Formes composées
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bay leaf,
plural: bay leaves n | (aromatic leaf used in cooking) | feuille de laurier nf |
| | Whenever I make a casserole, I add a bay leaf from my garden. |
| | Je mets toujours une feuille de laurier du jardin dans mon ragoût. |
beet,
beet leaf,
beetroot leaf n | UK (beet greens: edible leaf of beet plant) | feuille de betterave nf |
| | Rachel prepared a green salad of rocket and beetroot leaves. |
| betel leaf n | often plural (leaf of betel plant) | feuille de bétel nf |
| | Betel leaves are ground to a paste and put to various medicinal uses. |
dock leaf,
plural: dock leaves n | (leaf of dock herb) | feuille d'oseille nf |
| | If you're stung by a nettle, try rubbing a dock leaf on the sting. |
| double-leaf adj | (window: two doors) | à deux vantaux loc adj |
| drop leaf n | (furniture) | abattant nm |
| drop-leaf adj | (having, in the style of a drop leaf) (table) | à abattant loc adj |
| drop-leaf table n | (table with folding sides) | table à abattant nf |
end paper,
end leaf,
end sheet n | (bookbinding) | garde, feuille de garde, page de garde nf |
endpaper,
also US: end paper,
end leaf,
end sheet,
also UK: endleaf n | (paper at front or back of a book) | garde, feuille de garde, page de garde nf |
fig leaf,
plural: fig leaves n | (leaf of a fig tree) | feuille de figuier nf |
| | A real fig leaf would be too itchy to wear. |
| fig leaf n | figurative ([sth] that covers [sth] shameful) (figuré : qui sert à cacher [qch]) | feuille de vigne nf |
| four-leaf clover n | (clover with four leaves) | trèfle à quatre feuilles nm |
| | I searched the grass for a four-leaf clover. |
| | J'ai cherché un trèfle à quatre feuilles dans l'herbe. |
| four-leaf clover n | (symbol of good luck) (symbole de chance) | trèfle à quatre feuilles nm |
| | My dog's been a kind of four-leaf clover to me all his life. |
| | Mon chien a été un trèfle à quatre feuilles pour moi toute sa vie. |
| gold leaf n | uncountable (thin sheet of gold) | feuille d'or nf |
| | It looks like solid gold but really it's only plaster covered with gold leaf. |
| | On dirait de l'or massif mais ce n'est que du plâtre recouvert d'une feuille d'or. |
| be in leaf v expr | (tree, plant: covered in foliage) | être couvert de feuilles loc v |
| leaf blade n | (part of leaf) (Botanique) | limbe nf |
| leaf blight n | (plant disease) (Botanique : maladie) | rouille, rouille des feuilles nf |
| leaf blower n | (device for clearing leaves) (de feuilles) | souffleuse nf |
| leaf bug | (insect) (insecte ressemblant à une feuille) | phyllie nf |
| leaf fat n | (fat around kidneys) (graisse animale) | panne nf |
leaf insect,
walking leaf n | (insect) (insecte ressemblant à une feuille) | phyllie nf |
| leaf lettuce | (vegetable) | laitue à couper nf |
| leaf miner | (insect larvae) (Entomologie) | larve mineuse, mineuse nf |
| leaf mustard n | (pungent edible plant) | moutarde brune nf |
| | Her grandmother always grew leaf mustard for making home remedies. |
| | | moutarde en feuilles nf |
| leaf roll | (plant pathology) (Botanique) | enroulement nm |
| leaf spring | (narrow, multiple spring) | ressort à lames nm |
leaf-footed bug,
coreid bug n | (insect) (famille d'insectes) | Coreidae nmpl |
| leaf-nosed bat | (animal) (variété de chauve-souris) | rhinolophe nm |
loose leaf,
loose-leaf tea n | (tea: in the form of leaves) | thé en feuilles, thé en vrac nm |
| loose-leaf n as adj | (binder: with removable pages) | à feuilles mobiles, à feuillets mobile loc adj |
loose-leaf,
loose leaf n as adj | (tea: in the form of leaves) (thé, tisane) | en feuilles loc adj |
| | (thé, tisane) | en vrac loc adj |
lucky clover,
four-leaf clover n | (four-leafed plant considered lucky) | trèfle à quatre feuilles nm |
maple leaf,
plural: maple leaves n | (leaf of hardwood maple tree) | feuille d'érable nf |
| maple leaf n | (symbol: emblem of Canada) (symbole) | feuille d'érable nf |
| | Canada's symbol is the maple leaf. |
| | Le symbole du Canada est la feuille d'érable. |
| mustard leaf n | (green vegetable) | moutarde brune, moutarde chinoise nf |
| nose leaf | (growth on bat nose) | feuille nasale nf |
| oak leaf n | (leaf of an oak tree) | feuille de chêne nf |
oak leaf,
oakleaf,
oak leaf lettuce,
oakleaf lettuce n | (variety of lettuce) | laitue feuille de chêne nf |
palm leaf,
plural: palm leaves n | (leaf of a palm tree) | feuille de palmier nf |
| | The gardeners neglected to pick up the cut palm leaves before they left. |
| | Les jardiniers ont oublié de ramasser les feuilles de palmier coupées avant de partir. |
| | | palme nf |
| | Les jardiniers ont taillé les palmiers, mais ont oublié de ramasser les palmes avant de partir. |
scale leaf,
plural: scale leaves n | (botany: bract) (Botanique : bractée) | tunique nf |
| seed leaf | (botany) (Botanique) | cotylédon nm |
| take a leaf out of [sb]'s book v expr | figurative (follow [sb]'s example) | prendre exemple sur [qqn] loc v + prép |
| | | suivre l'exemple de [qqn] loc v + prép |
| tea leaf n | (dried leaf of the tea plant) | feuille de thé nf |
| | Some fortune-tellers use tea leaves to read fortunes. |
| | Certains diseurs de bonne aventure lisent l'avenir dans les feuilles de thé. |
| tea leaf n | UK, regional, slang (thief) | voleur nm |
| | Elle explique à ses enfants que les voleurs vont en prison. |
| turn over a new leaf v expr | figurative (reform your behaviour) | changer⇒ vi |
| | (plus fort) | s'acheter une conduite loc v |
| vine leaf n | (leaf of a climbing plant) | feuille de vigne nf |
walking fern,
walking leaf n | (plant) (fougère) | doradille ambulante nf |