Scotch egg in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Scotch egg in the English»French Dictionary

Scotch egg N Brit

Scotch egg

œuf dur enrobé de chair à saucisse

Translations for Scotch egg in the English»French Dictionary

scotch [Brit skɒtʃ, Am skɑtʃ] VB trans

scotch rumour, revolt

étouffer

scotch plans

contrecarrer

scotch hopes

anéantir

I.Scotch [Brit skɒtʃ, Am skɑtʃ] N a. Scotch whisky

Scotch

whisky m

Scotch

scotch m

II.Scotch [Brit skɒtʃ, Am skɑtʃ] ADJ

Scotch

écossais

I.egg [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ] N

1. egg:

egg FOOD, BIOL, ZOOL

œuf m

a chocolate egg

un œuf en chocolat

a chocolate egg attr sandwich

à l'œuf

a chocolate egg collector

d'œufs

a chocolate egg farm

producteur/-trice d'œufs

a chocolate egg mayonnaise, noodles, sauce

aux œufs

2. egg (fellow) inf, dated:

he's a good/bad egg

c'est un brave/sale type inf

II.egg [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ] VB trans inf Am (throw eggs at)

egg person

jeter des œufs sur

III.egg [Brit ɛɡ, Am ɛɡ]

to kill sth in the egg

tuer qc dans l'œuf

to put all one's eggs in one basket

mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier

to have egg on one's face inf

avoir l'air fin inf

as sure as eggs is eggs

aussi vrai que deux et deux font quatre

to lay an egg inf Am THEAT

faire un four inf

Scotch egg in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Scotch egg in the English»French Dictionary

scotch [skɒtʃ, Am skɑ:tʃ] VB trans

scotch

mettre fin à

I.Scotch [skɒtʃ, Am skɑ:tʃ] N no pl

Scotch

scotch m

II.Scotch [skɒtʃ, Am skɑ:tʃ] ADJ

Scotch

écossais(e)

egg [eg] N

1. egg:

egg

œuf m

to lay an egg

pondre un œuf

beaten/scrambled/fried eggs

œufs battus/brouillés/sur le plat

hard-boiled/soft-boiled egg

œufs durs/mollets

2. egg (female reproductive cells):

egg

ovule m

Phrases:

to have egg on one's face inf

avoir l'air fin

to put all one's eggs in one basket

mettre tous ses œufs dans le même panier

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Upon making his inappropriate comments, he is seen to bite into a large Scotch egg.

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The Scotch egg was one of those foods.

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One wonders what he would have made of the Scotch egg.

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This black pudding Scotch egg, with a slightly runny yolk, was utter perfection.

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I began reading it while on a train eating a Scotch egg, which became increasingly hard to swallow.

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It genuinely did just taste very much like an incredibly good Scotch egg.

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I'd recommend the scotch eggs with curried mayonnaise.

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I steal a Scotch egg and wink at the photographer.

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Yes, the scotch egg is back and it's bigger, better and cleverer than before.

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The table collectively gasps as they reveal a giant "blue dragon egg" (a giant scotch egg with ham hock).

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