| Traductions supplémentaires |
| hole n | (hollow) | trou nm |
| | A bird lived in the hole in the tree. |
| | Un oiseau vivait dans le trou de l'arbre. |
| hole n | (in a road) (dans la route) | trou nm |
| | (plus technique) | nid-de-poule nm |
| | Watch out for that hole in the road. |
| | Fais attention à ce trou dans la chaussée. |
| | Fais attention à ce nid-de-poule dans la chaussée. |
| hole n | figurative (predicament) (figuré, familier) | pétrin nm |
| | | embarras nm |
| | I'm in a real financial hole. |
| | Sur le plan financier, je suis dans le pétrin. |
| | Sur le plan financier, je suis dans l'embarras. |
| hole n | (burrow, animal home) | terrier nm |
| | | trou nm |
| | The badger comes out of his hole at night. |
| | Le blaireau sort de son terrier pendant la nuit. |
| | ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. La souris est sortie de son trou. |
| hole n | (shabby home) (familier) | trou, trou à rat nm |
| | That man lives in such a dirty hole. |
| | Cet homme vit dans un trou à rats. |
| hole n | US (prison: solitary confinement) (argot : en prison) | trou nm |
| | If you get in a fight, they put you in the hole for two weeks. |
| | Si vous vous bagarrez, on vous met au trou pendant deux semaines. |
| hole n | (argument: flaw) (dans un raisonnement) | faille nf |
| | The politician couldn't see the hole in his argument. |
| | L'homme politique n'arrivait pas à voir la faille dans son argumentation. |
| hole n | (cavity) | trou nm |
| | There is a hole in the plaster casting that needs filling. |
| | Il y a un trou dans le plâtre qui doit être bouché. |
| hole n | (swimming place) | piscine naturelle nf |
| | Do you know about the swimming hole that we go to in summer? |
| | Vous connaissez la piscine naturelle où nous allons pendant l'été ? |
| hole n | (golf: target) (Golf : cible) | trou nm |
| | His drive from the tee nearly reached the ninth hole. |
| | Il arrivait au neuvième trou. |
| hole n | (golf: number of strokes) (Golf) | trou nm |
| | Not bad! You got a hole in two! |
| | Pas mal ! Tu as fait un trou en deux ! |
| hole [sth]⇒ vtr | (golf: hit a ball into the hole) (Golf) | faire le trou, faire un trou vi |
| | He holed it in three strokes. |
| | Il a fait le trou (or: Il a fait un trou) en trois coups. |
| hole [sth] vtr | (dig) | faire un trou dans loc v + prép |
| | Hole out that swampy area, so it can drain. |
| | Il faudrait faire un trou dans cette zone marécageuse afin qu'elle s'assèche. |
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| ace in the hole n | figurative, slang (asset, trump) | atout nm |
| | Gloria's ace in the hole is her fantastic singing voice. |
| | L'atout de Gloria est sa fantastique voix. |
| ace in the hole n | figurative, slang (hidden advantage) | atout dans sa manche nm |
| | The manager decided it was time to reveal his ace in the hole, and brought on striker Wayne Rooney. |
| air hole n | (opening to admit or release air) | trou d'aération nm |
| air hole n | (pond, river: opening in ice) (dans un étang...) | trou dans la glace, trou d'aération nm |
| air hole n | (aeronautics: air pocket) (Aéronautique) | trou d'air nm |
| air pocket n | (aeronautics: current of air) | trou d'air nm |
| | When the plane hit an air pocket, the turbulence knocked the flight attendants off their feet. |
| black hole n | (space: area with strong gravity) | trou noir nm |
| | A black hole has strong gravitational pull. |
| | Un trou noir a une forte attraction gravitationnelle. |
| black hole n | figurative (place, etc. where [sth] disappears) (figuré) | trou noir nm |
| | (figuré) | gouffre nm |
| | This closet is a black hole for shirts! I can never find the one I need. |
Black Hole of Calcutta,
Black Hole n | (18th century dungeon) (Histoire : cachot du Fort William) | trou noir de Calcutta nm propre |
Black Hole of Calcutta,
Black Hole n | figurative (a wretched place) (figuré : endroit misérable) | trou noir de Calcutta nm |
