ragged in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ragged in the English»French Dictionary

ragged [Brit ˈraɡɪd, Am ˈræɡəd] ADJ

1. ragged (tatty):

ragged garment, cloth

en loques

ragged cuff, collar

effiloché

ragged person

dépenaillé

2. ragged (uneven):

ragged lawn, hedgerow, fringe, beard

irrégulier/-ière

ragged outline, cloud

déchiqueté

3. ragged (motley):

ragged group, community

disparate

4. ragged (in quality):

ragged performance, race

inégal

to run sb ragged inf

épuiser qn

ragged robin N BOT

ragged robin

coucou m

I.rag [Brit raɡ, Am ræɡ] N

1. rag (cloth):

rag

chiffon m

a bit of rag

un chiffon

2. rag:

rag (newspaper) inf (local)

canard m inf

rag (tabloid) pej

torchon m inf, pej

rag (tabloid) pej

quotidien m populaire

Phrases:

rag, a. ragtime

rag m

II.rags N

rags npl (old clothes):

rags

loques fpl

in rags

en haillons

III.rag <pres part ragging; pret, pp ragged> [Brit raɡ, Am ræɡ] VB trans inf

to rag sb

taquiner qn (about à propos de)

IV.rag [Brit raɡ, Am ræɡ]

it's like a red rag to a bull

ça a le don de l'exciter

to be on the rag vulg sl Am (menstruate)

avoir ses règles

to feel like a wet rag

se sentir vidé

to go from rags to riches

connaître une ascension spectaculaire

a rags-to-riches story

une histoire de réussite sociale spectaculaire

to lose one's rag inf Brit

sortir de ses gonds inf

rag doll N

rag doll

poupée f de chiffon

rag-roll [Am ˈræɡroʊl] VB trans

rag-roll

peindre [qc] au chiffon

rag-rolling [Brit ˈraɡrəʊlɪŋ] N

rag-rolling

peinture f au chiffon

rag trade [Brit, Am ˈræɡ ˌtreɪd] N inf

the rag trade

la confection

rag rug N

rag rug

tapis m en lirette

rag week N Brit UNIV

rag week

semaine f du carnaval étudiant (au profit d'institutions caritatives)

Translations for ragged in the French»English Dictionary

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dépenaillé (dépenaillée)

ragged

ragged in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ragged in the English»French Dictionary

ragged ADJ

1. ragged (torn):

ragged

en lambeaux

ragged clothes

en haillons

2. ragged (wearing rags):

ragged children

en guenilles

ragged appearance

négligé(e)

3. ragged (rough):

ragged

dentelé(e)

ragged coastline

découpé(e)

4. ragged (irregular):

ragged

irrégulier(-ère)

5. ragged (disorderly):

ragged

désordonné(e)

I.rag [ræg] N

1. rag (cloth):

rag

lambeau m

2. rag pl (old clothes):

rag

guenilles fpl

3. rag Am (duster):

rag

chiffon m à épousseter

4. rag Brit (student event):

rag

kermesse d'étudiants

5. rag pej inf (newspaper):

rag

torchon m

6. rag (ragtime music):

rag

ragtime m

II.rag <-gg-> [ræg] VB trans inf

rag

taquiner

snot rag N inf

snot rag

mouchoir m

rag trade N inf

rag trade

confection f

Translations for ragged in the French»English Dictionary

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déguenillé(e)

ragged

dépenaillé(e) vêtement

ragged

haillon

rag

canard

rag

torchon

rag

chiffon

rag

ragged Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to run sb ragged

éreinter qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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On his re-appearance, as far as the historical record is concerned, the ragged wanderer had transformed into a well-heeled businessman.

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She is dressed in a washed-out blue dress with ragged sleeves.

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He eased his schedule in the 1970s, explaining later that he had grown ragged from overwork.

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On leaf sheaths and glumes pustules rupture the epidermis, giving a ragged appearance.

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She does so without respite, feeding dozens of ragged and largely uncommunicative fighters that stream in and out of her kitchen.

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The series sees the team run ragged as a spate of supernatural crimes and other related occurrences plague the city.

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She is dressed in a ragged and patched dress appropriate to a hired servant.

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His head is bald and gray-skinned, save for tufts of ragged hair hanging from his jowls.

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Continued wind shear caused the storm to further degrade and its eye to become ragged in appearance.

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These ragged-red fibers contain mild accumulations of glycogen and neutral lipids, and may show an increased reactivity for succinate dehydrogenase and a decreased reactivity for cytochrome c oxidase.

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