cannon bone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cannon bone in the English»French Dictionary

cannon bone N

cannon bone

canon m

Translations for cannon bone in the French»English Dictionary

canon

cannon bone

Translations for cannon bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] N

1. cannon <pl cannon or cannons>:

cannon MIL, HISTORY

canon m

cannon (on aircraft)

canon m

2. cannon TECH:

cannon

douille f

3. cannon Brit (in billiards):

cannon

carambolage m

II.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] VB trans Brit (in billiards)

cannon

caramboler

III.cannon [Brit ˈkanən, Am ˈkænən] VB intr

1. cannon Brit (in billiards):

cannon

caramboler

2. cannon (collide):

to cannon into

se heurter contre

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

os m

bone (of fish)

arête f

made of bone

en os

chicken on/off the bone

poulet à l'os/désossé

to break a bone

casser un os

to break every bone in one's body

se rompre les os

I'll break every bone in his body!

je vais lui tordre le cou!

no bones broken

rien de cassé

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body

il n'a pas une once de romantisme/jalousie

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body attr handle, button

en os

2. bone (in corset etc):

bone

baleine f

3. bone (trombone):

bone inf

trombone m

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossements mpl

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

ossements mpl humains

to lay sb's bones to rest

enterrer la dépouille de qn

my old bones inf

mes vieux os inf

he'll never make old bones

il ne fera pas de vieux os

3. bones (dice):

bones

dés mpl

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

désosser

bone fish

enlever les arêtes de

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

consolider

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

sujet m de dispute

bone of contention

pomme f de discorde

close to the bone (wounding)

blessant

close to the bone (racy)

osé

to be a bag of bones

être un sac d'os inf

to cut sth to the bone

réduire qc au minimum

to feel sth in one's bones

avoir le pressentiment de qc

to have a bone to pick with sb

avoir un compte à régler avec qn

to make no bones about sth

ne pas cacher qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe prov

to work one's fingers to the bone

se crever à la tâche inf

cannon bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cannon bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.cannon [ˈkænən] N MIL

cannon (weapon)

canon m

cannon fire

tir m de canon

II.cannon [ˈkænən] VB intr

to cannon into sb/sth

percuter qn/qc

I.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

bone

os m

bone of fish

arête f

II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

bone-handled knife

couteau m à manche d'os

III.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

bone meat

désosser

bone fish

retirer les arêtes de