blot in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for blot in the English»French Dictionary

I.blot [Brit blɒt, Am blɑt] N

blot (gen)

tache f

blot (of ink)

pâté m

blot fig

ombre f

II.blot <pres part blotting; pret, pp blotted> [Brit blɒt, Am blɑt] VB trans

1. blot (dry):

blot writing

sécher [qc] au buvard

to blot one's lipstick

enlever le rouge à lèvres superflu

2. blot (stain):

blot

tacher

blot fig

ternir

3. blot → blot out

III.blot [Brit blɒt, Am blɑt]

to blot one's copybook

se faire mal voir

to be a blot on the escutcheon

ternir le blason de qn

to be a blot on the landscape lit

gâter le paysage

to be a blot on the landscape fig

faire une ombre au tableau

See also blot out

I.blot out VB [Brit blɒt -, Am blɑt -] (blot out [sth])

blot out person:

effacer

blot out mist, rain:

masquer

I.blot out VB [Brit blɒt -, Am blɑt -] (blot out [sth])

blot out person:

effacer

blot out mist, rain:

masquer

I.blot up VB [Brit blɒt -, Am blɑt -] (blot up [sth], blot [sth] up)

blot up

éponger

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to be a blot on the escutcheon

être la honte de la famille

to blot one's copybook

faire des bêtises

Translations for blot in the French»English Dictionary

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flétrissure

blot, stain (de on)

éclaboussure

blot, blemish

mâchurer feuille

to blot, to blur

(tache) accroc à la réputation de qn

blot on sb's reputation

pâté

blot

blot in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for blot in the English»French Dictionary

I.blot [blɒt, Am blɑ:t] N a. fig

blot

tache f

II.blot [blɒt, Am blɑ:t] VB trans

1. blot (mark):

blot

tacher

2. blot (dry):

blot

sécher au buvard

Phrases:

to blot one's copybook

ternir sa réputation

blot out VB trans

blot out view

boucher

blot out thought, memory

faire disparaître

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to blot one's copybook

ternir sa réputation

Translations for blot in the French»English Dictionary

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cracher

to blot

tache

blot

rayer un souvenir de sa mémoire

to blot out a memory

pâté

(ink) blot

blot Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to blot one's copybook

ternir sa réputation

to blot one's copybook

ternir sa réputation

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In a dot blot the biomolecules to be detected are not first separated by electrophoresis.

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Jones also had a plausible explanation for the letter which was blotted in the hotel room.

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They come forth with the miserable plea that they are opposed to blotting our statute books with useless legislation.

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The three-gene-product approach to western blot interpretation has not been adopted for public health or clinical practice.

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Pounce pots were a precursor of blotting paper, being a dispenser for powdery material for drying the paper.

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It's like one of those, what do you call them, ink blot tests.

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Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

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For example, photographs of electrophoresis gels, blots, autoradiographs, cell cultures, histological tissue cross sections, animals, plants, in vivo imaging, etc.

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Immediately blotting (not rubbing) the stain material as soon as possible will help reduce the chances of permanent color change.

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A third bombardment followed, just as intense, the terrible noise blotting out the sound of the women praying.

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