| blind hole | (golf) (Golf) | trou caché nm |
bolthole,
bolt-hole n | mainly UK (hideout, place to escape to) | abri, refuge nm |
| | | cachette nf |
| bore hole n | (hole drilled into the ground) | puits de forage nm |
| bullet hole n | (hole made by a fired bullet) | impact de balle nm |
| | The bullet hole through his chest marked the path the bullet took as it flew through him. |
| burn a hole in your pocket v expr | US (eager to spend money) | brûler les doigts loc v |
cash machine,
cash dispenser,
hole in the wall n | UK (money dispenser) | distributeur automatique de billets nm |
| | (courant) | distributeur nm |
| | | guichet automatique nm |
| | I'll have to get some money out of the cash machine before I can go shopping. |
| | Il faudra que j'aille retirer de l'argent au distributeur avant d'aller faire les courses. |
drill hole,
drillhole n | (hole made by boring) | trou de forage nm |
| | | puits nm |
| dry hole | (drilling) | puits sec nm |
| fill a hole v expr | informal (satisfy hunger) | caler un creux loc v |
| | Well, that wasn't the best pizza I've ever eaten, but it filled a hole. |
| finger hole n | (bowling ball) (boule de bowling) | trou (pour les doigts) nm |
| finger hole n | (rotary phone hole) (téléphone à cadran) | trou nm |
| finger hole n | (holes on wind instrument) (instrument à vent) | trou nm |
| glory hole n | (mine shaft) (Mines) | entonnoir nm |
| | | fosse de protection nf |
| glory hole n | (hole in a wall used for sex acts) (anglicisme : trou pour sexe) | glory hole nm |
| | The glory hole was a bit too low so I found I had to kneel on the floor. |
| | Comme le glory hole était un peu trop bas, j'ai dû m'agenouiller sur le sol. |
| golf hole n | (one of 18 areas of a golf course) | trou de golf nm |
hawsehole,
hawse hole,
hawse-hole,
hawse n | (boat: hole for anchor rope) (Nautique : ouverture) | écubier nm |
hidey-hole,
hidy-hole n | (small hiding place) | cachette nf |
| | (familier) | planque nf |
| hole card n | (stud poker) (poker) | carte retenue nf |
| hole card n | US, figurative (hidden advantage) (figuré) | joker nm |
hole in one,
hole-in-one n | (golf: one stroke) (Golf) | trou en un nm |
| | At 103 years old, Gus Andreone is the oldest golfer to ever record a hole in one. |
| | À 103 ans, Gus Andreone est le plus vieux golfeur à avoir fait un trou en un. |
| hole in the wall n | UK, informal (ATM, cashpoint) | distributeur automatique (de billets) nm |
| | (courant) | distributeur nm |
| | I need to go to the hole in the wall to get some cash. |
| hole in the wall n | US, figurative, informal (small unprepossessing place) | endroit caché, endroit qui passe inaperçu nm |
| | (restaurant : péjoratif) | boui-boui nm |
| | (restaurant : péjoratif) | gargote nf |
hole punch,
hole-puncher,
punch n | (device for making holes in documents) | perforatrice, perforeuse nf |
| | (familier) | trouilloteuse nf |
hole saw,
crown saw,
cylinder saw n | (rotary saw) | scie cloche nf |
| hole-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) (bar,...) | petit, caché adj |
hole-puncher,
hole punch n | (device: makes holes in documents) | perforatrice nf |
| | | perforateur nm |
| | I use a hole-puncher to put holes in the pages and then put them in my binder. |
| | J'utilise une perforatrice pour faire des trous dans les feuilles et les mettre dans mon classeur. |
| in a hole adv | UK, informal, figurative (trapped in a situation) (familier) | dans le pétrin, dans de beaux draps loc adv |
| | After losing his job, Joseph found himself in a hole from which he couldn't make his way out. |
| in the hole expr | US, figurative, informal (in debt) | être endetté vi + adj |
| in the hole expr | (sports: with a score below zero) (Sports) | avec un score négatif loc adv |
judas,
judas hole n | (peephole into prison cell) (trou de porte) | judas nm |
