| Principales traductions |
| tail n | (animal: end part) (d'un animal) | queue nf |
| | The dog yelped when the guy stepped on his tail. |
| | Le chien aboya quand l'homme marcha sur sa queue. |
| tail n | figurative (rear) | arrière nm |
| | The truck hit the tail of the car. |
| | Le camion heurta l'arrière de la voiture. |
| tail n | (end section of an aircraft) (Aéronautique) | queue nf |
| | The airline's logo was on the tail of the aircraft. |
| | Le logo de la compagnie aérienne se trouvait sur la queue de l'avion. |
| tails n | (reverse face of a coin) (inverse de "face") | pile nf |
| | If the coin lands on heads, I win; if it's tails, you win. |
| | Face, je gagne, pile, tu gagnes. |
| tails interj | (coin: reverse face up) | pile interj |
| | Do you want heads or tails in the coin toss? Tails! |
| | Tu veux pile ou face ? Pile ! |
| tail adj | (rear) | arrière adj inv |
| | The tail part of the car was damaged when it was hit by another car from behind. |
| | La partie arrière de la voiture a été endommagée quand une voiture derrière l'a emboutie. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| tail adj | (coming from behind) | arrière adj inv |
| | (Marine) | en poupe adj |
| | The sailboat benefited from a strong tail wind. |
| | Le voilier profitait d'un fort vent arrière. |
| | Le voilier avançait vite grâce au vent qui soufflait en poupe. |
| tail n | (end part of a comet) (Astronomie) | queue nf |
| | The tail of that comet is visible with the naked eye. |
| | On voit la queue de cette comète à l'œil nu. |
| tail n | (bottom of a shirt) (d'une chemise) | pan nm |
| | The tail of his shirt was hanging out of his pants. |
| | Le pan de sa chemise pendait sur son pantalon. |
| tail n | (trailing part of a kite) (d'un cerf-volant) | queue nf |
| | The kite had a long beautiful tail. |
| | Le cerf-volant avait une longue et magnifique queue. |
| tail n | figurative, slang (person doing surveillance) | filature nf |
| | | to put a tail on sb : faire suivre [qqn], filer [qqn] vtr |
| | The police put a tail on the gangster to find out who his associates are. |
| | La police avait pris le gangster en filature pour découvrir qui étaient ses complices. |
| | La police a fait suivre (or: a filé) le gangster pour découvrir qui étaient ses complices. |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive, informal, mainly US (sex with a woman) (très familier : sexe) | cul nm |
| | (très familier, pour un homme) | tirer un coup, tirer son coup loc v |
| | (familier) | s'envoyer en l'air |
| | (familier) | conclure⇒ vi |
| | Rob is so immature; all he ever talks about is "getting some tail." |
| | Rob est tellement immature : il ne parle que de « tirer un coup ». |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive!, informal, mainly US (women as sexual object) (familier, jeune) | meuf nf |
| | Steve is such a misogynist; he talks about women as "tail." |
| | Steve est un de ces misogynes qui voit les femmes comme de la meuf. |
| tail n | US, informal (buttocks) | fesses nfpl |
| | (vulgaire) | cul nm |
| | (familier, enfantin) | popotin nm |
| | I slipped in the mud and landed on my tail. |
| tails npl | (tailcoat: men's dress coat) (costume) | queue-de-pie nf |
| | He was dressed in top hat and tails. |
| | Il portait un chapeau haut de forme et une queue-de-pie. |
| tail [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | informal (follow) | suivre⇒ vtr |
| | (familier) | filer⇒ vtr |
| | | prendre en filature loc v |
| | The spy tailed the official to find out whom he was working with. |
| | L'espion suivit (or: fila) le responsable pour savoir avec qui il travaillait. |
| | L'espion prit le responsable en filature pour savoir avec qui il travaillait. |
Formes composées
tail | tailing |
coattail (US),
coat-tail (UK) n | usually plural (man's formal jacket: back flap) (vêtement) | queue-de-pie nf |
| e-tail n | (selling on Internet) | e-commerce nm |
hightail,
high-tail vi | informal, US (run, hurry) (familier) | filer⇒ vi |
| | The shoplifter hightailed out of the store with the security guard in hot pursuit. |
hightail it,
high-tail it v expr | informal, US (run, hurry) (familier) | filer⇒ vi |
| | The burglars hightailed it before the police arrived. |
horizontal stabilizer,
also UK: horizontal stabiliser,
tail plane n | (aeronautics) (Aéronautique) | stabilisateur horizontal nm |
| lamb's tail | (botany) (Botanique) | Ptilotus exaltatus n propre |
