beacons in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for beacons in the English»French Dictionary

beacon [Brit ˈbiːk(ə)n, Am ˈbikən] N

1. beacon NAUT:

beacon (lighthouse)

phare m

beacon (lantern)

fanal m

beacon (signalling buoy)

balise f

beacon fig

phare m

beacon fig

flambeau m

to shine like a beacon fig

briller comme un phare

2. beacon AVIAT:

beacon

balise f

beacon

phare m

3. beacon:

beacon, a. radio beacon (transmitter)

radiobalise f

beacon, a. radio beacon (transmitter)

radiophare m

4. beacon (on ambulance, police car):

beacon

gyrophare m

5. beacon HISTORY (on hill etc):

beacon

feu m (pour donner l'alarme)

6. beacon Brit (hill):

beacon

colline f

radio beacon N

radio beacon

radiophare m

Belisha beacon [Brit bəˈliːʃə ˌbiːk(ə)n, Am bəˈliʃə ˌbik(ə)n] N Brit

Belisha beacon

lumière f clignotante (pour signaler un passage clouté)

landing beacon N

landing beacon

balise f d'atterrissage

Translations for beacons in the French»English Dictionary

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radiobalise

radio beacon

radiophare

radio beacon

baliser port, chenal

to buoy, to mark [sth] out with beacons

baliser piste

to mark [sth] out with beacons

radiobalisage

radio beacon signalling Brit

balise (flotteur)

beacon, buoy

balise (émetteur)

radio beacon

balise

beacon, light

phare fig

beacon

beacons in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for beacons in the English»French Dictionary

beacon [ˈbi:kən] N

1. beacon (light):

beacon

signal m lumineux

2. beacon (signal):

beacon

balise f

3. beacon (lighthouse):

beacon

phare m

4. beacon (guide):

beacon

flambeau m

a beacon of hope

un symbole d'espoir

radio beacon N

radio beacon

radiophare m

Translations for beacons in the French»English Dictionary

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balise

beacon

beacons Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a beacon of hope

un symbole d'espoir

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The beacons send the code back to the transmitter.

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Often, a system of fire beacons, drums, or conch shells was set up to enable communications between these castles over a great distance.

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The derivation of the name is from those high places being used for the lighting of warning beacons.

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The beacons were five million candlepower, and rotated six times a minute.

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The use of smoke signals, beacons, reflected light signals, and flag semaphore signals are early examples.

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In the beginning, traffic signals were individual stop-go beacons -- isolated islands in the stream.

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New to the game are mission objectives to perform, such as destroying ammunition dumps or activating beacons.

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After planting the last of the beacons and an encounter with overzealous security guards, they regroup on a rooftop of a building.

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Before modern times, such beacons were set alight on a series of hills to constitute an alarm system.

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In a world today characterised by bigotry, hate, prejudice, clannishness, and exclusion, let us, as heirs to a history of struggle against oppression, be beacons in such darkness.

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