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Multiple Entries: couvert couvrir Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:couvert, ~e /kuvɛʀ/ , /ɛʀt/ - pp → See Also→ couvrir.
- past participle adjective
- covered (de in, with);
être ~ de diplômes to have a lot of qualifications; - [pool] indoor;
[market] covered; - [sky] overcast.
- masculine noun
- place setting;
mettre le ~ to lay the table;
un ~ en argent a silver knife, fork and spoon; - cover charge.
- à couvert phrase se mettre à ~ to take cover.
- sous le couvert de phrase under the pretence (BrE) of;
sous ~ de la plaisanterie under the guise of a joke.
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:couvrir /kuvʀiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) - transitive verb
- to cover [furniture, wall, fire, card];
to roof [house];
~ qn de qch (with blows, jewels, compliments) to shower sb with sth; - [sound] to drown out;
- [transmitter, inspector] to cover [region];
- to wrap [sb] up;
to cover [sb] up; - to cover up for [mistake, person];
- (with gun) to cover [soldier];
- to cover [distance];
- [book, journalist] to cover [story, event];
- [sum] to cover [expenses].
- se couvrir reflexive verb (+ v être)
- to wrap up;
to put on a hat; - [sky] to become overcast;
- se ~ de to become covered with;
- (against accusations) to cover oneself.
Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' couvert' found in these entries: couvert: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009couvrir: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009| Principal Translations |
| couvert | (avec assiette et verre) | nm | place setting |
| couvert | (abrité, protégé) | adj | covered (protected) | | | | Additional Translations: |
| couvert | | adj | capped (covered) |
| couvert | (Météorologie - temps, ciel) | adj | overcast (sky) |
| couvert | (submergé) | adj | submerged |
| couvert | (terrain de sport, piscine) | adj | enclosed (indoor, covered) |
| couvert | (fourré) | nm | covert (covering, screen) |
| couvert | (recouvert) | pp adj | smothered |
| couvert | (toit couvert) | pp adj | shingled | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| à moitié couvert | | half-covered |
| bien couvert | | well-covered |
| couvert d'écume (pour un cheval) | | in a lather |
| couvert d'herbe | | grass-covered |
| couvert de coussins (recouvert de coussins) | pp adj | cushioned |
| couvert de croûtes | adj | scabby (person) |
| couvert de croûtes | adj | scabby |
| couvert de fourrure | adj | furred |
| couvert de gélatine | | gelatin-coated |
| couvert de glace | | ice-covered |
| couvert de mousse | adj | moss-covered |
| couvert de neige | | snow-covered |
| couvert de poussière | | dust-covered |
| couvert de rosée | adj | dewy (with dew) |
| couvert de table | | knife and fork |
| couvert de table | | cutlery |
| couvert de vignes | | vine covered |
| être en sueur, être couvert de sueur | | in a sweat | | Report an error. |
| Principal Translations |
| couvrir ⇒ | (d'une protection, d'une couche) | v | cover |
| couvrir | (mettre une jaquette) | v | coat (cover) |
| couvrir | (protéger) | v | protect |
| couvrir | (protéger, garantir) | v | cover (insure) | | | | Additional Translations: |
| couvrir | | v | report (cover) |
| couvrir | | v | cover (help out) |
| couvrir | | v | hold (cover) |
| couvrir | | v | mantle (cover) |
| couvrir | | v | cover (shelter) |
| couvrir | | v | cover (maintain a check) |
| couvrir | (approvisionner, garantir) | v | cover (provide for) |
| couvrir | (assurer) | v | insure |
| couvrir | (compenser) | v | cover |
| couvrir | (compenser) | v | cover (make up for) |
| couvrir | (Construction) | v | roof |
| couvrir | (dissimuler) | v | cover up |
| couvrir | (étouffer) | v | drown out |
| couvrir | (Finance - emprunt) | v | underwrite (cover) |
| couvrir | (inclure) | v | cover (include in scope) |
| couvrir | (inclure) | v | include (cover) |
| couvrir | (inclure, parcourir, englober) | v | cover |
| couvrir | (joncher, être éparpiller) | v | cover (overlay) |
| couvrir | (Militaire - retraite, soldat) | v | cover |
| couvrir | (pleuvoir) | v | shower |
| couvrir | (prendre en charge) | v | cover (defray) |
| couvrir | (Presse, Radio & TV) | v | cover (report) |
| couvrir | (protéger) | v | blanket |
| couvrir | (protéger) | v | coat |
| couvrir | (recouvrir) | v | blanket (cover) |
| couvrir | (vêtir) | v | cover (clothe) |
| couvrir | (vêtir) | v | wrap |
| couvrir | (vêtir) | v | cover |
| couvrir | (vêtir) | v | muffle up |
| couvrir | (voyager, parcourir) | v | cover (travel across) |
| couvrir | | vtr | hedge |
| couvrir | (englober) | vtr | encompass (embrace, cover) | | | | Pronominal Verbs/Verbes pronominaux |
| se couvrir | v | cloak oneself |
| se couvrir | v | cloud over |
| se couvrir (ciel, temps) | vpr | cloud (sky, weather) | | Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| couvrir les dépenses | | bear the expense | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "couvert".
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