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barley grass,
wall barley n | (European weed) (plante, herbe) | orge des rats nf |
| be like talking to a brick wall v expr | figurative, informal (not be listened to) (figuré, familier) | être comme parler à un mur loc v |
| | Talking to Esther is like talking to a brick wall; neither one will listen! |
| | Parler à Esther, c'est comme parler à un mur ; aucun des deux n'écoute. |
| bearing wall n | (architecture) | mur porteur nm |
| blank wall | figurative (obstacle) (figuré) | mur nm |
| | | obstacle nm |
| blind wall n | (wall with no opening) (Architecture) | mur aveugle nm |
| brick wall n | (wall made of bricks) | mur de briques, mur en briques nm |
| | Winston Churchill, who laid bricks as a hobby, built a tall brick wall around his house. |
| | Winston Churchill, qui était un maçon amateur, a construit un haut mur de briques autour de sa maison. |
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. |
| cavity wall | (masonry) | mur creux nm |
| cell wall | (biology) (Biologie) | paroi cellulaire nf |
| chest wall n | (anatomy: covering heart and lungs) (Anatomie) | paroi thoracique nf |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (barrier between parts of a business) (Finance) | muraille de Chine nf |
| Chinese wall n | figurative (obstacle) (figuré) | mur, fossé nm |
| Chinese wall n | informal (Great Wall of China) | Grande Muraille de Chine, Muraille de Chine nf propre |
| city walls npl | (fortification around a town) | murs de la ville, murs d'une ville nmpl |
| | Les assaillants ont fini par percer des brèches dans les murs de la ville assiégée. |
| | (plus grandes, anciennes) | murailles d'une ville nfpl |
| climbing wall n | (sports equipment: wall with grips) | mur d'escalade nm |
| curtain wall n | (exterior wall) (construction moderne) | mur-rideau nm |
| curtain wall n | (castle: outer wall) (château médiéval) | courtine nf |
| dividing wall n | (partition) (dans une maison) | cloison nf |
| | (entre maisons) | mur de séparation nm |
| | The neighbours are in dispute over the dividing wall between their properties. The huge bookcase served as a dividing wall between the living room and the dining room. |
| | Les voisins sont en litige au sujet du mur de séparation entre leurs propriétés |
| drive [sb] up the wall v expr | figurative, informal (irritate [sb]) | rendre [qqn] fou, rendre [qqn] folle vtr + adj |
| | (familier) | rendre [qqn] dingue, rendre [qqn] chèvre vtr + adj |
| | Dan's non-stop ranting about the boss is driving us all up the wall. |
drywall,
dry wall,
dry-wall n | US (plasterboard) | cloison sèche nf |
| | (courant) | plaque de plâtre nf |
| | (France, ®) | Placoplâtre nm |
| | (France, familier, abréviation, ®) | placo nm |
| | The contractor finally finished putting up the drywall today. |
drywall,
dry-stone wall,
drystone wall n | UK (stone wall built without mortar) | mur en pierre sèche nm |
| | The property is surrounded by a drywall. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | US (for use with drywall plasterboard) | en plaque de plâtre loc adj |
| | (France, ®) | en Placoplâtre loc adj |
| | (France, familier, abréviation, ®) | en placo loc adj |
| | Several drywall layers were used to soundproof the room. |
drywall,
dry-wall n as adj | UK (built without mortar) | en pierre sèche loc adj |
| | The North of England boasts some splendid examples of drywall construction. |
drywall [sth],
dry-wall [sth],
dry wall [sth]⇒ vtr | US (construct using drywall) | monter une cloison sèche dans loc v |
| | (courant) | monter des plaques de plâtre dans loc v |
| | (France, ®) | construire avec du Placoplâtre ® loc v |
| | (France, familier, abréviation) | construire avec du placo loc v |
| | Today we are going to drywall the kitchen. |
drywall,
dry-wall,
dry wall vi | US (construct or install drywall) | monter des cloisons sèches loc v |
| | (courant) | monter des plaques de plâtre loc v |
| | (France, ®) | réaliser des cloisons en Placoplâtre® vi |
| | (France, familier, abréviation) | faire des cloisons en placo loc v |
| | The workers have been drywalling for weeks now. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | figurative (computing: security program) (Informatique) | pare-feu nm |
| | You may have to disable your firewall to install the program. |
| | Il se peut que vous deviez désactiver le pare-feu pour installer le programme. |
firewall,
fire wall,
fire-wall n | (fireproof wall) | pare-feu nm |
| | There's a firewall between every other room in the hotel. |
| | Il y a un pare-feu entre chaque chambre de l'hôtel. |
| fourth wall | (theater, movies) (Cinéma, figuré) | quatrième mur nm |
| garden wall n | (wall around a garden) | mur de jardin, mur du jardin nm |
| | (plus bas) | muret nm |
| go to the wall v expr | (business: fail) | faire faillite, faire banqueroute loc v |
| go to the wall for [sth] v expr | (stand up for [sth] at all cost to yourself) | se battre pour v pron + prép |
| | | soutenir fermement vtr + adv |
the Great Wall of China,
the Great Wall n | (defensive structure in China) | la Grande Muraille de Chine, la Muraille de Chine nf propre |
| | A lot of people go to China just to see the Great Wall. |
the handwriting on the wall (US),
the writing on the wall (UK) n | (clear indication) | signe avant-coureur, avertissement nm |
| | | nobody saw the (hand)writing on the wall : tout le monde a été surpris, personne ne l'a vu venir expr |
