| Traductions supplémentaires |
| dirty adj | (color: not clear) (couleur) | sale adj |
| | It wasn't white, but more of a dirty white. |
| | Ce n'était pas blanc, mais plutôt gris sale. |
| dirty adj | (unpleasant) (désagréable) | sale adj |
| | The new employees have to do the dirty work. |
| | Ce sont les nouveaux employés qui doivent faire le sale travail. |
| dirty adj | (mean, insulting) (méchant) | sale adj |
| | (avec désapprobation) | de travers adv |
| | She gave her son a dirty look and he stopped misbehaving. |
| | Elle lui lança un sale regard pour qu'il se tienne bien. |
| | Elle le regarda de travers pour qu'il se tienne bien. |
| dirty adj | (unsportsmanlike) (Sports) | déloyal adj |
| | (plus familier) | sale adj |
| | That was a dirty foul! |
| | C'était un coup déloyal ! (or: C'était un sale coup !) |
| dirty⇒ vi | (become dirty) | se salir⇒ v pron |
| | The water dirtied when he stepped in it. |
| | L'eau s'est salie quand il a marché dedans. |
| dirty [sth]⇒ vtr | (make [sth] dirty) | salir⇒ vtr |
| | He dirtied the water by stepping in it. |
| | Il salit l'eau en marchant dedans. |
| dirty [sth] vtr | (baby: poop) (bébé : faire caca) | salir⇒ v pron |
| | Has the baby dirtied his pants again? |
| | Le bébé a-t-il encore sali ses couches ? |
Formes composées
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dirty blond,
dirty blonde n | (hair color: dark blond) | châtain clair nm |
| Note: Usually "blonde" in the UK, but also "blond" for a man or boy. |
dirty blond,
dirty blonde n | (person with dark-blond hair) | homme aux cheveux châtain clair, femme aux cheveux châtain clair nm, nf |
| Note: "Dirty blonde" in the UK for a woman or girl. |
dirty blond,
dirty-blond,
dirty blonde,
dirty-blonde adj | (hair: dark-blond) (cheveux) | châtain clair adj inv |
| Note: Usually "blonde" in the UK, but also "blond" for a man or boy. A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Her hair used to be bright blonde, but now it's more dirty blonde. |
dirty blond,
dirty-blond,
dirty blonde,
dirty-blonde adj | (person: having dark-blond hair) (personne) | aux cheveux châtain clair loc adj |
| Note: Usually "blonde" in the UK, but also "blond" for a man or boy. A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| dirty bomb n | (bomb containing radioactive material) (bombe avec matériaux radioactifs) | « bombe sale » nf |
| dirty hands npl | figurative (guilt) (figuré) | mains sales nfpl |
| | Walters accused the politician of having dirty hands because of his involvement in a financial scandal. |
| | Walters a accusé l'homme politique d'avoir les mains sales du fait de son implication dans un scandale financier. |
| dirty hands npl | (hands which are not clean) | mains sales nfpl |
| | Deborah told the children to wash their dirty hands before sitting down for dinner. |
| | Deborah a dit à ses enfants de laver leurs mains sales avant de dîner. |
| dirty joke n | (vulgar piece of humor) | blague/plaisanterie grivoise/obscène/douteuse nf |
| | (familier) | blague cochonne nf |
| | (très familier) | blague de cul nf |
| | He was accused of sexual harassment because he kept telling dirty jokes at work. |
| | Il a été accusé de harcèlement sexuel car il n'arrêtait pas de faire des blagues grivoises (or: douteuses) au travail. |
| dirty laundry n | (linen and clothes to be washed) | linge sale nm |
| | Place your dirty laundry into the washing machine. |
| | Mets ton linge sale dans la machine à laver. |
| dirty laundry n | figurative (unsavoury private business) (fig) | linge sale nm |
| | It's impolite to air one's dirty laundry in public. |
| | Ce n'est pas poli de laver son linge sale en public. |
| dirty look n | informal (face: resentful expression) | regard noir nm |
| | He gave her a dirty look when she testified against him. |
| | Il la fusilla du regard lorsqu'elle témoigna contre lui. |
| | | give sb a dirty look : fusiller [qqn] du regard vtr |
| | Il la fusilla du regard lorsqu'elle témoigna contre lui. |
| dirty money n | figurative (money obtained by immoral means) | argent sale nm |
| | The gangsters used various dummy businesses to launder their dirty money. |
dirty movie,
also UK: dirty film n | informal (pornographic film) (familier) | film porno nm |
