser;
(lines) se couper;
- (letters) se croiser.
- (also ~ over) to ~ to North America aller en Amérique;
- reflexive verb to ~ oneself faire le signe de la croix.
- crossed past participle adjective Telecom (line) brouillé.
IDIOMS:
we seem to have got our wires ~ed il semble y avoir un malentendu (quelque part);
to have a ou one's ~ to bear porter sa croix.
cross off: to have a ou one's ~ to bear porter sa croix.
▶ ~ [sth/sb] off, ~ off [sth/sb] barrer, rayer (name, thing).
cross out: ▶ ~ out [sth], ~ [sth] out rayer, barrer [qch].
cross : crossbar ~bar noun gen barre f;
cross-border ~-border adjective transfrontalier/-ière;
crossbow ~bow noun arbalète f;
crossbred ~bred noun adjective hybride (m).
cross-border ~-border adjective transfrontalier/-ière;
crossbow ~bow noun arbalète f;
crossbred ~bred noun adjective hybride (m).
cross : cross-court ~-court adjective Sport(shot, volley) droit croisé;
cross-cultural ~-cultural adjective inter-culturel/-elle;
crosscurrent ~current noun contre-courant m;
cross-curricular ~-curricular adjective multidisciplinaire;
cross-dresser ~-dresser noun travesti/-e m/f;
cross-examination ~-examination noun contre-interrogatoire m.
cross-cultural ~-cultural adjective inter-culturel/-elle;
crosscurrent ~current noun contre-courant m;
cross-curricular ~-curricular adjective multidisciplinaire;
cross-dresser ~-dresser noun travesti/-e m/f;
cross-examination ~-examination noun contre-interrogatoire m.
cross : cross-party ~-party adjective Pol(initiative) commun à plusieurs partis;
(group) comprenant des membres de différents partis;
crosspatch ~patch (familier) noun grognon (familier) mf.
(group) comprenant des membres de différents partis;
crosspatch ~patch (familier) noun grognon (familier) mf.
cross : cross-town ~-town adjective US qui traverse la ville;
crosswind ~wind noun vent m de travers.
crosswind ~wind noun vent m de travers.
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