Formes composées
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ballpoint pen,
ball pen n | (pen with rolling ball bearing) | stylo-bille, stylo à bille nm |
| | I would rather use a fountain pen than a ballpoint pen. |
| board pen n | (marker for writing on a whiteboard) | marqueur velleda ® nm |
| | Sur le tableau blanc, n'écrivez qu'avec des marqueurs velleda, jamais avec des indélébiles. |
| | | feutre, feutre effaçable nm |
| | | marqueur, marqueur effaçable nm |
bullpen,
bull pen n | US (cattle enclosure) | enclos, parc nm |
| | (Tauromachie) | toril nm |
| | The stud was let out of the bullpen to exercise. |
bullpen,
bull pen n | (baseball: pitchers’ warmup area) (Base-ball, anglicisme) | bull pen nm |
| | (Base-ball) | enclos des releveurs nm |
| | (Base-ball) | zone d'échauffement des lanceurs nf |
| | The player headed to the bullpen to warm up. |
bullpen,
bull pen n | figurative (baseball: relief pitchers) (Base-ball) | équipe des releveurs nf |
bullpen,
bull pen n | US, informal (temporary cell for prisoners) | cellule nf |
| cattle pen n | (enclosure for livestock) | parc à bestiaux nm |
| | The cows waiting to be sold are kept in the cattle pen. |
| dip pen n | (nib pen without own ink supply) (d'un stylo) | plume nf |
dry erase marker,
dry-erase marker,
dry-erase marker pen,
dry-erase marking pen n | (erasable whiteboard pen) | feutre effaçable à sec nm |
| | (pour tableau blanc) | marqueur nm |
| felt pen n | (fiber-tipped marker pen) | feutre nm |
| | (plus épais) | marqueur nm |
| | You can write on anything with a felt pen -- paper, wood, even metal. |
| | On peut écrire sur tout avec un feutre : papier, bois, et même métal. |
| felt tip n | informal (fiber-tipped marker pen) | feutre nm |
| | (plus épais) | marqueur nm |
| | Mark the position on the wall using a felt tip. |
| | My daughter loves colouring with felt tips. |
| | Marquez la position sur le mur à l'aide d'un feutre. // Ma fille adore colorier avec des feutres. |
felt-tip pen,
felt-tipped pen n | (fiber-tipped marker) | feutre nm |
flash drive,
also UK: pen drive n | (computer: memory device) (Informatique) | clé USB nf |
| | Every paper I wrote this year is on this flash drive. |
| | Tous les devoirs que j'ai écrits cette année sont sur cette clé USB. |
| fountain pen n | (refillable ink pen) | stylo plume, stylo à plume nm |
| | Those ink stains on his shirt are from his fountain pen. |
| | Ces taches d'encre sur sa chemise viennent d'un stylo plume (or: stylo à plume). |
| gel pen n | (writing tool using opaque ink) | stylo roller nm |
| ink pen n | (historical writing instrument) | stylo plume nm |
| | He signed with an ink pen, then used blotting paper to dry the page. |
| | Il a signé au stylo plume, puis a utilisé du buvard pour sécher la page. |
| ink pen n | (pen that uses ink) | stylo plume nm |
| light pen n | (light-sensitive pointer) | crayon optique nm |
| | | crayon lumineux nm |
marker,
marker pen,
marking pen n | (for writing) | feutre nm |
| | (plus épais) | marqueur nm |
| | The child drew on the page with brightly colored markers. |
| | L'enfant a dessiné sur la page avec des feutres de couleur. |
| marking pen | (stationery) | marqueur, feutre nm |
| pen clip n | (device for attaching a pen) | clip de stylo nm |
| | | attache de stylo nf |
pen name,
penname n | (writer's alias) | nom de plume nm |
| | | pseudonyme nm |
| | Writer Samuel Clemens used the pen name Mark Twain. |
| | L'écrivain Samuel Clemens utilisait le nom de plume Mark Twain. |
pen pal,
pen-pal,
penpal,
also UK: penfriend,
pen-friend,
pen friend n | (friend with whom one corresponds) | correspondant, correspondante nm, nf |
| | When I was a child, I had a penpal in Mexico to whom I wrote letters. |
| | Dans ma jeunesse, j'avais une correspondante au Mexique avec qui j'échangeais des lettres. |
pen pusher,
pen-pusher,
penpusher n | pejorative, slang ([sb] who does clerical work) (familier, péjoratif) | gratte-papier nm |
| | (familier, péjoratif) | scribouillard, scribouillarde nm, nf |
| | In the 1930s, this office was full of pen pushers: now the work is all done by one person with a computer. |
| | Dans les années 1930, ce bureau était rempli de gratte-papiers. Maintenant, le travail est fait par une personne avec un ordinateur. |
poison pen letter,
poison-pen letter n | figurative (spiteful or defamatory letter) | lettre anonyme nf |
| | Someone in the village is writing poison-pen letters to his family. |
| put pen to paper v expr | (start to write) | prendre sa plume loc v |
quill pen,
quill n | (dip pen made from feather) | plume, plume d'oie nf |
| | These ancient documents were written with quill pens. |
| reed pen n | (writing instrument carved from reed) | calame nm |
| | Le calame est un roseau taillé en pointe que l'on trempe dans l'encre et dont les Anciens se servaient pour écrire. |
| sea pen | (animal) (animal aquatique) | pennatule nf |
| The pen is mightier than the sword. expr | figurative (words are powerful) | La plume est plus forte que l'épée. expr |
| | Some say that the pen is mightier than the sword. |
| | Certains disent que la plume est plus forte que l'épée. |