| | The boys hid the dirty movie under the mattress so their mom wouldn't find it. |
| dirty old man n | informal, pejorative (elderly, lecherous man) (familier) | vieux vicelard nm |
| | | vieux pervers nm |
| | If you keep looking at her like that she'll think you're a dirty old man. |
| | Si tu continues à la regarder comme ça, elle va te prendre pour un vieux vicelard. |
| dirty pool | US (unsportsmanlike behavior) (anglicisme) | pas fair-play loc adj |
| | | coup tordu nm |
| | (changement de sujet) | fausser le jeu, piper les dés loc v |
| dirty rice | (cuisine) (plat créole) | dirty rice nm |
| dirty talk n | slang (lewd sexual language) (familier) | mots cochons nmpl |
| | | se dire des trucs cochons loc v |
| | The couple enjoy dirty talk in the bedroom. |
| dirty trick n | slang (act: unfair, dishonest) | sale coup nm |
| | (familier) | crasse, vacherie nf |
| | | coup tordu, coup fourré nm |
| | (vulgaire) | coup de pute nm |
| | He's a con artist, so watch out for his dirty tricks. |
| | Ce mec est un escroc alors fais attention à ses sales coups. |
| dirty war n | (war: regime against insurgents) (type guerre en Amérique latine) | guerre sale nf |
| dirty water n | (water which is unclean) | eau impure nf |
| | The students refused to drink the dirty water from the school water fountain. |
| | | eau polluée nf |
| dirty word n | slang, figurative ([sth] unmentionable) (figuré) | gros mot, mot tabou nm |
| | For me "work" is a dirty word. |
| dirty work n | figurative (unpleasant tasks) (figuré, familier) | sale boulot nm |
| | He was sick and tired of doing all her dirty work for her. |
| | Il en avait marre de faire le sale boulot pour elle. |
| dirty work n | figurative (immoral or illegal action) (figuré, familier) | sale boulot nm |
| | The mob boss hired goons to handle his dirty work. |
| | Le chef de la mafia a engagé des hommes de main pour faire le sale boulot. |
| | (figuré) | basses besognes nfpl |
| dirty-minded adj | (frequently thinks about sex) | avoir l'esprit mal tourné loc v |
| do the dirty work v expr | figurative, slang (perform a disagreeable task) | faire le sale boulot loc v |
| | (familier) | se taper le sale boulot v pron |
| | She no longer had servants to do the dirty work for her. |
| | Elle n'avait plus de serviteurs pour faire le sale boulot pour elle. |
| get dirty vi | (become soiled) | se salir⇒ v pron |
| | Don't wear white shoes in the rain or they will get dirty. |
| | Ne mets pas tes chaussures blanches quand il pleut, sinon elles vont se salir. |
| get dirty v expr | slang (perform sexual acts) (familier) | faire des trucs cochons loc v |
| | (vulgaire) | baiser⇒ vi |
| | After the kids go to bed we can open a bottle of wine and get dirty! |
| | Quand les enfants seront couchés, on pourra ouvrir une bouteille de vin et faire des trucs cochons ! |
| give [sb] a dirty look v expr | informal (look resentfully at) | regarder [qqn] de travers, regarder [qqn] d'un sale œil loc v |
loaded fries,
dirty fries npl | (thin fries topped with cheese, etc.) (Cuisine, anglicisme) | loaded fries nfpl |
| | | frites nappées de sauce nfpl |
| play dirty v expr | informal, figurative (use unfair or dishonest tactics) | tricher⇒ vi |
| | | ne pas être fair-play loc v |
| | (familier) | ne pas la jouer réglo loc v |
| | | faire des coups tordus loc v |
| | If he continues to play dirty, they will disqualify him from the match. |
| | S'il n'arrête pas de tricher, je vais le disqualifier du match. |
quick and dirty,
quick-and-dirty adj | informal, figurative (rapidly or roughly improvised) (péjoratif) | bâclé, expédié adj |
| | (péjoratif, familier) | à l'arrache loc adv |
| | (positif) | vite fait bien fait loc adv |
| Note: hyphens omitted when term is an adj after a noun |
| talk dirty v expr | slang (use lewd sexual language) (familier) | dire des trucs cochons (à [qqn]) loc v |
| | | dire des obscénités, dire des cochonneries, parler de manière cochonne loc v |
| | I like it when you talk dirty to me. |
| | J'aime quand tu me dis des trucs cochons. |
wash your dirty linen in public,
air your dirty linen in public v expr | figurative (discuss your private business publicly) (figuré) | laver son linge sale en public loc v |