twist:

English definition | in Italian | in Spanish conjugator | in context | images

 Écouter US - UK

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

twist

1. noun
   1. (in rope, cord, wool) tortillon m;
      (in road) zigzag m;
      (in river) coude m;
   2. (in play, story) coup m de théâtre;
      (in events) rebondissement m;
   3. (small amount) (of yarn, thread, hair) torsade f;
      a ~ of lemon une tranche de citron.

2. transitive verb
   1. (turn) tourner (knob, handle);
      (open) dévisser (cap, lid);
      (close) visser (cap, lid);
      he ~ed around in his chair il s'est retourné dans son fauteuil;
   2. (wind) enrouler;
      to ~ threads together torsader des fils;
   3. (bend, distort) tordre (metal, rod, branch);
      déformer (words, facts, meaning);
      his face was ~ed with pain son visage était tordu de douleur;
   4. (injure) to ~ one's ankle/wrist se tordre la cheville/le poignet;
      to ~ one's neck attraper un torticolis.

3. intransitive verb
   1. (person) to ~ round (turn round) se retourner;
   2. (rope, flex, coil) s'entortiller;
      to ~ and turn (road, path) serpenter.

Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples.

'twist' found in these entries:

English:

little finger - wring

French:

tordre - torsade - torsader - tortiller - tour

twist: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations
twist	(bend)	v	fausser ⇒
twist	(turn)	v	fausser ⇒
Additional Translations:
twist		nf	torsade
twist		nf	boucle (route en zigzag)
twist		nf	foulure
twist		nm	twist
twist		nm	vrillage
twist		nm	tour
twist		v	twister ⇒
twist		v	retordre ⇒ (tordre de nouveau)
twist		v	dénaturer ⇒ (fausser, défigurer, déformer, travestir)
twist	(circle)	v	fouler ⇒
twist	(derange)	v	faire une boucle
twist		v tr	corder (torsader)
Compound Forms/Formes composées
new twist			nouvelle tournure
twist someone's arm (oblige)		v	forcer la main à quelqu'un (obliger)
Report an error.

Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "twist".

A complex twist
a healthy twist on
a twist of fate...
at a twist of dial
bitter twist to his mouth
clever twist
creative twist
don't get your panties/knickers in a twist/knot
Don’t get your knickers all in a twist
EN: preposition - to twist someone's arm to/into? - grammaire
everyday-with-a-twist
Formely et Documentary twist!
Get your knickers in a twist
got their knickers in a twist
half twist in the chain
he is a sit-twist?
he will twist you around his little finger
if you're going to twist my arm
in a twist on
in an odd twist
loop-de-loop head twist
modern twist
neat twist of logic
nothing to get your panties in a twist over !
oak barley twist
puts a twist on the band antics
social twist
straight up with a twist
The twist in the film was when...
this was quite a twist
Suite...

• Pour poser la question dans les forums
• Pour visiter le forum Français-Anglais.

In other languages: Spanish | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Ajouter la barre de recherche dans WordReference à votre page d'accueil Google :

	Google.com
Français:
Universal:

Ajouter WordReference à votre barre de recherche Firefox :