ballpoint pen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ballpoint pen in the French»English Dictionary

crayon à bille

ballpoint pen

stylo à bille, stylo bille

ball-point pen

Translations for ballpoint pen in the English»French Dictionary

ballpoint, ballpoint pen N

ballpoint

stylo m (à) bille

I.pen [Brit pɛn, Am pɛn] N

1. pen (for writing):

pen

stylo m

to put or run one's pen through sth

barrer qc

to put pen to paper (write)

écrire, prendre la plume

to put pen to paper (give signature)

signer

to live by one's pen

vivre de sa plume

2. pen (enclosure):

pen (for animals)

parc m

pen (for animals)

enclos m

pen (for child)

parc m

3. pen ZOOL:

pen

cygne m femelle

4. pen Am inf → penitentiary

pen

taule f inf

pen

prison f

II.pen <pres part penning; pret, pp penned> [Brit pɛn, Am pɛn] VB trans

1. pen (write):

pen letter, article

écrire

Phrases:

pen, a. pen in sheep, pigs

enfermer, parquer

See also penitentiary

penitentiary [Brit ˌpɛnɪˈtɛnʃ(ə)ri, Am ˌpɛnəˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri] N

1. penitentiary Am (prison):

penitentiary

pénitencier m

penitentiary

prison f

federal/state penitentiary

pénitencier fédéral/d'État

2. penitentiary REL:

penitentiary (cleric)

pénitencier m

penitentiary (tribunal)

pénitencerie f

ballpoint pen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ballpoint pen in the English»French Dictionary

ballpoint (pen) [ˌbɔ:lpɔɪnt (pen)] N

ballpoint (pen)

stylo m (à) bille

Translations for ballpoint pen in the French»English Dictionary

crayon [ou stylo] à bille

ball-point pen

stylo (à) bille

ball-point pen

Translations for ballpoint pen in the English»French Dictionary

I.pen¹ [pen] N

1. pen (writing instrument):

pen

stylo m

to live by one's pen

vivre de sa plume

to put pen to paper

écrire

to write in pen

écrire au stylo

2. pen (quill):

pen

plume f

Phrases:

the pen is mightier than the sword prov

la plume est plus tranchante que l'épée

II.pen¹ <-nn-> [pen] VB trans

pen letter:

pen

écrire

I.pen² [pen] N

pen

parc m

pig pen

porcherie f

II.pen² <-nn-> [pen] VB trans

pen

parquer

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He can not un-invent the ballpoint pen, he told us ruefully, but he can diversify.

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I used watercolours, with pencil and a ballpoint pen as well.

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What about a twist-action ballpoint pen with your company's name and web address on it?

time.com

Some in the older generation do not how to wield a ballpoint pen to make a check mark on paper.

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Barney loves skull symbols, even putting them on his designer ballpoint pen.

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They include a patient who swallowed two forks - plus a toothbrush and a ballpoint pen.

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It doesn't matter if it's in a ballpoint pen on the stationery you find in the desk at a hotel.

www.ft.com

The players signed their names on white hockey tape in ballpoint pen and the tape was then affixed to the puck.

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The pages of my logbooks were stained with coffee spills, raindrops and ballpoint pen leaks, but the words and numbers told an amazing story.

www.theglobeandmail.com

Underneath it is a battery-powered camera that has a circumference similar to a regular ballpoint pen and with a data storage device.

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