| Traductions supplémentaires |
| fat adj | figurative (thick) | épais, épaisse adj |
| | | gros, grosse adj |
| | She took a fat book out of her bag and opened to page 1002. |
| | Elle sortit un livre épais de son sac et l'ouvrit à la page 1002. |
| fat adj | figurative (lucrative) (figuré) | juteux, juteuse adj |
| | | lucratif, lucrative adj |
| | The ex-politician won a fat contract from the city. |
| | L'ancien homme politique remporta un contrat juteux avec la ville. |
| fat adj | informal (fatty: greasy) | gras, grasse adj |
| | This burger is so fat! It's quite disgusting. |
| | Ce hamburger est vraiment gras ! C'est écœurant. |
| fat adj | dated, Biblical (fertile) | riche, fertile adj |
| | The land was fat, and anything would grow there. |
| | Le sol était riche (or: fertile) et tout pouvait pousser ici. |
| fat [sth]⇒ vtr | archaic (make fat) | engraisser⇒ vtr |
| | (une oie) | gaver⇒ vtr |
| | They fatted the calf for several months before killing it. |
| | Ils ont engraissé le veau pendant plusieurs mois avant de le tuer. |
| fat⇒ vi | archaic (become fat) | engraisser⇒ vi |
| fat adj | figurative, informal (large) | gros, grosse adj |
| | The truck was carrying a fat load. |
| | Le camion transportait un gros chargement. |
| fat adj | figurative, informal (swollen) | enflé adj |
| | My ankles are fat from being on my feet all day. |
| | Mes chevilles sont enflées d'avoir marché toute la journée. |
Formes composées
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| back fat n | (excess fat on back) | gras du dos, gras dorsal nm |
| body fat n | (fat on body) | masse graisseuse nf |
| | (courant) | graisse nf |
| | That athlete has almost no body fat; she is all muscle. |
| | Cette athlète n'a quasiment pas de graisse, que des muscles. |
chew the fat,
chew the rag v expr | figurative, informal (have a long chat) (familier) | tailler une bavette loc v |
| | (familier) | tailler le bout de gras, discuter le bout de gras loc v |
| | (familier) | papoter⇒ vi |
| | | discuter⇒ vi |
| | I'd love to stand around chewing the fat, but these bills aren't going to pay themselves. |
| | J'adorerais continuer à tailler une bavette mais j'ai des factures à payer. |
deep fryer,
deep fat fryer n | (food-cooking machine) | friteuse nf |
| | She dropped the balls of dough into the deep fryer to make donuts. |
fat ass (US),
fatass (US),
fat arse (UK),
fat-arse (UK) n | pejorative, vulgar, offensive, informal (overweight person) (familier, péjoratif) | gros tas, gros plein de soupe, gros boudin nm |
| | (familier, péjoratif, homme) | gros lard nm |
| | (Can, familier) | grosse toutoune nf |
| | Martin was given detention for a week for calling his classmate a fat ass. |
| | Martin a été en retenue toute la semaine pour avoir appelé son camarade de classe « gros tas ». |
| | Elle ne peut pas être pom-pom girl parce que c'est une grosse toutoune. |
| fat cat n | ([sb] wealthy) (péjoratif) | nanti, nantie nm, nf |
| | (péjoratif, familier) | gros richard nm |
| fat cat n | (important, influential person) | gros bonnet nm |
| fat cat n | (lazy, privileged person) (péjoratif) | nanti, nantie nm, nf |
| fat cat n | ([sb] rich by questionable dealings) | profiteur, profiteuse nm, nf |
| | | riche qui profite du système nmf |
| fat cell | (biology) | cellule adipeuse nf |
| | | adipocyte nm |
| Fat chance! interj | slang (unlikely) | Tu crois au Père Noël (si tu penses que...) |
| | | Tu rêves (si tu penses que...) |
| | Ha! Fat chance that he will ever pay you back. |
| | Ah ! Tu crois au Père Noël si tu penses qu'il te remboursera un jour ! |
| fat farm n | informal (weight-loss center) | centre d’amincissement, centre d'amaigrissement nm |
| | | clinique d'amaigrissement nf |