| kettle hole n | (glacial drift depression) (géologie, anglicisme) | kettle nm |
| | | doline glaciaire nf |
| make a hole in [sth] v expr | (puncture) | faire un trou dans loc v + prép |
| | It was a piece of glass that made the hole in your tyre. |
| | C'est un éclat de verre qui a fait un trou dans ton pneu. |
| | | trouer⇒, percer⇒ vtr |
| | C'est un éclat de verre qui a troué ton pneu. |
ozone hole,
hole in the ozone layer n | (caused by pollution) | trou d'ozone nm |
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole n | (mail compartment) | case nf |
| | (plus grand, professeur) | casier nm |
| | Fredrik put a copy of the memo in everyone's pigeonhole. |
pigeonhole,
also UK: pigeon-hole n | (coop for pigeons) (trou de pigeonnier) | boulin nm |
| | The pigeons sat cooing in their pigeonholes. |
| | Les pigeons roucoulaient dans leur boulin. |
pigeonhole [sb/sth],
also UK: pigeon-hole [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (categorize) (figuré) | cataloguer⇒ vtr |
| | | mettre [qqn] dans une case loc v |
| | The baseball coach pigeonholed his pitchers and wouldn't let them play other positions. |
| | L'entraîneur de base-ball avait catalogué ses lanceurs et ne les laissait pas jouer à d'autres postes. |
pigeonhole [sb/sth] as [sth],
also UK: pigeon-hole [sb/sth] as [sth] vtr + prep | figurative (categorize as) | cataloguer [qqn] comme étant [qch] loc v |
| | The media pigeonholed the demonstrators as "communists and anarchists." |
| | Les médias cataloguèrent les manifestants comme étant des « communistes et des anarchistes ». |
| pilot hole n | (woodworking: hole for guidance) (Menuiserie) | pré-trou, avant-trou nm |
| pop-hole n | (opening in a chicken coop) | porte du, d'un, de poulailler nf |
| | | trappe d'ouverture d'un poulailler nf |
pothole,
kettle hole,
kettle n | (cylindrical hole in rock) (Géologie : cavité) | marmite de géant, marmite torrentielle nf |
| | She descended into the cave via a pothole. |
| punch a hole in [sth] v expr | (perforate) | faire un trou dans [qch] loc v |
| | | perforer⇒ vtr |
| rabbit hole n | (opening of a rabbit's burrow) | terrier de lapin nm |
| | The small dog disappeared down a rabbit hole. |
| | Le petit chien a disparu dans un terrier de lapin. |
| rabbit hole n | figurative (strange, surreal situation) (figuré) | puits sans fond, monde parallèle nm |
| | | spirale infernale nf |
| | | se perdre⇒, s'égarer⇒ v pron |
| | | se faire aspirer dans le monde de [qch] loc v |
| shell hole n | (hole made by bomb) | trou d'obus, impact d'obus nm |
s***hole,
s***-hole n | vulgar, offensive!, informal (dirty, disgusting place) (familier, péjoratif) | trou à rats nm |
| | (très familier : quartier, ville...) | de merde loc adj |
s***hole,
s***-hole n as adj | vulgar, offensive!, informal (dirty, disgusting) (très familier) | de merde loc adj |
| swimming hole n | (in stream, etc.: place to swim) | trou d'eau, lieu de baignade nm |
| toad-in-the-hole n | UK (British sausage dish) (plat traditionnel anglais) | toad-in-the-hole, toad in the hole nm |
| Note: Saucisses cuites au four dans de la pâte à crêpes salée. |
toad-in-the-hole,
egg-in-the-basket n | US (egg cooked in bread) (recette américaine) | œuf au plat en toast, toast d'œuf au plat nm |
| Note: Œuf frit dans une tranche de pain de mie évidée. |
waterhole,
water hole n | (natural pool of drinking water) | trou d'eau nm |
watering place,
watering hole,
waterhole,
water hole n | (pool where animals drink) | point d'eau nm |
| | On safari animals can often be seen coming down to the watering hole. |
| | En safari, on peut souvent voir les animaux se regrouper autour du point d'eau. |
watering place,
watering hole,
watering spot n | slang (bar) (figuré : bar) | abreuvoir nm |
| | (argot) | troquet nm |
| | We found the drunk at his usual watering hole. |
| | On a trouvé l'ivrogne à son abreuvoir habituel. |
| weep hole n | (moisture outlet in a wall) | chantepleure nf |