WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| fattening adj | (causing weight gain) | qui fait grossir loc adj |
| | I don't eat sweets very often because they're fattening. |
| | Je ne mange pas de sucreries très souvent parce qu'elles font grossir. |
| fattening n | (livestock: making fat) (bétail) | engraissement nm |
| | (oie) | gavage nm |
| | Fattening of the hogs is done throughout the summer. |
| | L'engraissement des porcs se fait tout le long de l'été. |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| fatten [sth]⇒ vtr | (animal: feed up for slaughter) (du bétail) | engraisser⇒ vtr |
| | (une oie) | gaver⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattens the hogs throughout the summer. |
| fatten [sth] vtr | figurative (enrich: soil) (une terre) | engraisser⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattened his land with a new fertilizer, which resulted in a significantly larger harvest. |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
Verbes à particule
fatten | fattening |
fatten [sth] up,
fatten up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (feed animal for slaughter) (du bétail) | engraisser⇒ vtr |
| | (une oie) | gaver⇒ vtr |
| | The farmer fattened up the pig and sold it at the local market. |
fatten [sth] up,
fatten up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (increase depth of sound) | amplifier⇒ vtr |
| | The engineers fattened up the sound of the track in the studio. |
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