caves in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for caves in the English»French Dictionary

I.cave [Brit keɪv, Am keɪv] N

cave

grotte f

underwater caves

grottes sous-marines

II.cave [Brit keɪv, Am keɪv] VB intr

cave

faire de la spéléologie

I.cave in VB [Brit keɪv -, Am keɪv -] (cave in)

1. cave in lit:

cave in tunnel, roof, building:

s'effondrer

cave in beam:

s'infléchir

his ribs caved in under the impact

il a eu les côtes enfoncées par l'impact

2. cave in fig person:

cave in

céder

II.cave in VB [Brit keɪv -, Am keɪv -] (cave [sth] in, cave in [sth])

cave in roof

défoncer

cave in skull, rib cage

enfoncer

cave dweller N

cave dweller

troglodyte m

cave painting N

cave painting

peinture f rupestre

cave-in N

cave-in

effondrement m

Aladdin's cave N fig

Aladdin's cave

caverne f d'Ali-baba

Translations for caves in the French»English Dictionary

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grotte

cave

rupestre

cave attr

caverne d'Ali Baba

Aladdin's cave

troglodyte

cave-dweller, troglodyte spec

caves in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for caves in the English»French Dictionary

I.cave [keɪv] N

1. cave (hole):

cave

grotte f

2. cave MIN:

cave

affaissement m

II.cave [keɪv] VB intr

cave

faire de la spéléologie

cave painting N

cave painting

peinture f rupestre

cave-in N

cave-in

affaissement m

cave in VB intr a. fig

cave in

céder

cave painting N

User Entry

cave painting

peinture pariétale f

Translations for caves in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

grotte

cave

habitations troglodytiques

cave dwellings

troglodyte

cave dweller

s'affaisser (se tasser, rapetisser) refl

subside, cave in intr

antre d'un sorcier

cave

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Some clay deposits found in the process of exploring caves exhibit thixotropism: an initially solid-seeming mudbank will turn soupy and yield up moisture when dug into or otherwise disturbed.

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With caves being the natural enemy of camera equipment, capturing the camera-shy ancient spider on film has presented some major challenges.

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The crawlers were depicted as cavemen who never left the caves and evolved in the dark.

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The park's talus caves provide roosting and breeding habitat for the bats.

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On the fort, there are two caves, a small temple and 11 water cisterns.

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They subsist off lichen found in hoarfrost as well as eating mushrooms and other fungi found in ice caves.

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Small door like grottoes were made in the rock to resemble caves.

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They later started burying people in secret caves in order to save the bones from desecration by enemies.

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The island has a variety of flora and fauna, and limestone cliffs and caves.

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There are three caves, two are exposed on the southern side and the third cave is interlinked.

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