bone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

1. bone:

bone (of human, animal)

os m

bone (of fish)

arête f

made of bone

en os

chicken on/off the bone

poulet à l'os/désossé

to break a bone

casser un os

to break every bone in one's body

se rompre les os

I'll break every bone in his body!

je vais lui tordre le cou!

no bones broken

rien de cassé

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body

il n'a pas une once de romantisme/jalousie

he hasn't got a romantic/jealous bone in his body attr handle, button

en os

2. bone (in corset etc):

bone

baleine f

3. bone (trombone):

bone inf

trombone m

II.bones N npl

1. bones (animal skeleton):

bones

ossements mpl

2. bones (human remains):

bones (in archeology)

ossements mpl humains

to lay sb's bones to rest

enterrer la dépouille de qn

my old bones inf

mes vieux os inf

he'll never make old bones

il ne fera pas de vieux os

3. bones (dice):

bones

dés mpl

III.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

1. bone FOOD:

bone joint, chicken

désosser

bone fish

enlever les arêtes de

2. bone (reinforce):

bone corset, bodice

consolider

IV.bone [Brit bəʊn, Am boʊn]

bone of contention

sujet m de dispute

bone of contention

pomme f de discorde

close to the bone (wounding)

blessant

close to the bone (racy)

osé

to be a bag of bones

être un sac d'os inf

to cut sth to the bone

réduire qc au minimum

to feel sth in one's bones

avoir le pressentiment de qc

to have a bone to pick with sb

avoir un compte à régler avec qn

to make no bones about sth

ne pas cacher qc

sticks and stones may break my bones (but words will never harm me) prov

≈ les chiens aboient, la caravane passe prov

to work one's fingers to the bone

se crever à la tâche inf

T-bone, T-bone steak N

T-bone

steak m américain

bone-crunching ADJ inf

bone-crunching

fracassant

bone china N

bone china

porcelaine f tendre or à l'os

bone marrow N

bone marrow

moelle f osseuse

bone idle ADJ inf

bone idle

flemmard inf

bone dry ADJ

bone dry

complètement desséché

bone structure N

bone structure

structure f du visage

bone scan N

bone scan

scintigraphie f osseuse

funny bone N inf

funny bone

petit juif m inf

bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] N

bone

os m

bone of fish

arête f

II.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] ADJ

bone-handled knife

couteau m à manche d'os

III.bone [bəʊn, Am boʊn] VB trans

bone meat

désosser

bone fish

retirer les arêtes de

bone idle, bone lazy ADJ pej

bone idle

flemmard(e)

bone meal N

bone meal

engrais m phosphaté

bone fracture N

bone fracture

fracture f

thigh bone N

thigh bone

fémur m

bone china N

bone china

porcelaine f à l'os

collar bone N

collar bone

clavicule f

funny bone N inf:

funny bone

fourmillement ressenti quand on se cogne le coude

skull (bone) N

skull (bone)

crâne m

Translations for bone in the French»English Dictionary

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osseux (-euse)

bone

bone Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be all skin and bone(s)

n'avoir que la peau et les os

to work one's fingers to the bone

se saigner aux quatre veines

to chill sb to the bone

glacer qn jusqu'au sang

to set a broken bone

réduire une fracture

to dig for a bone

creuser pour chercher un os

to be (as) dry as a bone inf

être sec comme les blés

to join the two parts of the bone

pour souder les deux parties de l'os

to be nothing but skin and bone(s)

n'avoir que la peau et les os [ou sur les os]

the bone structure of the head

l'ossature de la tête

to be nothing but skin and bone

être un paquet d'os inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There were bone deformities in the right arm, both legs, and, most conspicuously, in the large skull.

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He pioneered bone grafting techniques and made inroads in the management of ankylosis, especially with reconstruction.

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In the case of mesenchymal stem cells, these cell types include osteoblasts (bone cells), adipocytes (fat cells), or chondrocytes (cartilage cells).

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He pled guilty to one charge of recklessly inflicting grievous bodily harm, the victim suffered fractures to his jaw, eye socket, hard palate, cheek bone and nose.

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Ultimately, however, the use of electrotherapy for increasing bone healing has not been shown to be effective.

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If you can not recognize the comic possibilities in that mix, you might want to consider a funny bone transplant.

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As is the case in most land vertebrates, the first phase involves the growth of a rib primordium that ossifies (ossifies) into a rib bone.

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The cracklings are further ground to make meat and bone meal.

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Another specific wormian bone, the pterion ossicle, sometimes exists between the sphenoidal angle of the parietal bone and the great wing of the sphenoid bone.

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Bone growth of presumed related taxa shows they were active all year round, so they did not hibernate through the winter.

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