New 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.
- 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).
- 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.
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. Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples. ' piquer' found in these entries: piquer: | Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| 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 (Locution) | phrase | get red | | 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 | | Report an error. | Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot "piquer".
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