Portuguese man-of-war in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Portuguese man-of-war in the English»French Dictionary

I.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] N

2. course (route):

cap m
to be on or hold or steer a course AVIAT, NAUT
to change course AVIAT, NAUT
to set (a) course for AVIAT, NAUT

II.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB trans HUNT

III.course [Brit kɔːs, Am kɔrs] VB intr

of [Brit ɒv, (ə)v, Am əv] PREP

See also late, old

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] N The irregular form vieil of the adjective vieux/vieille is used before masculine nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute ‘h’.

III.old [Brit əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

2. old (of a particular age):

I.man <pl men> [Brit man, Am mæn] N

1. man (adult male):

a leg/bum man inf
mon vieux! inf

III.man [Brit man, Am mæn] INTERJ

IV.man <pres part manning; pret, pp manned> [Brit man, Am mæn] VB trans

I.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] PRON

1. all (everything):

II.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] DET

III.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] ADV

IV.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl] N

2. all+ (in the highest degree) → all-consuming

XVI.all [Brit ɔːl, Am ɔl]

it's all go inf here! Brit
it's all up with us inf Brit
all in Brit sl
all in Brit sl

See also worst, thing, place, people, best, bad, all-important, all-embracing, all-consuming

I.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] N

1. worst (most difficult, unpleasant):

le/la pire m/f

II.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADJ superlative of bad

III.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] ADV

IV.worst [Brit wəːst, Am wərst] VB trans form

I.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ] N

1. thing (object):

truc m inf
à quoi sert ce truc? inf

2. thing (action, task, event):

3. thing (matter, fact):

the thing is, (that) …
ce qu'il y a, c'est que
ce qu'il y a de bien, c'est que

2. things (situation, circumstances, matters):

III.thing [Brit θɪŋ, Am θɪŋ]

to make a big thing (out) of it inf

I.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] N

1. place (location, position):

2. place (town, hotel etc):

IV.place [Brit pleɪs, Am pleɪs] VB trans

I.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N (nation) gens is masculine plural and never countable (you CANNOT say ‘trois gens’). When used with gens, some adjectives such as vieux, bon, mauvais, petit, vilain placed before gens take the feminine form: les vieilles gens.

II.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] N npl

1. people:

gens mpl

III.people [Brit ˈpiːp(ə)l, Am ˈpipəl] VB trans liter

I.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] N

II.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADJ superlative of good

1. best (most excellent or pleasing):

III.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] ADV

best superlative of well

IV.best [Brit bɛst, Am bɛst] VB trans (defeat, outdo)

II.bad <comp worse, superl worst> [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADJ

1. bad (poor, inferior, incompetent, unacceptable):

bad attr joke
not bad inf

III.bad [Brit bad, Am bæd] ADV inf esp Am

I.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADJ

1. late (after expected time):

tardif/-ive

2. late (towards end of day, season, life etc):

tardif/-ive
tardif/-ive

II.late [Brit leɪt, Am leɪt] ADV

2. late (towards end of time period):

à tout à l'heure!

I.war [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] N

1. war (armed conflict):

II.war <pres part warring; pret, pp warred> [Brit wɔː, Am wɔr] VB intr

I.Portuguese [Brit ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz, ˌpɔːtʃʊˈɡiːz, Am ˌpɔrtʃəˈɡiz] N

II.Portuguese [Brit ˌpɔːtjʊˈɡiːz, ˌpɔːtʃʊˈɡiːz, Am ˌpɔrtʃəˈɡiz] ADJ

Portuguese man-of-war in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Portuguese man-of-war in the English»French Dictionary

war no pl, no indef art:

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

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American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
However, they often travel with Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish, which carry toxins that can leave a painful sting.
ktla.com
The Portuguese man-of-war typically floats on the surface of the water.
abcnews.go.com
The Portuguese man-of-war is not actually a jellyfish, but a siphonophore -- an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together and dependent on each other.
outerbanksvoice.com
The Portuguese man-of-war is a siphonophore, an animal made up of a colony of organisms working together.
lancasteronline.com
The Portuguese man-of-war, a strange-looking jellyfish-type creature, is a bizarre floating colony of lots of tiny marine organisms living together and behaving collectively as one animal.
www.rt.com
Anyone unfamiliar with the biology of the venomous Portuguese man-of-war would likely mistake it for a jellyfish.
lancasteronline.com
I don't want to be the Portuguese man-of-war at the beach party, but the top eight recordings of unknown millions are of absolutely no interest to me.
www.telegraph.co.uk
They include a single-celled radiolarian, a Portuguese man-of-war jellyfish and an octopus.
www.standard.co.uk
That's what the Portuguese man-of-war was, it was a warship from hundreds of years ago.
www.nj.com
A sting from a Portuguese man-of-war can cause extreme pain for several hours, and lesions and scarring could result.
outerbanksvoice.com

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