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l'aile
wing

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

French
French
English
English

aile [ɛl] N f

1. aile (d'oiseau):

aile
wing
aile de poulet
chicken wing

2. aile (d'avion):

aile
wing

3. aile (de bâtiment):

aile
wing

4. aile POL:

aile (de mouvement)
wing
aile (d'armée)
flank

5. aile:

aile (de moulin)
sail
aile FARM (de charrue)
wing
aile BOT (de plante, fleur)
wing
aile FISH (de chalut)
wing

6. aile SPORTS (au football, rugby):

aile
wing

7. aile MOTOR (de voiture):

aile
wing Brit
aile
fender Am
aile avant droite
front right-hand wing Brit
aile avant droite
front right-hand fender Am
aile de corbeau (noir)
raven black
aile delta AVIAT
delta wing
aile delta SPORTS
hang-glider
aile de l'ilium ANAT
ala (ossis) ilii
aile libre SPORTS (engin)
hang-glider
aile libre (activité)
hang-gliding
aile marchante MIL
moving flank
aile du nez ANAT
wing of the nose, ala nasi spec
aile du sacrum ANAT
ala sacralis

Phrases:

battre de l'aile , ne battre que d'une aile croissance:
to have fallen off
battre de l'aile , ne battre que d'une aile économie, entreprise:
to be struggling
se sentir pousser des ailes
to feel exhilarated
rogner les ailes de qn
to clip sb's wings
prendre un coup dans l'aile
to suffer a setback
avoir un coup dans l'aile inf
to be the worse for drink
voler de ses propres ailes
to stand on one's own two feet
la peur leur a donné des ailes
fear lent them wings
vouloir voler avant d'avoir des ailes
to want to run before one can walk
prendre qn sous son aile
to take sb under one's wing

ailé (ailée) [ele] ADJ

ailé (ailée)
winged
tire-d'aile
in a flurry of wings
tire-d'aile fig
hurriedly
aile marchante MIL
wheeling flank
aile marchante fig
active element
English
English
French
French
delta wing
aile f delta
dipterous
ailé
fender
aile f
wing three-quarter
trois-quarts aile m
wing tip
bout m de l'aile
flange (on beam)
aile f

in the PONS Dictionary

French
French
English
English

ailé(e) [ele] ADJ

ailé(e)
winged

aile [ɛl] N f

1. aile ANAT, AUTO, AVIAT, ARCHIT:

aile
wing
aile d'un moulin
sail

2. aile MIL:

aile
flank

Phrases:

voler de ses propres ailes
to stand on one's own two feet
à tire-d'aile
swiftly
déploiement d'une aile
spreading
English
English
French
French
winged
ailé(e)
left wing
aile f gauche
delta wing
aile f delta
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
to take sb under one's wing
prendre qn sous son aile
wing bird
blesser à l'aile
bank
virer (sur l'aile)
to bank an aeroplane
faire virer un avion sur l'aile
sail
aile f
in the PONS Dictionary
French
French
English
English

aile [ɛl] N f

1. aile ZOOL, AUTO, AVIAT, ARCHIT:

aile
wing
aile d'un moulin
sail

2. aile MIL:

aile
flank

Phrases:

voler de ses propres ailes
to stand on one's own two feet

ailé(e) [ele] ADJ

ailé(e)
winged
à tire-d'aile
swiftly
déploiement d'une aile
spreading
English
English
French
French
winged
ailé(e)
fender
aile f
delta wing
aile f delta
left wing
aile f gauche
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
wing
aile f
the west wing of the house
l'aile ouest de la maison
to take sb under one's wing
prendre qn sous son aile
wing bird
blesser à l'aile
bank
virer (sur l'aile)
to bank an airplane
faire virer un avion sur l'aile

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Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

à tire-d'aile
swiftly
avoir un coup dans l'aile
to be a bit merry
to bank an aeroplane
faire virer un avion sur l'aile

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Le revers est blanc rayé de marron aux ailes antérieures et aux ailes postérieures.
fr.wikipedia.org
Une aile en équerre est également ajoutée le long de la courtine sud.
fr.wikipedia.org
Début 1980, le maillot blanc prend sa forme définitive avec une aile rouge redessinée et les manches deviennent toutes rouges avec une petite ligne blanche.
fr.wikipedia.org
Seuls les bords d'attaque et les saumons d'aile sont coffrés en contreplaqué le reste de l'aile étant entoilée.
fr.wikipedia.org
L'aile surface portante, est caractérisé par un profil porteur cambré (non symétrique) qui est généralement instable en tangage (moment piqueur).
fr.wikipedia.org

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