mile in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for mile in the English»French Dictionary

I.mile [Brit mʌɪl, Am maɪl] N

1. mile (unit of length):

mile

mile m (= 1609 mètres)

it's 50 miles away

≈ c'est à 80 kilomètres d'ici

a 10 mile journey

≈ un trajet de 15 kilomètres

she lives 10 miles from me

≈ elle habite à 15 kilomètres de chez moi

half a mile

≈ 800 mètres

60 miles per hour

≈ 100 kilomètres à l'heure

to do over 50 miles to the gallon

≈ consommer moins de six litres aux cent

2. mile fig:

to walk for miles

marcher pendant des kilomètres

to stretch for miles

s'étendre sur des kilomètres

it's miles away!

c'est au bout du monde

miles from anywhere

loin de tout

not a million miles from here/from the truth

pas très loin d'ici/de la vérité

to see/recognize sth a mile off

voir/reconnaître qc de loin

you could smell it a mile off

on pouvait le sentir à cent lieues à la ronde

to stand out a mile , stick out a mile

sauter aux yeux

I'd run a mile

je prendrais mes jambes à mon cou

to be miles away (daydreaming)

être complètement ailleurs

3. mile (race):

the mile

le mile

the 4 minute mile

le mile en 4 minutes

II.miles N

miles npl (as intensifier):

miles bigger, more important etc

beaucoup

miles better

bien meilleur

to be miles out (wrong) estimate, figure:

être complètement faux

to be miles out person:

être très loin du compte

III.mile [Brit mʌɪl, Am maɪl]

a miss is as good as a mile prov

rater, même de peu, c'est rater

to go the extra mile

en faire plus

to talk a mile a minute Am

parler à toute vitesse

geographical mile N NAUT

geographical mile

mille m marin

country mile N inf

country mile

longue distance f

it's a country mile!

c'est bien plus loin qu'un mile!

sea mile N

sea mile

mille m marin

food mile [Am] N Brit

food mile

kilomètre m alimentaire

nautical mile N

nautical mile

mile m marin or nautique

twelve mile limit N

twelve mile limit

limite f des douze milles

Translations for mile in the French»English Dictionary

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mile

mile

mille (marin ou nautique)

(nautical) mile

mille

(air) mile

tenir le crachoir inf

to talk a mile a minute Am

mile in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for mile in the English»French Dictionary

mile [maɪl] N

mile

mile m

for miles and miles

sur des kilomètres

Phrases:

to be better by miles

être mille fois mieux

to be miles away

être à des lieues

to be miles away (lost in thought)

j'étais dans la lune

to stick [or stand] out a mile

crever les yeux

passenger mile N

passenger mile

kilomètre-passager m

nautical mile N

nautical mile

mil(l)e m nautique

sea mile N

sea mile

mile m marin

Square Mile N Brit

Square Mile → the City

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to stick out a mile

se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure

Translations for mile in the French»English Dictionary

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mile

mile

mille marin

nautical mile

borne indicateur

mile marker Am

c'est cousu de fil blanc

it sticks out a mile

mile Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to stick [or stand] out a mile

crever les yeux

to be not a mile away

être à peine un mile

give her/him an inch and she/he'll take a mile prov

si on lui tend le petit doigt, il/elle prend tout le bras

to stick out a mile

se voir comme le nez au milieu de la figure

to smell sth a mile off

flairer qc à des kilomètres

to give sb a one hour/mile start

donner une heure/un mile d'avance à qn

to run a mile Brit inf

se tirer

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The center has a skate park, a swimming pool, an outdoor basketball pavilion, a lighted sports field, a playground, a.20 mile hike and bicycle trail, and lighted tennis courts.

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The playing field returned to natural grass in 1999 and sits at an elevation of 5360 ft, more than a mile above sea level.

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Numerous 5 to 10 mile-long faults branch off the main fault.

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Approaching the coulee over a five-mile plateau, the soldiers, ambulance and the wagon got strung out.

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Camp followers formed a town a mile north of the post.

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Flag states have right of innocent passage inside the 12-mile limit provided such passage is innocent and vessels do not hover.

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The population density was 1,256.5 people per square mile (486.8/km).

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The wind driven flames jumped roads and firelines, and burning embers started new fires a mile (1.6 km) or more ahead of the main fires.

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She became the first amputee to finish the 100-mile race.

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A four-mile-long pedestrian promenade was constructed in 1935.

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