| Traductions supplémentaires |
| chest n as adj | (relating to the body's chest area) | de poitrine, de la poitrine loc adj |
| | (douleur...) | à la poitrine loc adv |
| | (douleur, paroi) | thoracique adj |
| | Indigestion causes pain in the chest area. |
| chest [sth]⇒ vtr | (football) (Football) | to chest a ball : faire un amorti de la poitrine loc v |
| | | jouer de la poitrine, dégager de la poitrine vtr |
| | He chested the ball to the ground. |
| | Il fit un amorti de la poitrine. |
| | Il joua (or: Il dégagea) la balle de la poitrine. |
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| chest fly n | usually plural (fitness: upper body exercise) (Musculation) | écarté couché nm |
| chest of drawers n | (furniture: has drawers) | commode nf |
| | (ancien) | chiffonnier nm |
| | I keep all my tools in an old chest of drawers that used to be in the bedroom. |
| | Je range tous mes outils dans une vieille commode qui était dans ma chambre avant. |
| chest pain n | (severe discomfort in upper abdomen) | douleur thoracique nf |
| | (courant) | douleur à la poitrine nf |
| | A heart attack causes chest pain. |
| | Une crise cardiaque provoque une douleur à la poitrine. |
| chest register | (singing) (chant) | registre de poitrine nm |
| | | voix de poitrine nf |
| chest size n | (width of upper torso) | tour de poitrine nm |
| | Due to his large chest size, the shirt didn't fit him. |
| chest wall n | (anatomy: covering heart and lungs) (Anatomie) | paroi thoracique nf |
chest x-ray,
chest X-ray n | (examination of chest by radiograph) | radiographie pulmonaire nf |
| | (courant) | radio des poumons nf |
| | | radiographie du thorax nm |
| | (courant) | radio du thorax nf |
| | He had annual chest x-rays but they failed to detect his lung cancer. |
| | Il passait une radio des poumons tous les ans mais ils n'ont pas vu son cancer du poumon. |
chest x-ray,
chest X-ray n | (radiograph picture of [sb]'s chest) (courant) | radio des poumons nf |
| | (courant) | radio du thorax nf |
| | | radiographie du thorax nf |
| | The chest x-ray shows a small spot on the right lung. |
| | Sur la radio des poumons, on voyait une petite tache sur le poumon droit. |
| community chest | (local welfare fund) (Can) | caisse de bienfaisance nf |
| | (Monopoly ®) | caisse de communauté nf |
| | (Monopoly ®, Can) | caisse commune nf |
| get [sth] off your chest v expr | figurative (confess [sth]) | dire ce qu'on a sur le cœur loc v |
| | | se soulager d'un poids loc v |
| | (figuré) | vider son sac loc v |
| | (Can) | se vider le cœur loc v |
| hope chest n | dated (woman's wedding trunk) (vieilli) | trousseau nm |
| ice chest | (ice box) | glacière nf |
| medicine chest n | (bathroom cabinet) | armoire à pharmacie nf |
| | I keep my pills in the medicine chest. Can you get a bandage from the medicine chest for me? |
| | Je garde mes pilules dans l'armoire à pharmacie. Peux-tu me prendre un pansement dans l'armoire à pharmacie ? |
pigeon breast,
pigeon chest,
chicken breast n | (medicine: chest malformation) (Médecine) | thorax en carène, thorax en bréchet nm |
play it close to the chest,
play it close to your chest v expr | figurative (avoid taking risks) | bien cacher son jeu loc v |
play your cards close to the chest,
play your cards close to your chest v expr | figurative (avoid taking risks) | bien cacher son jeu loc v |
| powder chest | (nautical) (Nautique, ancien) | coffre d'arme, coffre d'artifice nm |
| sea chest n | (in ship's hull) (Nautique) | prise d'eau, prise d'eau de mer nf |
| | (Nautique) | coffre de prise d'eau nm |
| sea chest n | (container for sailor's things) (Nautique : malle) | coffre de bord nm |
| slop chest n | (goods for sale to ship crew) (Marine) | coopérative nf |
| | (vieilli) | cambuse nf |
| slop chest n | (chest containing goods) | malle nf |
| | | coffre nm |
| tea chest n | UK (crate for transporting tea) | caisse à thé nf |
| tool chest n | (box for handheld instruments) | caisse à outils nf |
| | My dad had a huge tool chest in the garage. |
| | Mon père avait une grosse caisse à outils dans son garage. |
| treasure chest n | (box full of gold, etc.) | coffre au trésor nm |
| | The treasure chest was full of gold coins. |
| war chest n | figurative (money to finance a war) | trésor de guerre nm |
| | We need to double our war chest if we hope to get her elected. |
| wedding chest n | (ornamented chest) | coffre de mariage nm |