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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
pick /pɪk/
- noun
- (tool) gen pioche f, pic m;
(of climber) piolet m;
(of mason) smille f;
to dig with a ~ creuser à la pioche;
- (choice) choix m;
to have one's ~ of avoir le choix parmi;
take your ~ choisis;
- (best) meilleur/-e m/f;
the ~ of the crop (fruit) les meilleurs fruits;
the ~ of the bunch le/la etc meilleur/-e etc du lot.
- (tool) gen pioche f, pic m;
- transitive verb
- (choose, select) gen choisir ( from parmi);
Sport sélectionner (player) ( from parmi);
former (team);
you ~ed the wrong person tu as choisi la mauvaise personne;
to ~ a fight (physically) chercher à se bagarrer (familier) ( with avec);
to ~ a fight ou a quarrel chercher querelle ( with à);
- (navigate) to ~ one's way through avancer avec précaution parmi (rubble, litter);
- (pluck, gather) cueillir (fruit, flowers);
- (poke at) gratter (spot, scab);
to ~ sth from ou off enlever qch de;
to ~ one's nose mettre les doigts dans son nez;
to ~ one's teeth se curer les dents;
to ~ a lock crocheter une serrure;
to ~ sb's pocket faire les poches de qn.
- (choose, select) gen choisir ( from parmi);
- intransitive verb choisir;
to ~ and choose faire le/la difficile ( among, between pour choisir parmi).
▶ ~ at [sth]
pick off: - (person) manger [qch] du bout des dents (food);
gratter (spot, scab);
- (bird) picorer (crumbs).
▶ ~ [sb] off, ~ off [sb] (kill) abattre;
▶ ~ [sth] off, ~ off [sth] enlever [qch];
▶ ~ [sth] off sth cueillir [qch] sur qch (apple, cherry);
to ~ sth off the floor ramasser qch qui était par terre.
pick on: to ~ sth off the floor ramasser qch qui était par terre.
▶ ~ on [sb] harceler.
pick out: ▶ ~ [sb/sth] out, ~ out [sb/sth]
pick over: - (select) gen choisir;
(single out) repérer;
to ~ out three winners sélectionner trois gagnants ( from parmi);
- (make out) distinguer (landmark);
saisir (words);
reconnaître (person in photo);
repérer (person in crowd);
- (highlight) (torch etc) révéler;
to be ~ed out in red (pattern) être mis en valeur en rouge.
▶ ~ [sth] over, ~ over [sth] lit trier;
fig analyser.
pick up: fig analyser.
▶ ~ up
- (improve) (trade, market) reprendre;
(weather, performance, health) s'améliorer;
(ill person) se rétablir;
- (resume) reprendre;
to pick up (from) where one left off reprendre là où on s'est arrêté;
▶ ~ [sb/sth] up, ~ up [sb/sth]
- (lift, take hold of) (to tidy) ramasser;
(to examine) prendre;
(after fall) relever;
(for cuddle) prendre [qn] dans ses bras;
to ~ sth up in ou with one's left hand prendre qch de sa main gauche;
to ~ up the telephone décrocher le téléphone;
to ~ up the bill régler l'addition;
- (collect) prendre (passenger, cargo);
(passer) prendre (ticket, keys);
could you ~ me up? est-ce que tu peux venir me chercher?;
▶ ~ [sth] up, ~ up [sth]
- (buy) prendre, acheter;
dénicher (bargain);
- (learn, acquire) apprendre (language);
prendre (habit, accent);
développer (skill);
you'll soon ~ it up tu t'y mettras vite;
- (catch) attraper (illness);
- (notice, register) (person) repérer (error);
(person, machine) détecter (defect);
- (detect) trouver (trail, scent);
(radar) détecter la présence de (aircraft, person, object);
Radio, Telecom capter (signal);
- (gain, earn) gagner (point, size);
acquérir (reputation);
to ~ up speed prendre de la vitesse;
- (resume) reprendre (conversation, career);
you'll soon ~ up your French again ton français te reviendra vite;
▶ ~ [sb] up, ~ up [sb]
- (rescue) recueillir (person);
- (arrest) arrêter (suspect);
- (meet) péj ramasser (partner, prostitute);
- (find fault with) faire des remarques à (person) ( on sur);
▶ ~ oneself up (get up) se relever;
(recover) se reprendre.
