| Principales traductions |
| pile n | (heap) | tas, amas nm |
| | | pile nf |
| | Teenagers often have a pile of dirty clothes on their bedroom floors. |
| | Une chambre d'adolescent a souvent un tas de linge sale par terre. |
| a pile of [sth] n | informal, figurative, often plural (large amount) (familier) | un tas de [qch] nm |
| | | plein de [qch] |
| | Irene couldn't go out as she had a pile of work to do. |
| | Irene ne pouvait pas sortir parce qu'elle avait un tas de trucs à faire. |
| | Irene ne pouvait pas sortir parce qu'elle avait plein de trucs à faire. |
| a pile n | figurative, slang (money: large amount) (familier) | un fric fou nm |
| | Michelle made a pile on the stock market. |
| | Michelle a gagné un fric fou à la bourse. |
| pile n | (carpet thickness) (d'un tapis) | poil, velours nm |
| | This carpet has a lovely thick pile. |
| | Ce tapis a un beau poil épais. |
| piles npl | informal (hemorrhoids) | hémorroïdes nfpl |
| | Josh is going to see the doctor about his piles. |
| | Josh doit voir un médecin pour ses hémorroïdes. |
| pile [sth]⇒ vtr | (make into a pile, stack) | empiler⇒, ajouter⇒, amasser⇒ vtr |
| | Steve piled the food on the plate. |
| | Steve empilait la nourriture dans son assiette. |
Verbes à particule
pile | piling |
| pile in vi phrasal | informal (crowd inside: a vehicle) | s'entasser⇒ v pron |
| | The taxi pulled up outside the house and we all piled in. |
| pile on vi phrasal | figurative, informal (join in: with criticism, etc.) | en rajouter, en rajouter une couche loc v |
| | When a celebrity makes a controversial remark on social media, other users tend to pile on. |
| pile up vi phrasal | informal (accumulate) | s'empiler⇒ v pron |
| | While his wife was gone, Sam let the dishes pile up in the sink. |
| | Pendant l'absence de sa femme, Sam a laissé la vaisselle s'empiler dans l'évier. |
pile [sth] up,
pile up [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (place on top of one another) | empiler⇒ vtr |
| | The toddler piled up the blocks. |
| | Le bambin a empilé les blocs. |
| pile [sth] up vtr phrasal sep | informal, figurative (accumulate) | accumuler⇒ vtr |
Formes composées
pile | piling |
garbage heap (US),
rubbish heap,
rubbish pile (UK) n | (pile of refuse) | tas d'ordures, tas de détritus nm |
nuclear reactor,
nuclear pile n | (device that generates atomic energy) | réacteur nucléaire nm |
pile driver,
piledriver n | (machine that sets piles) (Génie civil) | sonnette nf |
| | (Génie civil) | mouton nm |
| | The workmen drove the pole into the ground using a pile driver. |
| | Les ouvriers ont planté le poteau dans le sol à l'aide d'une sonnette. |
pile driver,
piledriver n | (football: hard shot) (Football américain) | tir puissant, long tir nm |
pile driver,
piledriver n | (wrestling move) (Catch) | marteau-pilon nm |
| pile into [sth] vi + prep | (crowd inside: a vehicle) (voiture) | s'entasser dans [qch] v pron + prép |
| | The seven of us piled into her little car and off we went. |
| pile it on v expr | figurative, informal (overdramatize) (familier) | en faire des tonnes, en faire des caisses loc v |
pile [sth] on,
pile on [sth] vtr + prep | (heap) | empiler⇒ vtr |
| | Robert piled some more coal on the fire. |
| | Robert empila plus de charbon sur le feu. |
| pile on the [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (guilt, pressure: inflict) | to pile on the guilt : faire culpabiliser [qqn] loc v |
| | My grandmother really knows how to pile on the guilt; if I don't go to see her for a few days, she makes me feel terrible. |
| | Ma grand-mère sait vraiment comment me faire culpabiliser : si je ne vais pas la voir pendant quelques jours, elle me fait me sentir extrêmement coupable. |
| pile on the [sth] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (work, etc.: impose) | accumuler⇒ vtr |
| | The boss has really been piling on the work lately; I'm struggling to keep up with it. |
| pile [sth] on [sb] vtr + prep | figurative, informal (work, etc.: impose on) | imposer [qch] à [qqn] vtr + prép |
| | Our maths teacher is piling the homework on us this term; I'm struggling to keep up. |
| pile on the agony v expr | informal (exaggerate for sympathy) | exagérer (pour se faire plaindre) vi |
| pile on the pounds v expr | informal (gain a lot of weight) | prendre du poids loc v |
| pile-on n | figurative, informal (concerted attack, criticism) | critiques groupées, attaques groupées nfpl |
| | When Lorna left the influencer a critical comment, she was subjected to a pile-on by his fans. |
piled,
-piled,
pile,
-pile adj | (textile: wooly, hairy) (vêtements) | à poils loc adj |
| | | en velours loc adj |
| Note: Often used in combination: e.g., deep-piled |
pileup,
pile-up n | informal (crash involving many vehicles) (familier) | carambolage nm |
| | | accident nm |
| | Traffic was stopped because of the pileup on the highway. |
pileup,
pile-up n | informal (accumulation) | accumulation nf |
| | Bob felt overwhelmed by the pileup of documents on his desk. |
shag,
shag pile n as adj | (carpet: with long pile) (tapis) | à poils longs loc adj |
| | There was a shag carpet in the middle of the floor. |
| | Il y avait un tapis à poils longs au milieu du parquet. |
sheet pile,
sheath pile n | (civil engineering) (Construction) | palplanche nf |
voltaic pile,
galvanic pile,
pile,
Volta's pile n | (early battery cell) (Histoire) | pile de Volta, pile à colonne de Volta, pile voltaïque nf |
| wood pile n | (heap of logs) | tas de bois nm |