tangle in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tangle in the English»French Dictionary

I.tangle [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l, Am ˈtæŋɡəl] N

1. tangle:

tangle (of hair, string, wires, weeds)

enchevêtrement m

tangle (of clothes, sheets)

fouillis m

in a tangle

tout embrouillé

to get in or into a tangle

s'embrouiller

2. tangle fig (political, legal, emotional):

tangle

imbroglio m

a tangle of problems/motives

un embrouillamini de problèmes/motifs

in a tangle

très embrouillé

to get in or into a tangle person:

s'empêtrer (with avec)

3. tangle (quarrel):

tangle

prise f de bec

II.tangle [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l, Am ˈtæŋɡəl] VB trans

tangle → tangle up

III.tangle [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l, Am ˈtæŋɡəl] VB intr

1. tangle hair, string, cable:

tangle

s'emmêler (around autour de)

2. tangle → tangle up

See also tangle up

I.tangle up VB [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈtæŋɡəl -] (tangle up)

tangle up

s'embrouiller

II.tangle up VB [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈtæŋɡəl -] (tangle up [sth], tangle [sth] up)

tangle up

embrouiller, emmêler

to get tangled up hair, string, wires:

s'emmêler (in dans)

to get tangled up clothes:

s'entortiller (in dans)

to get tangled up person fig

s'empêtrer (in dans)

I.tangle with VB [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈtæŋɡəl -] (tangle with [sb/sth])

tangle with

se frotter à

I.tangle up VB [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈtæŋɡəl -] (tangle up)

tangle up

s'embrouiller

II.tangle up VB [Brit ˈtaŋɡ(ə)l -, Am ˈtæŋɡəl -] (tangle up [sth], tangle [sth] up)

tangle up

embrouiller, emmêler

to get tangled up hair, string, wires:

s'emmêler (in dans)

to get tangled up clothes:

s'entortiller (in dans)

to get tangled up person fig

s'empêtrer (in dans)

Translations for tangle in the French»English Dictionary

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bourbier

tangle, quagmire

entortillement (résultat)

tangle

embrouillement (résultat)

tangle

écheveau

tangle

enchevêtrement (de fils, branches, ronces)

tangle

enchevêtrer

to tangle [sth] up (dans in)

s'enchevêtrer

to tangle, to get tangled (dans in)

perruque

tangle (of fishing line)

tangle in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tangle in the English»French Dictionary

I.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] N

1. tangle (mass of entwined threads):

tangle

enchevêtrement m

2. tangle pej (confusion, muddle):

tangle

embrouille f

to get in a tangle with lies

s'embrouiller dans les mensonges

in a tangle

embrouillé

II.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] VB trans

tangle

emmêler

tangled wires

fils emmêlés

I got tangled (up) in the ropes

je me suis pris dans les cordes

a tangled plot fig

une intrigue compliquée

III.tangle [ˈtæŋgl] VB intr

1. tangle (knot up):

tangle

s'emmêler

2. tangle (quarrel):

tangle

s'accrocher

don't tangle with her

ne te frotte pas à elle

Translations for tangle in the French»English Dictionary

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enchevêtrement de branches, liens

tangle

emmêler

to tangle

embrouiller chose

to tangle

s'enchevêtrer branches

to grow in a tangle

tangle Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get in a tangle with lies

s'embrouiller dans les mensonges

in a tangle

embrouillé

don't tangle with her

ne te frotte pas à elle

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

This is a shrub with many branches forming a thorny tangle which may exceed 3 meters tall and approach 4 meters at times.

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Within minutes both ships were tangled together, fire spreading unchecked throughout the vessels.

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And there was nothing at all human about the eyes that blazed from the tangle of white hair.

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It is an annual herb with a fleshy, bristly stem up to 60 centimeters long and branching profusely, sometimes forming a tangle.

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Hotels and other assets were also lost although court proceedings are currently underway to sort out the tangle.

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It sleeps alone during the day in a tangle of vines or creepers at a height of 3.5 to 5 meters.

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Most commonly found in the sheet-web spider families, some webs will have loose, irregular tangles of silk above them.

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Reeds cause tangles and branches can rip nets.

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Note that this is different from a tangle with a negative number of crossings.

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The sky could become a swirling tangle of machines.

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