| hanging wall n | (mining: underside of wall) (mine) | mur nm |
| Note: Ce terme désigne ce qui se trouve en-dessous d'une veine |
| have your back to the wall v expr | figurative (be in a difficult situation) (figuré) | être dos au mur loc v |
hit a brick wall,
hit a wall v expr | figurative, informal (meet an obstacle) | être dans l'impasse loc v |
| | | se retrouver dans l'impasse v pron |
| | If I hit a brick wall while writing, I find a thirty-minute run helps me to refocus. |
| hit the wall v expr | figurative (reach a mental or physical limit) (figuré) | se heurter à un mur loc v |
| | The marathon runner's endurance hit the wall around the 20th mile. |
| 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-in-the-wall n as adj | (shop, etc.: small, hard to notice) (bar,...) | petit, caché adj |
off the wall,
off-the-wall adj | figurative, informal (unusual, bizarre) | excentrique adj |
| | (humour) | décalé adj |
| Note: Hyphens are used when the adjective precedes the noun |
| party wall | (between two buildings) | mur mitoyen nm |
| retaining wall n | (wall preventing landslide) | mur de soutènement nm |
| | Un mur de soutènement empêche la terre du talus de s'ébouler en cas de forte pluie. |
| rock wall | (wall of stones) | paroi rocheuse nf |
screw anchor (US),
wall plug (UK),
Rawlplug ® (UK) n | (small reinforcing rod) (gaine pour vis) | cheville nf |
seawall,
sea wall,
sea-wall n | (groyne: wave barrier) | brise-lames nm inv |
| | | digue nf |
| shear wall n | (construction: reinforced wall) | mur de contreventement nm |
| stone wall n | (barrier made from stone slabs or blocks) | mur de pierre, mur en pierres nm |
| | Throughout the ages, people have made stone walls to protect themselves from enemies. |
| | Tout au long de l'histoire, les Hommes ont construit des murs de pierre pour se protéger de l'ennemi. |
| training wall | (to direct stream) | mur de dérivation, mur bajoyer nm |
the Wailing Wall,
the Western Wall n | (Judaism: sacred wall in Jerusalem) | le mur des lamentations nm propre |
| | The Wailing Wall is a very holy place for observant Jews. |
| wall bars npl | (gym equipment) (appareil de sport) | espalier nm |
wall bed,
pull-down bed n | (bed: pulls down from wall) | lit encastrable, lit escamotable nm |
| wall bracket n | (support fitted to a wall) | support mural nm |
| | During the earthquake the wall brackets failed, dumping a shelf of books on my head. |
| | | équerre nf |
| | Pendant le tremblement de terre, les équerres ont cédé, me renversant une étagère de livres sur la tête. |
| wall calendar n | (table of dates hung on a wall) | calendrier mural nm |
| wall clock n | (timepiece mounted on a wall) | horloge murale nf |
| | This classroom needs a wall clock so that the teacher can stay on schedule. |
| | (courant) | pendule nf |
| wall hanging n | (decorative fabric piece hung on a wall) | tenture murale nf |
| | We bought several beautiful wall hangings on our trip to Peru. |
| wall lamp n | (wall-mounted light) | applique nf |
| | The victorian home has beautiful wall lamps made of bronze. |
| wall light n | (lamp set into or hung from a wall) | applique nf |
| wall painting n | (mural) | peinture murale nf |
| | | fresque nf |
| | The CEO commissioned a wall painting for the reception area. |
| wall plate n | (construction) | sablière nf |
| | The builder fixed the wall plate to the top of the wall. |
| wall plate n | (cover for electrical outlet) | plaque murale nf |
| | These wall plates provide an easy connection for telephones. |
| wall plug n | (electrical outlet) | prise murale nf |
| wall plug n | (screw fixing) (gaine pour vis) | cheville nf |
| wall socket n | (electrical power outlet) | prise (électrique) murale nf |
| | If you have an infant or toddler, it's a good idea to put covers on all the wall sockets. |
| | Si vous avez un enfant en bas âge, c'est toujours une bonne idée de poser des caches à toutes les prises murales. |
| Wall Street n | (New York financial district) (quartier de New York) | Wall Street nm propre |
| | He works on Wall Street in New York. |
| | Il travaille à Wall Street à New York. |
| Wall Street n | figurative (New York stock exchange) (bourse de New York) | Wall Street nm propre |
| | Wall Street greeted the news as evidence that inflation is under control. |
| | Wall Street a pris la nouvelle comme une preuve que l'inflation était sous contrôle. |
| wall tile n | (square or slab for covering walls) | carreau nm |
| | Il faudra remplacer les carreaux de la douche. |
wall-mounted,
wall mounted adj | (hung on a wall) | mural adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the adjective precedes the noun. |
| | Il faudrait régler la hauteur de l'écran mural. |
| wall-to-wall adj | (filling space between walls) | wall-to-wall carpet(ing) : moquette nf |
| | (Belgique) | wall-to-wall carpet(ing) : tapis-plain nm |
| | We have wall-to-wall carpeting in our flat. |
| | Nous avons de la moquette dans notre appartement. |
| wall-to-wall adj | figurative (ubiquitous, extensive) | omniprésent adj |
| | (diffusion,...) | en continu, sans interruption loc adv |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | moquette nf |
| | (Belgique) | tapis-plain nm |
| | Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
whitewall,
white-wall adj | (tyre: having white sidewalls) (pneu) | à flancs blancs loc adj |
| window wall n | (side of a room that is glass panelled) | paroi vitrée nf |
| | | cloison vitrée nf |