half-a-dozen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for half-a-dozen in the French»English Dictionary

I.par|eil (pareille) [paʀɛj] ADJ

1. pareil (semblable):

pareil (pareille)

similar (à to)

mon frère et ma sœur sont pareils (l'un à l'autre)

my brother and sister are alike

mon frère et ma sœur sont pareils (que moi)

my brother and sister are the same

les deux chapeaux sont presque pareils

the two hats are almost identical

ils sont tous pareils dans cette famille

they're all the same in that family

je veux une robe pareille à la tienne

I want a dress the same as ou just like yours

il est pareil à un avocat plaidant une cause perdue

he's just like a lawyer defending a lost cause

elle est toujours pareille à elle-même

she's always the same

c'est toujours pareil avec toi, tu compliques tout!

it's always the same with you, you just have to complicate everything!

rien n'est plus pareil

nothing is the same any more

pour moi, c'est pareil

it's all the same to me

ce n'est pas pareil (du tout)!

it's not the same thing (at all)!

à nul autre pareil liter

without equal

une beauté à nulle autre pareille

a beauty without equal

‘comment va-t-il aujourd'hui?’—‘c'est toujours pareil’

‘how is he today?’—‘still the same’, ‘no change’

il n'y en a pas deux pareils objet, vêtement

no two are alike

il n'y en a pas deux pareils personne

there's no-one quite like you/her/him

2. pareil (de telle nature):

pareil (pareille)

such

je n'ai jamais dit une chose pareille

I never said any such thing

je n'ai jamais rien vu de pareil

I've never seen anything like it

il n'avait jamais connu pareil bonheur

he had never known such happiness

pareil événement doit rester exceptionnel

there must be no repetition of this

en pareil cas, dans un cas pareil

in such cases

en pareille circonstance

in similar circumstances

tu travailles encore à une heure pareille!

you're still working at this hour!

on ne peut rien faire par un temps pareil

there's nothing to do in weather like this

II.par|eil (pareille) [paʀɛj] N m (f)

1. pareil (égal):

pareil (pareille)

equal

on n'a jamais retrouvé son pareil

we've never found his equal

sa beauté est sans pareille

her beauty is without equal

c'est un homme sans pareil

he's a man without equal

il est d'un dynamisme sans pareil

he's incredibly dynamic

il n'a pas son pareil pour semer le doute

he's second to none for spreading doubt

on va où tu veux, pour moi c'est du pareil au même inf

we can go wherever you like, it makes no odds to me Brit

on va où tu veux, pour moi c'est du pareil au même inf

we can go wherever you like, it makes no difference to me

elle ou son mari, c'est du pareil au même inf

her or her husband, it's six of one and half-a-dozen of the other

2. pareil (personne semblable):

nos pareils

our fellows, our peers

III.par|eil (pareille) [paʀɛj] ADV inf

1. pareil (identiquement):

pareil (pareille)

the same

faire pareil

to do the same

les deux mots s'écrivent pareil

both words are written ou spelled the same

ils ont fait pareil avec nous

they acted the same (way) with us

nous étions habillées pareil

we were dressed the same (way)

2. pareil Can (néanmoins):

pareil (pareille) inf

all the same

je l'ai fait pareil

I did it all the same

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

demi-douzaine

half a dozen

une demi-douzaine d'œufs

half a dozen eggs

une demi-douzaine d'œufs coûte deux euros

half a dozen eggs cost two euros

demi-douzaine

half a dozen or so, about half a dozen

une demi-douzaine de personnes étaient déjà là

about half a dozen people were already there

ça s'équivaut!

it's six of one and half a dozen of the other

c'est blanc bonnet et bonnet blanc

it's six of one and half a dozen of the other

Translations for half-a-dozen in the English»French Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

it's six of one and half a dozen of the other

c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet, c'est du pareil au même

half-a-dozen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for half-a-dozen in the English»French Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

six of one and half a dozen of the other

c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet

Translations for half-a-dozen in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

demi-douzaine

half a dozen

half-a-dozen Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

c'est bonnet blanc et blanc bonnet

six of one and half a dozen of the other

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Legroom is adequate for a six-footer, as is head room.

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Six bits can only encode 64 distinct characters, so these codes generally include only the upper-case letters, the numerals, some punctuation characters, and sometimes control characters.

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Six or was perhaps a big red herring.

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The eighteen dhtus can be arranged into six triads, where each triad is composed of a sense object, a sense organ, and sense consciousness.

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The third period on Saturday was six rounds of fourballs in which all 24 players (12 from each team) took part.

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The search was never continued, the murderer never found. 20 years later, six students had planned to enter the hotel.

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Upgrading the 130-year-old building would cost a six-figure sum, including earthquake-strengthening, a refurbishment and fit-out for commercial tenants, he said.

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The city was home to at least six deadly houses filled with trials for visitors.

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The spacecraft was controlled by six hydrazine monopropellant 22-newton thrusters (two aft, two forward, and two tangential).

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His final tally was six planes set afire, five otherwise destroyed, two driven down out of control, and one captured.

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