(recover) se reprendre.
pick : pick-me-up ~-me-up noun remontant m;
pickpocket ~pocket noun voleur m à la tire.
pickpocket ~pocket noun voleur m à la tire.
'pick' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
French:
adresse
- aller
- attraper
- bagarreur
- bête
- butiner
- capter
- charger
- chercher
- chipoter
- choisir
- cible
- coincer
- crocheter
- cueillir
- curer
- décrocher
- dent
- embarquer
- gangue
- grappiller
- intrus
- livraison
- lumière
- main
- mettre
- moment
- mot
- noise
- ou
- panier
- passage
- passer
- pic
- pick-up
- plein
- poche
- pot
- prendre
- querelle
- ramasser
- rattraper
- rebondir
- redresser
- regagner
- relever
- remontant
- renouer
- repartir
- reprendre
pick: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| pick | vtr | (choose) | choisir⇒ vtr |
| Brenda has to pick her favourite flavour of ice cream. | |||
| Brenda doit choisir son parfum favori de crème glacée. | |||
| pick | vtr | (flowers, etc.) | cueillir⇒ vtr |
| Charlie likes to pick flowers for his girlfriend. | |||
| Charlie aime cueillir des fleurs pour sa petite amie. | |||
| pick | vtr | (remove meat from a bone) figuré | nettoyer⇒ vtr |
| The hyenas picked the bones clean. | |||
| Les hyènes ont nettoyé les os de leur viande. | |||
| pick | n | (turn to choose) | choix nm |
| The home team has the first pick. | |||
| L'équipe qui reçoit a le premier choix. | |||
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| pick | n | (selection made) | choix nm |
| He has made his pick. | |||
| Il a fait son choix. | |||
| pick | n | (best) | traduction non disponible |
| My dog was the pick of the litter. | |||
| pick | n | (tool) | traduction non disponible |
| He used a pick to remove a chunk of rock from the cliff face. | |||
| pick | n | (guitar plectrum) | traduction non disponible |
| Alex strummed his guitar with a pick. | |||
| pick | n | (toothpick) | cure-dents nm |
| The dentist used a pick to clean the teeth. | |||
| Le dentiste a utilisé un cure-dents pour nettoyer les dents. | |||
| pick | n | US (basketball screen) | traduction non disponible |
| The guard used a pick to stop the forward. | |||
| pick | vi | (choose) | choisir⇒, se décider⇒ vi |
| I have so many favourites, it's hard to pick. | |||
| J'ai tellement de favoris qu'il est difficile de choisir (or: se décider). | |||
| pick | vi | (eat slowly and half-heartedly) | picorer⇒ vi |
| Are you going to eat, or just pick? | |||
| Vas-tu manger, ou juste picorer ? | |||
| pick | vtr | (remove matter from, clean) | enlever⇒, retirer⇒ vtr |
| Doug had to pick thorns out of his trousers. | |||
| Doug a du enlever (or: retirer) les épines de son pantalon. | |||
| pick | vtr | (eat slowly and half-heartedly) | toucher du bout des doigts vtr |
| effleurer⇒ vtr | |||
| Edith just picked at her food. | |||
| Edith n'a que touché son repas du bout des doigts. | |||
| Edith n'a qu'effleuré son repas. | |||
| pick | vtr | (make one's way) | traduction non disponible |
| The survivors picked their way through the wreckage. | |||
| pick | vtr | (pluck a musical instrument) | pincer⇒ vtr |
| My uncle picks a banjo. | |||
| Mon oncle pince un banjo. | |||
| pick | vtr | (break apart with a pick) | gratter⇒ vtr |
| He picked the rock carefully in order to remove the fossil. | |||
| Il a gratté la pierre avec attention pour en retirer le fossile. | |||
| pick | vtr | (a pocket: rob) | piquer dans vtr |
| The thief picked the passengers' pockets. | |||
| Le voleur piqua dans les poches des passagers. | |||
| pick | vtr | figurative (sb's brain: question) | solliciter⇒ vtr |
| Can I pick your brain for a minute? | |||
| Puis-je solliciter vos idées pour un instant ? | |||
| pick | vtr | (a fight: provoke) | provoquer⇒ vtr |
| David always picks fights at school. | |||
| David provoque toujours des bagarres à l'époque. | |||
| pick | vtr | (a lock: unlock) | forcer⇒ vtr |
| The cat burglar picked the lock. | |||
| Le cambrioleur a forcé la serrure. | |||
| Report an error | |||
