ice floe in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ice floe in the English»French Dictionary

ice floe N

ice floe

banquise f

ice floe

glace f flottante

Translations for ice floe in the French»English Dictionary

banquise

ice floe

Translations for ice floe in the English»French Dictionary

floe [Brit fləʊ, Am floʊ] N

floe

banquise f

I.ice [Brit ʌɪs, Am aɪs] N

1. ice:

ice (gen)

glace f

ice (on roads)

verglas m

ice (in drinks)

glaçons mpl

the car skidded on the ice

la voiture a dérapé sur le verglas

there's ice on the roads

il y a du verglas sur les routes

a show on ice

un spectacle sur glace

a whisky with ice

un whisky avec des glaçons

to put sth on ice lit champagne

mettre [qc] à rafraîchir

to put sth on ice fig plans, project

mettre [qc] en attente

‘danger! thin ice’ (on sign)

‘il est dangereux de s'aventurer sur la glace’

your feet are like ice!

tu as les pieds glacés!

2. ice Brit (ice cream):

ice

glace f

3. ice inf U (diamonds):

ice

diams mpl inf

ice

diamants mpl

4. ice (amphetamine):

ice inf

ice m inf

II.ice [Brit ʌɪs, Am aɪs] VB trans

1. ice FOOD:

ice cake

glacer

2. ice Am inf:

ice (kill)

refroidir inf

ice person

tuer

ice (defeat)

battre [qn] à plates coutures inf

III.iced ADJ

iced water

avec des glaçons

iced tea

glacé

iced coffee

frappé

iced cake

glacé

IV.ice [Brit ʌɪs, Am aɪs]

to break the ice

rompre la glace

to cut no ice

ne faire aucun effet

this argument cut no ice with them

cet argument ne leur a fait aucun effet

his excuses cut no ice with me

ses excuses ne m'impressionnent guère

to be treading or skating on thin ice

s'aventurer sur un terrain glissant

ice floe in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ice floe in the English»French Dictionary

ice floe N

ice floe

banquise f

Translations for ice floe in the French»English Dictionary

banquise

ice floe

Translations for ice floe in the English»French Dictionary

floe [fləʊ, Am floʊ] N

floe

bloc m de glace

(ice) floes

glaces fpl flottantes

I.ice [aɪs] N

1. ice (frozen water):

ice

glace f

ice on road

verglas m

to put sth on ice food, drink

mettre qc à rafraîchir

2. ice (ice cube):

ice

glaçons mpl

3. ice (ice cream):

ice

glace f

Phrases:

to put sth on ice

geler qc

to break the ice

rompre la glace

to be skating on thin ice

avancer sur un terrain glissant

II.ice [aɪs] VB trans

ice

glacer

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Sources differ on whether two men died on the ice floe and three in the boats, or three on the ice floe and two in the boats.

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These bears are physically capable of taking marathon-like swims from shore to reach an ice floe that may yield food.

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But an ice floe that gradually increased in size pressed in on the bay.

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You are running on just snow, an ice floe, so it is not like a path.

thechronicleherald.ca

She was in a boat approaching an adult bear on an ice floe, when she noticed it had some prey in its jaws.

news.discovery.com

I'm standing on an ice floe, take a step and my foot goes right through the ice.

www.thestar.com

Some of them could not climb the ice floe and attempted to swim back to shore.

news.ontario.ca

In spring, a male will hang out on an ice floe near a female that's giving birth.

www.cbc.ca

A hunter can find himself stranded on a drifting ice floe, surrounded by open sea.

www.thestar.com

And we were in the ice floe with the swell, and at that point the iceberg had moved on.

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