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Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
piquant, ~e /pikɑ̃/ , /ɑ̃t/
- adjective
- [stem, thistle] prickly;
[nail] sharp;
- [mustard, sauce] hot;
[cheese] sharp.
- [stem, thistle] prickly;
- masculine noun
- (of stem, thistle) prickle;
(of hedgehog, cactus) spine;
(of barbed wire) spike, barb;
- (of story) spiciness;
(of situation) piquancy.
- (of stem, thistle) prickle;
Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
piquer /pike/ (conjugate⇒)
- transitive verb
- to sting;
to bite;
to prick;
- (familiar) to give [sb] an injection;
faire ~ un animal to have an animal put down;
- [mildew, rust] to spot [linen, mirror];
to fox [paper, book];
- ses yeux la piquaient her eyes were stinging;
ça me pique partout I'm itchy all over;
- (familiar) to pinch GB (colloquial), to steal [book, idea];
to borrow [pencil, pullover];
- to catch;
ils se sont fait ~ à tricher pendant l'examen they got caught cheating in the exam;
- ~ qn au vif to cut sb to the quick;
- to arouse [curiosity];
- (familiar) ~ un fou rire to have a fit of the giggles;
~ une crise de nerfs to throw a fit (colloquial);
~ un cent mètres to break into a run;
- ~ une tête to dive.
- to sting;
- intransitive verb
- [beard] to be bristly;
[wool] to be scratchy;
[throat, eyes] to sting;
- [bird] to swoop down;
[plane] to dive;
~ du nez [person] to nod off;
[plane] to go into a nosedive;
- (familiar) arrête de ~ dans le plat stop picking (things out of the dish).
- [beard] to be bristly;
- se piquer reflexive verb (+ v être)
- to prick oneself;
se ~ aux orties to get stung by nettles;
- to inject oneself;
- se ~ de pouvoir réussir seul to claim that one can manage on one's own.
- to prick oneself;
IDIOMS:
quelle mouche t'a piqué? (familiar) what's eating you? (colloquial);
son article n'était pas piqué des hannetons (familiar) his/her article didn't pull any punches.
son article n'était pas piqué des hannetons (familiar) his/her article didn't pull any punches.
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piquant: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
piquer: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009
| Principal Translations | |||||||||
| piquant | adj | stinging | |||||||
| piquant | adj | spicy (piquant) | |||||||
| Additional Translations: | |||||||||
| piquant | adj | tangy | |||||||
| piquant | adj | savoury (mouth-watering) | |||||||
| piquant | adj | pungent (biting) | |||||||
| piquant | (attirant) | adj | piquant | ||||||
| piquant | (pique au goût) | adj | piquant | ||||||
| piquant | (qui pique) | adj | prickly | ||||||
| piquant | (saveur goût) | adj | nippy | ||||||
| piquant | (stimulant provocateur) | adj | piquant | ||||||
| piquant | (qui pique) | n | prickle | ||||||
| piquant | (d'une histoire) | nm | spiciness | ||||||
| piquant | (épine protectrice) | nm | quill (protective spine) | ||||||
| piquant | (sel) | nm | salt (humour) | ||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| goût relevé, piquant | nm | pungency | |||||||
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| Principal Translations | |||||||||
| piquer ⇒ | (causer douleur émotionnelle) | v | sting (emotional pain) | ||||||
| piquer | (voler) | v | pick (steal) | ||||||
| Additional Translations: | |||||||||
| piquer | v | swipe (pilfer) | |||||||
| piquer | v | skewer | |||||||
| piquer | v | prod (poke) | |||||||
| piquer | v | bite (sting) | |||||||
| piquer | (arrêter) | v | cop (arrest) | ||||||
| piquer | (causer de la douleur) | v | sting (cause pain) | ||||||
| piquer | (causer de la douleur) | v | prick (cause pain) | ||||||
| piquer | (causer douleur émotionnelle) | v | prick (emotional pain) | ||||||
| piquer | (cingler avec ortie) | v | nettle | ||||||
| piquer | (donner une piqûre) | v | sting (deliver sting) | ||||||
| piquer | (donner une piqûre) | v | prick (deliver sting) | ||||||
| piquer | (éveiller l'intérêt) | v | pique | ||||||
| piquer | (faire un trou) | v | prickle | ||||||
| piquer | (insecte) | v | bite (insect) | ||||||
| piquer | (percer) | v | puncture (pierce) | ||||||
| piquer | (pour un oiseau) | v intr | stoop (descend swiftly) | ||||||
| piquer | vtr | needle | |||||||
| piquer | (prendre, voler) familier | vtr | hook (steal) colloquial, UK | ||||||
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||||||||
| piquer du nez (aéronautique) | v tr | nosedive | |||||||
| piquer un fard (rougir) | phrase | blush | |||||||
| piquer un roupillon | shut-eye (to get some shut-eye) | ||||||||
| piquer une crise | freak out | ||||||||
| piquer une crise | v | freak out (get angry) | |||||||
| piquer une tête | take the plunge | ||||||||
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