pick: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| bone to pick | point à débattre nm | ||
| cherry-pick | vi | figurative (make a personal selection) | sélectionner⇒ vtr |
| He cherry-picked the data to support his point of view. | |||
| go and pick sb up | aller chercher qn à | chercher v | |
| hand-pick | trier sur le volet v | ||
| ice pick | pic à glace nm | ||
| lock pick | de serrurier | crochet nm | |
| nit-pick | figuré | enculer les mouches expr | |
| pick a quarrel with | Locution | chercher des noises phrase | |
| pick and choose | v | informal (be fussy in choosing) | trier⇒ vtr |
| Salad bars allow customers to pick and choose from a wide selection of vegetables. | |||
| Au restaurant vietnamien, ma cousine n'arrêtait pas de trier ses aliments d'un air dégoûté. | |||
| pick at | vtr | (nibble at, eat slowly) | picorer⇒ vtr |
| He had lost his appetite and just picked at his food. | |||
| Elle n'avait pas faim et n'a fait que picorer pendant tout le repas. | |||
| toucher à peine à loc vtr | |||
| Il doit être encore un peu malade ; il a à peine touché à son assiette. | |||
| pick at | vtr | informal (find fault with) | trouver à redire loc v |
| Her mother was always picking at her about her appearance. | |||
| Sa mère trouvait toujours quelque chose à redire sur ses tenues. | |||
| pick at sb | vtr | informal (criticize sb) fig, fam | chercher qqn vtr |
| Arrête de chercher ta sœur ou je vais te punir ! | |||
| critiquer⇒ vtr | |||
| pick grapes off | vtr | (pluck grapes from) | grappiller⇒ vtr |
| The boy picked the grapes off the vine and ate them one by one. | |||
| * Il fallait grappiller quelques grains de raisin dans la vigne et le manger sur place pour ne pas se faire pincer par le propriétaire ! | |||
| pick holes | chercher la petite bête | ||
| pick off | vtr | slang (kill one by one) argot | descendre⇒ vtr |
| The police sniper picked off the bank robbers one by one. | |||
| Les voyous ont été descendus un par un. | |||
| fam | liquider⇒ vtr | ||
| Nous allons liquider tous ces salopards, les gars, en commençant par leur chef. | |||
| argot | dégommer⇒ vtr | ||
| Tous les policiers qui s'aventurent dans cette cité se font systématiquement dégommer : plus personne ne s'y risque maintenant.... | |||
| argot | buter⇒ vtr | ||
| Ils se sont tous fait buter. | |||
| fam | zigouiller⇒ vtr | ||
| Et là, tu vois, il faut que tu zigouilles les monstres de l'espace ! | |||
| fig | éliminer⇒ vtr | ||
| L'espion a été éliminé en toute discrétion. | |||
| pick on | vtr | (single out for bullying) | s'en prendre à loc v |
| Please don't pick on me because I'm small! | |||
| pick on sb | v | informal (harass or torment sb) | s'en prendre à qqn vpron+prép |
| You guys always pick on me, just because I'm the youngest! | |||
| Bullies pick on people they think are weak or defenseless. | |||
| pick one's nose | v | (put a finger in one's nostril) | se curer le nez v pron |
| Little kids will pick their noses in public, because they have no shame. | |||
| Arrête de te curer le nez, on nous filme ! | |||
| mettre les doigts dans le nez vtr | |||
| Arrête de te mettre les doigts dans le nez, on nous filme ! | |||
| pick out | vtr | (choose, select) | choisir⇒ vtr |
| They've gone to pick out her engagement ring. | |||
| pick out sb | v | (select sb) | choisir qqn vtr |
| désigner qqn vtr | |||
| On m'a désigné pour ce projet. | |||
| sélectionner qqn vtr | |||
| pick out sb | v | (identify sb) | identifier qqn vtr |
| The woman picked out the thief in an identity parade. | |||
| pick over | vtr | (choose from among) | choisir qch parmi vtr |
| Mrs. Arnolds picked over the barrel of apples to find the juiciest ones. | |||
| I still don't understand why she picked him over me. | |||
| J'ai choisi un bouquin parmi les livres proposés par le prof, mais je ne suis pas sûr de le terminer bientôt... | |||
| pick the lock | v | (unlock sth without a key) | crocheter une serrure⇒ vtr |
| The thieves picked the lock on the door to get inside the house. | |||
