mules in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for mules in the English»French Dictionary

mule [Brit mjuːl, Am mjul] N

1. mule (animal):

mule

mulet m

mule

mule f

2. mule (stubborn person):

mule inf

tête f de mule

3. mule (slipper):

mule

mule f

4. mule TEXTIL:

mule

mule-jenny f

Phrases:

mule, a. drug mule (person) inf

mule f

as stubborn as a mule

têtu comme une mule or une bourrique

mule driver N

mule driver

muletier/-ière m/f

mule path N

mule path

chemin m muletier

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mule trek

randonnée à dos de mulet

Translations for mules in the French»English Dictionary

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mule

female mule

mule

mule

mule

mule

sentier ou chemin muletier

mule track

mulet|ier

mule skinner Am inf

mulet

(male) mule

passeur (passeuse) (de drogue)

mule inf

être chargé comme un baudet

to be loaded down like a mule

être têtu comme un âne ou une mule ou une bourrique

to be as stubborn as a mule

mules in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mules in the English»French Dictionary

mule¹ [mju:l] N (donkey)

mule a. pej

mule f

mule² [mju:l] N

1. mule (woman's shoe):

mule

mule f

2. mule (house shoe):

mule

pantoufle f

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to be stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme une mule

the mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse

le mulet est un croisement entre l'âne et le cheval

Translations for mules in the French»English Dictionary

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mule

(she)-mule

être têtu comme une mule

to be as stubborn as a mule

mule

mule

sentier [ou chemin] muletier

mule track

muletier (-ière)

mule driver

mulet

(he)-mule

être têtu comme une mule

to be as stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme un âne

to be as stubborn as a mule

mules Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme une mule

the mule is a cross between a donkey and a horse

le mulet est un croisement entre l'âne et le cheval

to be as stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme un âne

to be as stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme une mule

to be as stubborn as a mule

être têtu comme une mule

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Between the region's rocky trails and roads, which cut up the camels' feet, and the hostility between camels and mules, the experiment was a failure.

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Mules were also used; they were harnessed and driven by someone sitting in the wagon seat holding the reins.

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Men with pickaxes and mules and wagons had long been the means of locating and moving the coal to the surface.

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Mules carried felled trees from lumber camps to the nearest railroad track.

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The narrow, slippery road in the mountain mists was treacherous for mule trains, and in some cases mules were hoisted by ropes.

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Nature builds no machines, no locomotives, railways, electric telegraphs, self-acting mules, etc.

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The mules fled the scene, and the explosives were divided among the soldiers, who delivered them to the bridge.

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It had ten self-acting mules, though it used the engine house from the old mill which powered the machines via a rope race.

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The boatmen sometimes called these mule drinks, since the mules would drink from the water flowing over the towpath.

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Proponents of mechanization and motorization pointed to advances in the motor vehicle industry and to the corresponding decrease in the use of horses and mules.

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