Strait of Gibraltar in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Strait of Gibraltar in the English»French Dictionary

I.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] N GEOG

III.strait [Brit streɪt, Am streɪt] ADJ archaic

Gibraltar [Brit dʒɪˈbrɔːltə, Am dʒəˈbrɔltər]

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.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!

Strait of Gibraltar in the PONS Dictionary

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Translations for Strait of Gibraltar in the English»French Dictionary

Gibraltar [dʒɪˈbrɔ:ltəʳ, Am -ˈbrɑ:ltɚ] N

of [əv, stressed: ɒv] PREP

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
The Strait of Gibraltar is one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.
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There she was stationed in the Strait of Gibraltar, and operated in company with and to clear the area of enemy vessels.
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Bottom-current flow velocities have been measured as high as 300 cm/s in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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It is the main beacon of the province, the light is used by ships and planes navigating the Strait of Gibraltar.
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The Strait of Gibraltar has been described by several authors as an important genetic barrier.
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She was under sail, yet sailing erratically on a starboard tack, and slowly heading toward the Strait of Gibraltar.
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The extension east of the Strait of Gibraltar is poorly understood and is currently regarded as a diffuse boundary.
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This voyage included trafficking the heavily defended Strait of Gibraltar.
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He also proposed a bridge across the Strait of Gibraltar that would have 16000ft m spans and 3000 ft tall towers.
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They have also escorted over 480 vessels through the Strait of Gibraltar until escorting was suspended in 2004.
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