battering in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for battering in the English»French Dictionary

battering [Brit ˈbatərɪŋ, Am ˈbædərɪŋ] N

1. battering (from person):

battering

raclée f inf

the problem of wife-battering

le problème des maris qui battent leurs femmes

Phrases:

to take or get a battering (from bombs, storm, waves)

être ravagé (from par)

to take or get a battering (from opponents) SPORTS

prendre une raclée inf

to take or get a battering (from critics)

se faire descendre (by par)

to take or get a battering (emotionally)

en prendre un coup inf

this car/table has taken a battering over the years

cette voiture/table a souffert au cours des années inf

battering ram N

battering ram

bélier m

wife battering N

wife battering

violence f corporelle contre les femmes

the problem of wife battering

le problème des femmes battues

I.batter [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] N

1. batter FOOD:

batter (gen)

pâte f

batter (for frying)

pâte à frire

fish in batter

beignets mpl de poisson

2. batter SPORTS:

batter

batteur m

II.batter [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] VB trans

1. batter person victim, wife, child:

batter

battre

to batter sb to death

battre qn à mort

2. batter:

batter storm, bombs:

ravager

batter waves:

battre

III.batter [Brit ˈbatə, Am ˈbædər] VB intr

batter

tambouriner (at à, on sur)

I.batter down VB [Brit ˈbatə -, Am ˈbædər -] (batter [sth] down, batter down [sth])

batter down door:

batter down

enfoncer

pancake batter N U

pancake batter

pâte f à crêpes

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chapelure

breadcrumbs pl (for battering)

bélier MIL, HISTORY

battering ram

clafoutis

fruit baked in batter

martyriser enfant

to batter

battering in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for battering in the English»French Dictionary

battering [ˈbætərɪŋ, Am ˈbæt̬-] N

1. battering (attack):

to give sb a battering

rouer qn de coups

2. battering inf (defeat):

to take a battering

prendre une raclée

I.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] N

batter

pâte f

II.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB trans

batter

battre

III.batter [ˈbætəʳ, Am ˈbæt̬ɚ] VB intr

to batter at the door

tambouriner à la porte

to batter against the rocks

battre les rochers

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bélier

battering ram

pâte à beignets

fritter batter

clafoutis

sweet dish made of cherries baked in pancake batter

battering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to give sb a battering

rouer qn de coups

to take a battering

prendre une raclée

to batter at the door

tambouriner à la porte

to batter against the rocks

battre les rochers

sweet dish made of cherries baked in pancake batter

clafoutis

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

After the battering ram plot is foiled, a prolonged siege ensues.

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These culminated in the construction of a largely symbolic, car-mounted battering ram.

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And perhaps (sadly) this will prove a revelation to many, so spoon-fed are we by expired tropes of tattooed bench-pressers battering women.

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Using the moon buggy as a battering ram, he drives into the door repeatedly and breaks the weld.

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Beyond the gate there is a vestibule with a curving stairway to make it difficult to use a battering ram.

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Both ships had also suffered damage due to cold weather and battering by ice floes.

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Such fault-based cases included chronic alcoholism, battering or contraction of a venereal disease.

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A giant siege tower with a battering ram was constructed and moved laboriously up the completed ramp.

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He is also armored in an osmium alloy, making him durable enough to act as a human battering ram.

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It has no armament itself but is used as a battering ram during siege warfare.

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