Compound Forms/Forme composte
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bay leaf,
plural: bay leaves n | (aromatic leaf used in cooking) | foglia d'alloro nm |
| | Whenever I make a casserole, I add a bay leaf from my garden. |
| | Quando cucino in casseruola aggiungo sempre una foglia d'alloro del mio giardino. |
beet,
beet leaf,
beetroot leaf n | UK (beet greens: edible leaf of beet plant) | bietola, bieta nf |
| | Rachel prepared a green salad of rocket and beetroot leaves. |
| betel leaf n | often plural (leaf of betel plant) (botanica) | foglia di noce di areca, foglia di betel nf |
| | Betel leaves are ground to a paste and put to various medicinal uses. |
| | Le foglie di noce di areca sono macinate fino a formare una pasta e impiegate per vari scopi medicinali. |
dock leaf,
plural: dock leaves n | (leaf of dock herb) | foglia di lapazio, foglia di romice nf |
| | If you're stung by a nettle, try rubbing a dock leaf on the sting. |
| double-leaf adj | (window: two doors) | a doppia anta loc agg |
| | | a due ante loc agg |
| drop leaf n | (furniture) | a ribalta agg |
| drop-leaf adj | (having, in the style of a drop leaf) | a ribalta loc agg |
| drop-leaf table n | (table with folding sides) | tavolo pieghevole nm |
| | | tavolo a ribalta nm |
end paper,
end leaf,
end sheet n | (bookbinding) (in legatoria) | foglio di risguardo, risguardo nm |
| | (in legatoria) | sguardia, guardia nf |
endpaper,
also US: end paper,
end leaf,
end sheet,
also UK: endleaf n | (paper at front or back of a book) | risguardo nm |
fig leaf,
plural: fig leaves n | (leaf of a fig tree) | foglia di fico nf |
| | A real fig leaf would be too itchy to wear. |
| fig leaf n | figurative ([sth] that covers [sth] shameful) (figurato: paravento, copertura) | foglia di fico nf |
| four-leaf clover n | (clover with four leaves) | quadrifoglio nm |
| | I searched the grass for a four-leaf clover. |
| | ⓘQuesta frase non è una traduzione della frase inglese. Un quadrifoglio è un trifoglio con quattro foglie invece di tre. |
| four-leaf clover n | (symbol of good luck) (figurato: portafortuna) | quadrifoglio nm |
| | My dog's been a kind of four-leaf clover to me all his life. |
| | Il mio cane mi ha sempre portato fortuna: è una specie di quadrifoglio vivente. |
| gold leaf n | uncountable (thin sheet of gold) (sottile lamina d'oro) | foglia d'oro, foglia oro nf |
| | It looks like solid gold but really it's only plaster covered with gold leaf. |
| | Sembra oro puro, ma in realtà è solo del gesso ricoperto con una foglia d'oro. |
| be in leaf v expr | (tree, plant: covered in foliage) (albero) | essere coperto di foglie vi |
| leaf blade n | (part of leaf) | lamina fogliare nf |
| leaf blight n | (plant disease) (malattia delle piante) | peronospora nf |
| leaf blower n | (device for clearing leaves) (per aspirare le foglie) | aspiratore, soffiatore nm |
| | (macchina per aspirare le foglie) | spazzatrice nf |
| leaf bug | (insect) | foasmoide nm |
| | | fillio nm |
| leaf fat n | (fat around kidneys) | capsula renale nf |
leaf insect,
walking leaf n | (insect) | fillio nm |
| leaf lettuce | (vegetable) | lattuga da taglio nf |
| leaf miner | (insect larvae) | minatrice nf |
| leaf mustard n | (pungent edible plant) | mostarda indiana nf |
| | Her grandmother always grew leaf mustard for making home remedies. |
| | Sua nonna coltivava sempre della mostarda indiana per i rimedi casalinghi. |
| leaf roll | (plant pathology) | virus dell'accartocciamento nm |
| | | accartocciamento fogliare nm |
| leaf spring | (narrow, multiple spring) | molla a balestra nf |
leaf-footed bug,
coreid bug n | (insect) | coreide |
| leaf-nosed bat | (animal) | fillostomide nm |
loose leaf,
loose-leaf tea n | (tea: in the form of leaves) | tè in foglie, tè sfuso nm |
| loose-leaf n as adj | (binder: with removable pages) | a fogli mobili loc agg |
loose-leaf,
loose leaf n as adj | (tea: in the form of leaves) | in foglie, in foglia loc agg |
lucky clover,
four-leaf clover n | (four-leafed plant considered lucky) | quadrifoglio nm |
maple leaf,
plural: maple leaves n | (leaf of hardwood maple tree) | foglia d'acero nf |
| maple leaf n | (symbol: emblem of Canada) | foglia d'acero nf |
| | Canada's symbol is the maple leaf. |
| | Il simbolo del Canada è la foglia d'acero. |
| mustard leaf n | (green vegetable) | senape indiana nf |
| nose leaf | (growth on bat nose) | foglia nasale nf |
| oak leaf n | (leaf of an oak tree) | foglia di quercia loc nom |
oak leaf,
oakleaf,
oak leaf lettuce,
oakleaf lettuce n | (variety of lettuce) | lattuga foglia di quercia loc nom |
palm leaf,
plural: palm leaves n | (leaf of a palm tree) | foglia di palma nf |
| | The gardeners neglected to pick up the cut palm leaves before they left. |
scale leaf,
plural: scale leaves n | (botany: bract) (botanica) | brattea nf |
scorch,
leaf scorch,
sun scorch n | (botany: disease) | imbrunimento nm |
| | Scorch had turned the leaves of the horse chestnut reddish-brown. |
| | Le foglie dell'ippocastano sono diventate rosso marroni per effetto dell'imbrunimento. |
| seed leaf | (botany) | foglia seminale nf |
| take a leaf out of [sb]'s book v expr | figurative (follow [sb]'s example) | prendere esempio da [qlcn] vtr |
| tea leaf n | (dried leaf of the tea plant) | foglia di tè nf |
| | Some fortune-tellers use tea leaves to read fortunes. |
| | Alcuni indovini leggono la sorte di una persona nelle foglie di tè. |
| tea leaf n | UK, regional, slang (thief) | ladro nm |
| turn over a new leaf v expr | figurative (reform your behaviour) (figurato) | voltare pagina vtr |
| | | cambiare vita vtr |
| vine leaf n | (leaf of a climbing plant) | foglia di pianta rampicante nf |
walking fern,
walking leaf n | (plant) | asplenium rhizophyllum nm |