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Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
upper / ˈʌpə(r)/
- noun
- (of shoe) empeigne f;
‘leather ~’ ‘dessus en cuir’;
- argot des drogués stimulant m.
- (of shoe) empeigne f;
- adjective
- (in location) (shelf) du haut;
(deck) supérieur;
(jaw, lip) supérieur;
(teeth) du haut;
the ~ body la partie supérieure du corps;
- (in rank) supérieur;
- (on scale) (register, scale) supérieur;
the ~ limit la limite maximale ( on de);
temperatures are in the ~ twenties les températures dépassent 25°.
- (in location) (shelf) du haut;
IDIOMS:
to be on one's ~s (familier) être dans la dèche (familier);
to have/get the ~ hand avoir/prendre le dessus.
➡ See Also→ stiff . to have/get the ~ hand avoir/prendre le dessus.
upper : Upper House nounChambre f haute;
upper-income bracket ~-income bracket nountranche f des revenus élevés.
upper-income bracket ~-income bracket nountranche f des revenus élevés.
'upper' found in these Oxford entries:
English:
chamber
- cut-off
- gain
- lip
- market
- reach
- second
- send
- sixth form
- slope
- society
- step
- stiff
- upper case
- upper circle
- upper class
- upper crust
- upper middle class
- upper sixth
French:
upper: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| upper | (above part) | dessus nm | |
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| upper | meilleur adj | ||
| upper | (higher) | supérieur adj | |
| upper | (amphetamine) | amphétamine nf | |
| upper | d'une chaussure | claque nf | |
| upper | d'une chaussure | empeigne nf | |
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upper: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| gain the upper hand | vi | (attain an advantage: over sb) | prendre le dessus, prendre l'avantage, prendre l'ascendant vtr |
| Whilst injuries have decimated the first choice team, an early goal has given them the upper hand. | |||
| Il a rapidement pris le dessus sur son adversaire. | |||
| get the upper hand | v | (gain an advantage) | prendre le dessus loc v |
| The game lasted for hours before one team got the upper hand. | |||
| Il a fallu longtemps pour qu'une équipe arrive à prendre le dessus (sur l'autre). | |||
| prendre l'avantage loc v | |||
| have the upper hand | vi | (have an advantage: over sb) | avoir le dessus v |
| avoir l'avantage v | |||
| upper arm | le haut du bras | ||
| upper atmosphere | haute atmosphère | couches supérieures de l'atmosphère | |
| upper body | n | (body above the waist) | haut du corps nm |
| The sweater covered her upper body, but her legs were cold. | |||
| upper bound | n | (mathematics: greater or equal number) mathématiques | majorant nm |
| upper bowel | n | (topmost part of digestive system) | intestin grêle nm |
| upper budget | n | (maximum sum allocated or allowed) | budget maximum nm |
| upper case, upper-case | adj | (letters: capital) | majuscule nf |
| The sign was printed in upper-case letters. | |||
| Écrivez bien votre nom de famille en majuscules. | |||
| upper chamber | la Chambre Haute | ||
| upper class | n | (minor aristocracy) | haute société nf |
| fam, argot | haute nf | ||
| Il sort avec une femme de la haute, une riche héritière. | |||
| upper classes | la haute société | ||
| upper crust | les nantis | ||
| upper deck | n | (top level of a bus or boat) bateau | pont supérieur nm |
| We sat on the upper deck because there was more room. | |||
| bus | impériale nf | ||
| upper extremity | n | (arm) | membre supérieur nm |
| upper hand | n | (advantage) | dessus nm |
| The arguments went to and fro, but finally one party gained the upper hand. | |||
| Après des heures de négociations, j'ai finalement eu (or: pris) le dessus. | |||
| upper house | n | (higher parliamentary chamber) | Chambre haute nf |
| The Senate is the upper house of the United States Congress, while the House of Representatives is the lower house. | |||
| upper level | n | (higher storey or floor of a building) | étage supérieur nm |
| upper limit | n | (maximum permitted) | limite supérieure nf |
| He had reached the upper limit of his job's salary range. | |||
| fig | plafond nm | ||
| Le plafond budgétaire a été dépassé de quatorze pour cent. | |||
| upper lip | lèvre supérieure nf | ||
| upper middle class | n | UK: (wealthy, highly-educated people) | classe moyenne supérieure nf |
| Paying college tuitions nowadays can be difficult even for families in the upper middle class. | |||
| Ce magazine de décoration s'adresse manifestement à la classe moyenne supérieure. | |||
| haute bourgeoisie nf | |||
| upper regions | pour parler de l'atmosphère | couches les plus hautes | |
| upper school | grandes classes nfpl | ||
| upper storey | n | (higher level or floor of a building) | étage supérieur nm |
| upper story | étage supérieur | ||
| upper-class | (bourgeois) | aristocrate nmf | |
| upper-grade | grade supérieur nm | ||
| upper-school | grandes classes nfpl | ||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "upper".
a first or good upper-second class honours degree
accented upper case, accents on capitals / accents sur les majuscules, capitales accentuées
an outer room on an upper floor with Western exposure
Base market/Upper market
bought upper-classe husband
class II upper division
Does upper management...
downer / upper
fixer upper
fixer-upper
infill upper portion of opening with fixed timber panels
located in the upper half
Lower Ground Floor / Upper Ground Floor
mid-upper
narrow, upper reaches
no stiff-upper-lip
one point lower/upper
rapidly enveloping the whole of my upper chest
Ratchet structure in the back of upper cross member
right middle tibia... and right upper fibula
right upper lobe.
she has the upper hand
Soft upper cloud
stiff upper lip
stiff upper lip
the cascading of water from water-bearing zones in the upper
To keep a stiff upper lip
to the upper registers
Undergraduate/upper secondary school
upper age limit
Suite...
accented upper case, accents on capitals / accents sur les majuscules, capitales accentuées
an outer room on an upper floor with Western exposure
Base market/Upper market
bought upper-classe husband
class II upper division
Does upper management...
downer / upper
fixer upper
fixer-upper
infill upper portion of opening with fixed timber panels
located in the upper half
Lower Ground Floor / Upper Ground Floor
mid-upper
narrow, upper reaches
no stiff-upper-lip
one point lower/upper
rapidly enveloping the whole of my upper chest
Ratchet structure in the back of upper cross member
right middle tibia... and right upper fibula
right upper lobe.
she has the upper hand
Soft upper cloud
stiff upper lip
stiff upper lip
the cascading of water from water-bearing zones in the upper
To keep a stiff upper lip
to the upper registers
Undergraduate/upper secondary school
upper age limit
Suite...
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