make heads or tails of [sth] (US),
make head or tail of [sth],
make head nor tail of [sth] (UK) v expr | (understand [sth]) | comprendre⇒ vtr |
| | | be unable to make heads or tails of sth : ne rien comprendre à [qch] loc v |
| | | be unable to make heads or tails of sth : ne pas comprendre un traître mot de [qch] loc v |
| Note: Usually in the negative. |
| mare's tail n | (variety of waterweed) | pesse d'eau nf |
ponytail,
pony tail n | (tied-back hairstyle) | queue de cheval, queue-de-cheval nf |
| | The cooks with long hair were required to wear a ponytail to work. |
| | Les cuisiniers avec de longs cheveux devaient porter une queue de cheval pour travailler. |
rat-tail,
also US: rattail n | (fish with long thin tail) (poisson) | poisson queue de rat nm |
| | | grenadier nm |
rat-tail,
rat's tail,
also US: rattail n | (hair: thin pony tail) (cheveux) | queue de rat nf |
rat-tail,
rattail adj | US, figurative (comb, etc.: having straight handle like rat's tail) (peigne) | à tige loc adj |
shirttail,
shirt-tail n | (bottom part of a shirt) | pan de chemise nm |
shirttail,
shirt-tail adj | US, figurative (relative: distant) | éloigné adj |
shirttail,
shirt-tail n | US, figurative (addition to news story) | rajout nm |
| | | bannière nf |
shirttail,
shirt-tail adj | US, figurative (small, of little value) | petit nf |
shirttail,
shirt-tail vi | US, figurative (use success or connections) | profiter de l'occasion vi |
| | | profiter (de [qch]) vi |
| sting in the tail expr | UK, figurative (unpleasant turn of events) | mauvaise surprise, mauvaise surprise de fin, mauvaise surprise finale nf |
| | (soutenu) | flèche du Parthe, estocade nf |
| | | coup de grâce nm |
| | John's final words to her were the sting in the tail of what should have been an enjoyable evening. |
| | Le derniers mots que John lui a adressés ont porté le coup de grâce à ce qui aurait dû être une agréable soirée. |
| tail coat n | (clothing) (vêtement) | queue-de-pie nf |
| | | frac nm |
| tail end n | (very last part) | bout nm |
| | The car at the tail end of a railway train is often called the caboose. |
| tail fin n | (of a fish) (poisson) | nageoire caudale nf |
| | I could tell by its tail fin that the fish was a marlin. |
| | À sa nageoire caudale, je pouvais voir que c'était un marlin. |
tail fin,
tailfin n | (on a car) (voiture) | aileron nm |
| | American cars in the 1950's had tail fins. |
| tail gate n | (lock, canal: downstream gate) (écluse, canal) | porte aval nf |
| tail lamp n | UK (vehicle's rear light) | feu arrière nm |
| | J'ai eu un P.V. à cause de mon feu arrière cassé. |
| tail lights npl | npl (vehicle's rear lights) | feux arrière nmpl |
| | The deputy stopped us because one of our tail lights was out. |
| | La police nous a arrêtés car un de nos feux arrière ne marchait plus. |
| tail-off n | figurative (gradual decrease) | baisse, diminution nf |
| | We are finally seeing a tail-off in cases of the virus. |
tailcoat,
tail coat n | (men's dress coat) | queue-de-pie nf |
| | (vieilli) | frac nm |
tailwind,
tail wind n | (wind from behind) | vent arrière nm |
| | The plane arrived early because there was a tailwind for almost the entire flight. |
telltale,
tell-tale,
tell-tail n | (nautical: indicates air flow) (Marine, technique) | penon, pennon nm |
| | | girouette nf |
| | The sailor struggled to repair the tell-tale during the storm. |
| | Le marin a eu du mal à réparer le penon (or: pennon) pendant la tempête. |
| top and tail v expr | (vegetable: remove both ends) (d'un légume) | enlever/couper les deux bouts de [qch] loc v |
| | Top and tail the carrots then dice them and add to the pan. |
| top and tail v expr | (method of washing a baby) | toilette (de bébé) nf |
| top to tail adv | (people: head to feet) | tête-bêche adv |
| | The two brothers were sharing a bed, lying top to tail. |
tri-tip (US),
rump tail (UK) n | (cut of meat: tri-tip beef) (morceau de viande) | aiguillette baronne nf |
| turn tail vtr + n | figurative (run away) | tourner les talons loc v |
| | Seeing the criminal with a gun made her turn tail. |
| | Elle a vite tourné les talons quand elle a vu le criminel armé. |
| twist the lion's tail v expr | figurative (tax [sb]'s patience, provoke [sb]) (figuré) | caresser à rebrousse-poil loc v |
| | | provoquer⇒, énerver⇒ vtr |
| with your tail between your legs expr | figurative (in defeat) (figuré) | la queue entre les jambes expr |