Strait of Dover in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Strait of Dover in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for Strait of Dover in the English»French Dictionary

Dover [Brit ˈdəʊvə, Am ˈdoʊvər]

I.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] N GEOG

III.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] ADJ archaic

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

Strait of Dover in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Strait of Dover in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

Translations for Strait of Dover in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

Translations for Strait of Dover in the English»French Dictionary

Dover [ˈdəʊvəʳ, Am ˈdoʊvɚ] N

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover.
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Radar is also used on land for monitoring the position of shipping, for example in the Strait of Dover which is the busiest area of sea in the world.
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Strait of Dover may have been the co-favourite in the 153rd edition of the Plate, but the 56-year-old trainer wasn't going to leave anything to chance.
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Strait of Dover often wore a quizzical gaze and his cocky personality won over his handlers along the backstretch.
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Strait of Dover ate just one.
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Strait of Dover did not immediately respond to heavy doses of pain medication.
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Strait of Dover's colon quickly showed improvement.
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This overflow channel was gradually widened and deepened into the Strait of Dover.
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It is about 560 km long and varies in width from 240 km at its widest to 33.1 km in the Strait of Dover.
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In the initial hours after surgery, Strait of Dover appeared to be on the mend.
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