| fat fold n | (overhanging skin on obese person) | bourrelet nm |
| | She found it difficult to wash under her fat folds. |
| | | pli (de peau) nm |
| fat lip n | informal (swollen lip) | lèvre enflée, lèvre boursouflée, lèvre éclatée nf |
| | (très familier) | to give sb a fat lip : éclater la gueule de [qqn], péter la gueuler de [qqn] loc v |
| | John's fat lip was clear evidence that he had been fighting again. |
| fat meat n | US, regional (pork meat) | lard nm |
fat-free,
fat free adj | (food: containing no fats) | 0 %, à 0 % loc adj |
| Note: The hyphen may be omitted when the adjective follows the noun. |
| | I bought some fat-free yogurt, but it doesn't taste as good as the real thing! It is a mistake to think that because a food is fat-free, it's also free of calories. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. Il n'y a pas à dire, le yaourt 0 % ne vaut pas un vrai yaourt. |
| | (lait) | écrémé adj |
| fat-shame [sb]⇒ vtr | (criticize for being fat) | traiter [qqn] de gros loc v |
| fat-shaming n | (criticizing for being fat) | critiquer les personnes en surpoids, harceler les personnes en surpoids loc v |
| | | se moquer des personnes en surpoids loc v |
| fat-soluble adj | (chemistry: dissolves in oils or fats) | soluble dans la graisse loc adj |
| | (plus technique) | liposoluble adj |
fatback,
fat meat n | US (cut of pork) | lard nm |
| get fat vi + adj | informal (put on weight) | grossir⇒ vi |
| | | prendre du poids loc v |
| | | forcir⇒, engraisser⇒ vi |
| | (familier) | s'empâter⇒ v pron |
| | I get fat when I don't exercise regularly. |
| | Je grossis quand je ne fais pas du sport régulièrement. |
| | Je prends du poids quand je ne fais pas du sport régulièrement. |
| leaf fat n | (fat around kidneys) (graisse animale) | panne nf |
live off the fat of the land,
live on the fat of the land v expr | (enjoy plentiful lifestyle) | vivre grassement vi + adv |
| | | avoir la belle vie loc v |
| look fat vi | (appear overweight) | avoir l'air gros v |
| | Darling, does this dress make me look fat? |
low fat,
low-fat adj | (food: skimmed, light) | faible en matières grasses, pauvre en matières grasses, faible en gras loc adj |
| | | à faible teneur en gras loc adj |
| | (yaourt,...) | allégé adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| | Many low-fat foods contain more sugar than their full-fat equivalents. |
| | De nombreux aliments faibles en gras contiennent plus de sucre que leurs équivalents gras. |
| low-fat milk n | (skimmed dairy product) | lait écrémé nm |
| | Low-fat milk contains 1% milk fat. |
nonfat,
non-fat adj | US (fat-free: containing no fat) | sans gras loc adj |
| | (en matières grasses) | allégé adj |
nonfat dry milk,
non-fat dry milk n | US (powdered skimmed milk) | lait écrémé en poudre nm |
| | Nonfat dry milk is more tasty than skim milk. |
| puppy fat n | UK, figurative, informal (body fat in pre-adolescence) | rondeurs, rondeurs de pre-adolescence nfpl |
| run to fat v expr | (put on weight) | prendre du poids loc v |
| | | grossir⇒ vi |
| saturated fat | (nutrition) | graisse saturée nf |
| skim the fat off [sth] vtr | (remove fat from top of) (le lait) | écrémer⇒ vtr |
| | After milking the cows, we skimmed the fat off the milk and made butter. |
| | | dégraisser⇒ vtr |
| stomach fat n | (excess abdominal fat) | graisse abdominale nf |
| | The only way to reduce your stomach fat is to lose weight overall. |
| the fat is in the fire expr | figurative (there will be trouble) | ça va barder expr |
trans fat,
trans-fat n | (hydrogenated vegetable oil) | acide gras trans nm |
| | Your body has no natural mechanism for eliminating trans-fat. |
| unsaturated fat n | (type of fat) | acide gras insaturé nm |
| vegetable fat n | (oil from plant source) | graisse végétale nf |