Teddy boy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for Teddy boy in the English»French Dictionary

Teddy boy [Brit ˈtɛdi bɔɪ, Am ˈtɛdi bɔɪ] N Brit

Teddy boy

adolescent rebelle des années 50 imitant les idoles du rock and roll

Translations for Teddy boy in the English»French Dictionary

teddy [Brit ˈtɛdi, Am ˈtɛdi] N

1. teddy:

teddy, a. teddy bear childspeak

ours m en peluche

teddy, a. teddy bear childspeak

nounours m childspeak

2. teddy (garment):

teddy

teddy m

I.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ] N

1. boy (young male):

boy

garçon m

the boys' toilet

les toilettes des garçons

a boy's bike

un vélo pour garçon

come here boy!

viens ici, mon garçon

be polite boys!

soyez polis, les garçons!

when I was a boy

quand j'étais petit

the big boys

les grands

a new boy (gen) SCHOOL

un nouveau

there's a good boy!

voilà, c'est bien mon petit!

look boys and girls

regardez, les enfants

boys will be boys!

il faut que jeunesse se passe!

2. boy (young):

boy attr detective, genius, soprano

jeune

3. boy (son):

boy

fils m

the Smith boy

le fils Smith

4. boy Brit (man):

boy inf

gars m inf

to be a local boy

être un gars du coin inf

to be one of the boys

faire partie de la bande

to have a drink with the boys

boire un coup avec les copains inf

an old boy SCHOOL

un ancien élève m

an old boy (old man)

un vieillard m

the old boy inf

le vieux m inf

how are you old boy?

comment ça va mon vieux?

my dear boy

mon cher

5. boy (colonial servant):

boy dated

boy m

6. boy (male animal):

down boy!

doucement, mon vieux!

easy boy!

tout doux, mon vieux!

7. boy Am (black man):

boy inf, offens

nègre m offens

II.boys N npl inf

1. boys (experts):

boys

gars inf

mpl the legal boys

les gars du service juridique inf

2. boys (soldiers):

boys

gars inf

mpl our brave boys at the front

nos braves gars au front

III.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ] INTERJ inf

boy, it's cold here!

bon sang! ce qu'il fait froid ici!

boy oh boy, was I scared!

eh ben mon vieux, ce que j'avais peur! inf

IV.boy [Brit bɔɪ, Am bɔɪ]

to sort out the men from the boys

décider des plus forts et des plus faibles

the boys in blue inf Brit

la police

the boys uptown inf Am

les caïds mpl

Teddy boy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for Teddy boy in the English»French Dictionary

teddy <-ies> [ˈtedi] N

teddy

nounours m

I.boy [bɔɪ] N

boy

garçon m

Phrases:

the boys in blue Brit inf

la police

a local boy

un jeune du coin

to be one of the boys

faire partie des copains

boys will be boys prov

il faut que jeunesse se passe prov

the/our boys MIL

les/nos gars

II.boy [bɔɪ] INTERJ

oh boy!

bon sang!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He has a Teddy boy hairstyle which is dyed brown.

en.wikipedia.org

And we were far from strutting teddy boys.

www.odt.co.nz

The ones that caused us the most trouble were the teddy boys and the mods.

thequietus.com

In 1979 and 1980, the resorts became major battlegrounds on bank holidays for young skinheads and mods together against Teddy boys and rockers.

en.wikipedia.org

With drugs, trespassing and loud, amplified music, this was a subculture seemingly more pernicious than the previously demonised teddy boys, mods versus rockers and punk combined.

www.independent.co.uk

These youths were called Teddy boys.

en.wikipedia.org

I never went there of course, this was teddy boys, bodgies and widgies.

www.odt.co.nz

The way people have allegiance that younger people have is different from the days when you were a teddy boy, a punk, a hip-hop head, a jungle raver, or whatever.

www.theartsdesk.com

Since the crowd was mainly made up of Teddy boys and hard-drinking workers, the band were paid off after three songs.

en.wikipedia.org

The phenomenon returned in 1969 through to 1970 with skinheads fighting Teddy boys and bikers.

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