Border collie in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Border collie in the English»French Dictionary

Border collie N

Border collie

colley m écossais

Translations for Border collie in the English»French Dictionary

collie [Brit ˈkɒli, Am ˈkɑli] N

collie

colley m

I.border [Brit ˈbɔːdə, Am ˈbɔrdər] N

1. border (frontier):

border

frontière f (between entre)

France's border with Spain

la frontière entre la France et l'Espagne

on the Swiss border

sur la frontière suisse

to have borders with six countries

avoir une frontière commune avec six pays

to cross the border

passer la frontière

to escape over or across the border

s'échapper en passant la frontière

our allies across the border

nos alliés de l'autre côté de la frontière

north of the border (gen)

au nord de la frontière

north of the border (when in England)

en Écosse

north of the border (when in Ireland)

en Irlande du Nord

south of the border (gen)

au sud de la frontière

south of the border (when in Scotland)

en Angleterre

south of the border (when in Northern Ireland)

en République d'Irlande

south of the border (when in US)

au Mexique

south of the border attr control

aux frontières

south of the border crossing, patrol, state

frontalier/-ière

south of the border area, post, town, zone

frontière

south of the border after n, inv police

des frontières

2. border (outer edge):

border (of forest)

lisière f

border (of estate, lake, road)

bord m

3. border (decorative edge):

border (on crockery, paper)

liseré m

border (on dress, picture, cloth)

bordure f

4. border (in garden):

border

plate-bande f

5. border (hypothetical limit):

border

frontière f (between entre)

to cross the border into bad taste

franchir la limite du bon goût

6. border COMPUT (of window):

border

bordure f

Phrases:

Borders a. Borders Region (in Scotland)

les Borders mpl

II.border [Brit ˈbɔːdə, Am ˈbɔrdər] VB trans

1. border (lie alongside):

border road, land: lake, forest

longer

border country: ocean

border

France borders Italy

la France a une frontière commune avec l'Italie

to be bordered by

avoir une frontière commune avec

2. border (surround):

border

border

to be bordered on three sides by trees

être bordé d'arbres sur trois côtés

to be bordered with lace

être bordé de dentelle

Border collie in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Border collie in the English»French Dictionary

collie [ˈkɒli, Am ˈkɑ:li] N

collie

colley m

I.border [ˈbɔ:dəʳ, Am ˈbɔ:rdɚ] N

1. border (frontier):

border of country

frontière f

border of estate, town

limite f

a border post

un poste frontalier

2. border (decoration):

border

bordure f

II.border [ˈbɔ:dəʳ, Am ˈbɔ:rdɚ] VB trans

border

border

to be bordered by Germany

avoir l'Allemagne pour pays limitrophe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

My chocolate lab puppy was harassing his 10-year-old crotchety border collie.

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The artwork is composed of life-sized sculptures of four sheep and a border collie herding them across a green roof.

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The dog -- a working border collie -- will run more than half a mile to reach the top.

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