Eiffel tower in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Eiffel tower in the English»French Dictionary

Eiffel Tower [Am ˈaɪfəl ˌtaʊ(ə)r]

Eiffel Tower

tour f Eiffel

Translations for Eiffel tower in the French»English Dictionary

tour Eiffel

Eiffel Tower

un désespéré se jette du haut de la tour Eiffel

man commits suicide by jumping off the Eiffel Tower

Translations for Eiffel tower in the English»French Dictionary

I.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] N (gen)

tower COMPUT

tour f

II.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r] VB intr

1. tower:

to tower above, to tower over (dominate) village, countryside

dominer

to tower above or over sb (gen)

être plus grand que qn

to tower above or over sb (menacingly)

dominer qn de toute sa hauteur

Phrases:

to tower above (outstrip) rival, peer

dominer

III.tower [Brit ˈtaʊə, Am ˈtaʊ(ə)r]

to be a tower of strength

être solide comme un roc

she's been a tower of strength to me

elle a été d'un grand soutien pour moi

Eiffel tower in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Eiffel tower in the English»French Dictionary

Eiffel tower [ˌaɪflˈtaʊər, Am -ˈtaʊɚ] N

the Eiffel tower

la tour Eiffel

Translations for Eiffel tower in the French»English Dictionary

la tour Eiffel

the Eiffel tower

champ de Mars

garden in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, formerly used for military parades

Translations for Eiffel tower in the English»French Dictionary

I.tower [ˈtaʊəʳ, Am ˈtaʊɚ] N

tower

tour f

Phrases:

a tower of strength

un roc

II.tower [ˈtaʊəʳ, Am ˈtaʊɚ] VB intr

tower

s'élever

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The structural similarity between the lighthouse (built in 1885) and the Eiffel tower (built in 1889) is quite obvious.

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His name is also one of the 72 names inscribed on the Eiffel tower.

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Aerials were independent for audio and vision at the top of the Eiffel tower, both vertically polarized.

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