barren in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for barren in the English»French Dictionary

barren [Brit ˈbar(ə)n, Am ˈbɛrən] ADJ

1. barren:

barren land

aride

barren plant

infertile

barren woman archaic

stérile

2. barren (unrewarding):

barren effort, activity

stérile

barren style

sec/sèche

to be barren of sth

manquer de qc

Barren Lands, Barren Grounds N npl

Barren Lands

toundras fpl (du Grand Nord canadien)

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barren/fertile land

terre stérile/fertile

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infertile

barren, infertile

infécond (inféconde) terre, esprit, pensée

barren

désertique étendue

barren

minéral (minérale)

barren

stérile sol

barren

stériliser sol

to make [sth] barren

barren in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for barren in the English»French Dictionary

barren [ˈbærən, Am ˈber-] ADJ

barren

stérile

barren landscape

aride

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pouilleux (-euse)

barren

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English

He warps you to his world, a barren land full of active volcanoes.

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The name springs from the many hydrothermal eruption craters, which are in part barren and which have bright colours.

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She helps him through a barren wilderness, takes him home and takes care of him.

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Female black bears emerge from dens later than do males, and female black bears with cubs emerge later than barren females.

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While traces of human activities are plentiful, some areas are untouched barren cliffs and marshy grounds.

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Cars are rusted and covered with moss, the streets are completely barren and everything appears as though the entire human race had just vanished suddenly.

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Facing the open sea, it is an almost completely barren island, and a nature reserve.

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The beautiful flowers have become thorns, the once-happy landscape now a barren wasteland.

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The island is very rocky, mountainous, and barren.

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Literally meaning peeled (barren, bleak, or exposed), the term referred to the penniless urban slum-dwellers, uprooted from the countryside and un- and under-employed.

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