| pick up | vtr | (grasp and lift) | ramasser⇒ vtr |
| I picked up the book which had fallen onto the floor. | |||
| J'ai ramassé le livre qui était par terre. | |||
| (téléphone) | décrocher⇒ vtr | ||
| Après la dixième sonnerie, elle n'a toujours pas décroché son téléphone : tant pis, elle ne saura pas qu'elle a gagné le gros lot ! | |||
| pick up | vi | informal (recover, improve) | remonter⇒ vi |
| We hope that sales will pick up next month. | |||
| Nous pensons que les ventes devraient remonter d'ici Noël. | |||
| pick up on | vtr | informal (perceive, detect) | relever⇒ vtr |
| I made an error in my calculations, but nobody picked up on it. | |||
| pick up sb | v | (collect sb in a vehicle) | aller chercher (en voiture) vtr |
| I'll pick up the kids from school today. | |||
| Ce soir, je compte sur toi pour aller chercher les enfants à l'école, je sortirai trop tard. | |||
| passer prendre (en voiture) vtr | |||
| Le taxi passera vous prendre (or: vous chercher) à huit heures pour aller à l'aéroport. | |||
| pick up the pieces | v | figurative (deal with the aftermath) | faire face vi |
| After her husband's death, she had to pick up the pieces the best she could. | |||
| se ressaisir⇒ v pron | |||
| Après la mort de son mari, elle fit de son mieux pour se ressaisir. | |||
| reprendre le cours normal de la vie loc v | |||
| pick up the torch | v | figurative (take over sth illustrious) fig | reprendre le flambeau loc v |
| pick-me-up | n | informal (tonic or remedy) | remontant nm |
| When I need a little pick-me-up, I eat one of my favorite candy bars. | |||
| coup de fouet nm | |||
| pick-up line, pickup line | n | informal (sth said to try and seduce sb) | (phrase d')accroche nf |
| phrase de drague nf | |||
| pick-up stick | jonchet nm | ||
| pick-up truck, pickup truck | n | (vehicle with open back for loading) | pick-up nm |
| pick-up-sticks | Mikado nm | ||
| the pick | la pioche nf | ||
| the pick | le choix nm | ||
| Report an error | |||
Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "pick".
'up' & 'do you want me to pick you up?'
"equipment pick-up" on the map of an airport
"pick up + dish" - culinary jargon
"set up shop" and "pick our brains"
"To pick up," & "I wish I had..."
1 draft pick defensive end
a few bones to pick with
airport pick-up
Are you free to pick me up at the airport?
bone to pick
Bounceback and pick-up
cherry-pick
choisir : pick up vs choose
classic pick up line
collect and pick up
collect/pick up
Could you pick us up
Cover their check/pick up their check
Dan will pick me up tomorrow morning to take me to my lesson
Do you want me to pick you up alone?
four-way pick
FR: He doesn't pick her up from school anymore - grammaire
FR: He told the class that they should pick up their books - grammaire
get to pick (graphic)
guitar pick/plectrum
had pick of the litter and what a delicious group there was
hand pick
He had to leave work early to pick her up
He used to pick up some scores around here
He who would pun would pick a pocket
Suite...
"equipment pick-up" on the map of an airport
"pick up + dish" - culinary jargon
"set up shop" and "pick our brains"
"To pick up," & "I wish I had..."
1 draft pick defensive end
a few bones to pick with
airport pick-up
Are you free to pick me up at the airport?
bone to pick
Bounceback and pick-up
cherry-pick
choisir : pick up vs choose
classic pick up line
collect and pick up
collect/pick up
Could you pick us up
Cover their check/pick up their check
Dan will pick me up tomorrow morning to take me to my lesson
Do you want me to pick you up alone?
four-way pick
FR: He doesn't pick her up from school anymore - grammaire
FR: He told the class that they should pick up their books - grammaire
get to pick (graphic)
guitar pick/plectrum
had pick of the litter and what a delicious group there was
hand pick
He had to leave work early to pick her up
He used to pick up some scores around here
He who would pun would pick a pocket
Suite...
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