garbage man in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for garbage man in the French»English Dictionary

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garbage man Am

Translations for garbage man in the English»French Dictionary

garbage [Brit ˈɡɑːbɪdʒ, Am ˈɡɑrbɪdʒ] N U

1. garbage Am:

garbage

ordures fpl

to dispose of garbage person:

jeter les ordures

to dispose of garbage local authority:

traiter les ordures

to put the garbage out

sortir les poubelles

2. garbage (nonsense):

garbage fig

âneries fpl

to talk garbage

débiter des âneries

3. garbage COMPUT:

garbage

données fpl incorrectes

garbage in garbage out COMPUT

à instructions incorrectes, résultats incorrects

garbage in garbage out fig

on ne fait pas de bon pain avec du mauvais levain

I.man <pl men> [Brit man, Am mæn] N

1. man (adult male):

man

homme m

middle-aged/married man

homme d'âge mûr/marié

as one man to another

entre hommes

he's not a man to do

ce n'est pas le genre d'homme à faire

a blind man

un aveugle

an old man

un vieillard

a single man

un célibataire

a ladies' man

un homme à femmes

a beer/whisky man

un buveur de bière/de whisky

a leg/bum man inf

un amateur de belles jambes/de derrières

a man of God/the people

un homme de Dieu/du peuple

a man of iron or steel

un homme de fer

they've arrested the right man

on a arrêté le vrai coupable

he's your man

c'est l'homme qu'il te faut

he has worked for the party, man and boy Brit

il a travaillé pour le parti toute sa vie

man of the match

héros m du match

good man! (well done)

bravo mon gars!

my good man!

mon vieux! inf

my little man inf

mon petit

2. man (husband, partner):

man

homme m

her man

son homme

he is the right man for her

c'est l'homme qu'il lui fallait

her young man dated

son fiancé

man and wife

mari et femme

to live as man and wife

vivre maritalement

3. man (person):

man

homme m

no man could have done more

personne n'aurait pu faire davantage

as good as the next man

aussi bien que n'importe qui

the common man

l'homme du commun

primitive Man

l'homme primitif

4. man (person of courage):

man

homme m

be a man

sois un homme

to make a man of sb

faire un homme de qn

5. man (mankind):

man, a. Man man

l'humanité f

6. man SPORTS (team member):

man

joueur m

7. man GAMES (piece):

man (in chess)

pièce f

man (in draughts)

pion m

8. man (servant):

man dated or hum

valet m

II.men N

men npl MIL (subordinates):

men

hommes mpl

to address the men

s'adresser aux hommes

‘now men …’

‘soldats …’

officers and men MIL

officiers et hommes

officers and men (in Navy)

officiers et matelots

III.man [Brit man, Am mæn] INTERJ

1. man (expressing surprise):

man inf

mince, alors! inf

2. man (addressing somebody):

hey man!

eh mec! inf

IV.man <pres part manning; pret, pp manned> [Brit man, Am mæn] VB trans

1. man (gen):

man switchboard, desk

tenir

will the telephone be manned?

est-ce qu'il y aura quelqu'un pour répondre au téléphone?

2. man MIL:

man ship

armer [qc] en hommes

man barricade, gun

assigner des hommes à

who is manning the barricades?

qui est assigné aux barricades?

to man the pumps

mettre des hommes aux pompes

V.manned ADJ AEROSP

manned flight, spacecraft, base

habité

fully manned (of ship)

avec un équipage complet

VI.man [Brit man, Am mæn]

every man for himself

chacun pour soi

Man proposes, God disposes

l'homme propose et Dieu dispose

to a man

sans exception

as one man

comme un seul homme

to sort out the men from the boys

séparer les hommes des mauviettes inf

he took it like a man

il a pris ça en homme

to be man enough to do

avoir le courage de faire

to be a man's man

aimer être entre hommes

to be one's own man

être son propre maître

to be the man of the moment

être l'homme du jour

garbage man in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for garbage man in the French»English Dictionary

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garbage man Am

Translations for garbage man in the English»French Dictionary

garbage [ˈgɑ:bɪdʒ, Am ˈgɑ:r-] N no pl

1. garbage Am, Aus, Can (household rubbish):

garbage

ordures fpl

to take the garbage out

sortir les poubelles

2. garbage pej (nonsense, useless ideas):

garbage

âneries fpl

to talk garbage

dire des âneries

Phrases:

garbage in, garbage out COMPUT

qualité des entrées = qualité des sorties

I.man <men> [mæn] N

1. man (male human):

man

homme m

she married a Greek man

elle a épousé un Grec

a lazy/rich man

un homme paresseux/riche

2. man no pl (human race):

man

l'homme m

3. man (object in games):

man

pion m

Phrases:

to talk (as) man to man

parler d'homme à homme

a man to man talk

une discussion entre hommes

as one man

comme un seul homme

to a man

tous

the man in the street

l'homme de la rue

II.man <men> [mæn] VB trans <-nn->

man

prendre la responsabilité de

to man a ship

être membre de l'équipage d'un navire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Hall's uncle was a garbage man, and brought his nephew books other people had thrown out.

news.nationalpost.com

We'd like to call him the disaster garbage man, but he prefers waste management specialist.

www.npr.org

Now they are alone, over the hill, and not even the garbage man or truck driver would even look at them.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

Cooper, a former garbage man-turned-artist, best known for his sports paintings, has been commissioned to create a special painting for the city's centennial in 2013.

www.vernonmorningstar.com

Maybe we need to stop using him like a garbage man and run some plays for him.

www.raptorsrepublic.com

There are your most common clean workers: the garbage man and the bus driver.

science.time.com

One example of this hierarchy is the prestige of a school teacher compared to that of a garbage man.

en.wikipedia.org

Because sometimes, the garbage man can't.

www.techly.com.au

Local governments can stop acting as the electronics industry's garbage man by forcing companies to deal with their own mess.

www.huffingtonpost.com

I believe a group of taxicab drivers, a few bartenders and my garbage man would decide this issue in a second.

www.thesudburystar.com