| Traductions supplémentaires |
queen,
queen of [sth] n | (prominent woman) (figuré) | reine (de [qch]) nf |
| | Martha is the queen of gardening. |
| | Martha est la reine du jardinage. |
| queen n | (contest winner) (figuré : d'un concours) | reine nf |
| | Betty Jo was queen of the harvest festival. |
| | Betty Jo a été couronnée reine du festival de la moisson. |
| queen n | (chess piece) (Échecs) | reine nf |
| | The queen is the most versatile piece on the board. |
| | La reine est la pièce la plus mobile sur l'échiquier. |
| queen n | (playing card) (Cartes) | dame nf |
| | Bill has a pair of queens. |
| | Bill a une paire de dames. |
| queen n | (reproducing insect) (abeilles) | reine nf |
| | The hive serves the queen. |
| | La ruche est au service de la reine. |
| queen n | (female cat) | chatte nf |
| | Laura's queen is going to have kittens. |
| | La chatte de Laura va avoir des chatons. |
| queen n | potentially offensive, informal (gay man) | travesti nm |
| | (familier, péjoratif) | folle nf |
| Note: When used by someone who is not gay, this term may be offensive and pejorative. |
| | Joe danced with the queens in the disco. |
| | Joe a dansé avec les travestis dans la discothèque. |
| queen [sth]⇒ vtr | (chess pawn: turn into queen) (Échecs) | to queen a pawn : aller à dame vi |
| | The chess player queened his pawn. |
| | Le joueur d'échecs est allé à dame. |
Formes composées
queen | Queens |
| beauty queen n | (woman: wins beauty contest) | reine de beauté nf |
| | When Angela was a little girl, she wanted to be a beauty queen. |
| | Quand Angela était petite, elle voulait être reine de beauté. |
drag queen,
drag artist n | (cabaret performer) (anglicisme) | drag queen, drag-queen nmf |
| | Drag queens have long been an important part of gay culture and liberation. |
| | Les drag queens ont longtemps été un élément important de la culture et la libération homosexuelles. |
| drama queen n | figurative, informal ([sb] who overreacts to situations) | en faire des tonnes loc v |
| | She's such a drama queen - she's always crying for no reason. |
| | Elle en fait toujours des tonnes : elle pleure toujours sans raison. |
| homecoming queen n | US (female student crowned as part of high-school event) | reine du bal nf |
| May queen | (festive title) (en Angleterre,...) | reine du Premier Mai nf |
| | | reine de beauté nf |
| queen bed n | (extra-wide double bed) | grand lit deux places en 160 sur 200 nm |
| | Every double room in this hotel has a queen bed. |
| queen bee n | figurative (woman in powerful position) (figuré) | reine (de [qch]) nf |
| queen bee n | (female bee that lays eggs) | reine (des abeilles) nf |
| queen consort n | (wife of the king) | reine consort nf |
queen mother,
Queen Mother n | (mother of a reigning monarch) | reine mère nf |
| | The Queen Mother made her views on horse racing very clear: she loved it! |
| queen regent n | (reigning on behalf of another) | reine régente nf |
| queen regnant n | (reigning in her own right) | reine régnante, reine au pouvoir nf |
queen-size,
queen size n as adj | (larger than usual) (lit : anglicisme) | queen size adj inv |
| | (lit : anglicisme) | de 160, de 160 cm loc adj |
| | (drap-housse, couverture,...) | pour lit queen size, pour lit de 160 (cm) loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
queen-size bed,
queen-sized bed n | (bed: larger than double) | lit de 160 (cm) nm |
| | (anglicisme, hôtellerie ou literie) | lit queen size nm |
| | A queen-size bed is both longer and wider than a double bed. |
| | Un lit queen size est plus long et plus large qu'un lit double. |
queen-sized,
queen-sized adj | (larger than usual) (lit : anglicisme) | queen size adj inv |
| | (lit : anglicisme) | de 160, de 160 cm loc adj |
| | (drap-housse, couverture,...) | pour lit queen size, pour lit de 160 (cm) loc adj |
queen's birthday,
Queen's birthday n | (commonwealth celebration day) | Anniversaire de la reine nm |
| | | fête de la reine nf |
| Note: Jour de fête dans plusieurs pays du Commonwealth. |
| queen's consort n | (husband of the queen) | roi consort nm |