guinea pig in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for guinea pig in the English»French Dictionary

guinea pig [Brit, Am ˈɡɪni ˌpɪɡ] N

1. guinea pig ZOOL:

guinea pig

cochon m d'Inde

2. guinea pig (in experiment):

guinea pig fig

cobaye m

to be a guinea pig

servir de cobaye

Translations for guinea pig in the French»English Dictionary

cobaye

guinea pig

servir de cobaye

to act as a guinea pig

cochon d'Inde ZOOL

Guinea pig

Translations for guinea pig in the English»French Dictionary

guinea [Brit ˈɡɪni, Am ˈɡɪni] N Brit HISTORY

guinea

guinée f

Guinea [Brit ˈɡɪni, Am ˈɡɪni]

Guinea

Guinée f

I.pig [Brit pɪɡ, Am pɪɡ] N

1. pig (animal):

pig

porc m

pig

cochon m

to be in pig sow:

être grosse

2. pig fig, inf, pej m/f:

pig (greedy)

goinfre m inf

pig (dirty)

cochon/-onne inf

pig (nasty)

sale type m inf

pig (nasty)

salaud m sl

to eat/live like a pig (dirtily)

manger/vivre comme un cochon

to make a pig of oneself

manger comme un goinfre inf

to make a pig of oneself

se goinfrer inf

you pig! (greedy person)

quel goinfre! inf

you pig! (dirty person)

tu es un cochon! inf

you pig! (nasty person)

tu es vache! inf

3. pig (policeman):

pig inf, pej

flic m inf

pig inf, pej

poulet m inf

the pigs

les flics mpl inf

the pigs

la flicaille f inf

4. pig Brit (task) inf:

this is a real pig to do!

c'est vachement dur à faire! inf

II.pig [Brit pɪɡ, Am pɪɡ] VB intr

pig sow:

pig

mettre bas

III.to pig oneself VB refl

to pig oneself refl inf:

to pig oneself

se goinfrer inf (on de)

to pig oneself

s'empiffrer inf (on de)

IV.pig [Brit pɪɡ, Am pɪɡ]

to buy a pig in a poke

acheter chat en poche

pigs might fly!

le jour où les poules auront des dents!

in a pig's eye inf! Am

mon œil! inf

to make a pig's ear of sth inf

bousiller qc inf

to pig it inf

vivre comme un cochon

guinea pig in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for guinea pig in the English»French Dictionary

guinea pig N

1. guinea pig ZOOL:

guinea pig

cochon m d'Inde

2. guinea pig fig:

guinea pig

cobaye m

Translations for guinea pig in the French»English Dictionary

cochon d'Inde

guinea pig

cobaye

guinea pig

Translations for guinea pig in the English»French Dictionary

Guinea [ˈgɪni] N

Guinea

la Guinée

guinea [ˈgɪni] N Brit

guinea

guinée f

I.pig [pɪg] N

1. pig (animal):

pig

cochon m

a wild pig

sanglier

2. pig pej inf (swinish person):

pig

porc m

to be a pig to sb

être un salaud avec qn

3. pig inf (police man, woman):

pig

poulet m

4. pig inf (overeater):

to make a (real) pig of oneself

se goinfrer

a greedy pig

un goinfre

Phrases:

to buy a pig in a poke

acheter les yeux fermés

to make a pig's ear of sth Brit inf

saloper qc

and pigs might fly Brit

quand les poules auront des dents

II.pig [pɪg] VB trans

to pig oneself on sth

se goinfrer de qc