boned in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for boned in the English»French Dictionary

I.boned [Brit ˈbəʊnd, Am boʊnd] ADJ

1. boned:

boned joint, leg, chicken

désossé

boned fish

sans arête

2. boned corset, bodice:

boned

à armature

II.-boned COMP

fine/strong-boned

à la charpente délicate/robuste

raw-boned [Am ˈrɔˌboʊnd] ADJ

raw-boned

décharné

big-boned ADJ

big-boned

bien charpenté

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

Translations for boned in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

ossu (ossue)

big-boned

désossé (désossée)

boned

efflanqué (efflanquée)

emaciated, raw-boned

boned in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for boned 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

Translations for boned in the French»English Dictionary

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efflanqué(e)

raw-boned

désosser viande

to bone

dinde désossée

boned turkey

boned 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

Of course, competition is hard boned, but that does not take place on the commission rates, but on the evidence of achievement.

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It has a very wide, soft-boned head, a terminal mouth with very small teeth, small eyes and no barbel.

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It featured a low, oval neckline that bared the shoulders, and the heavily-boned bodice laced closed in back, unlike the front-opening robe.

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With pedigrees the face can take a more oval shape and be finer boned and more distinct.

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It's a big-boned beauty all right, that would match a rich oxtail stew or mushroom and truffle linguini.

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Huge and blue, they overbalance the girl's fine-boned face, tipping its conventional prettiness into something almost sinister.

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Necklines were supported by very high boned collars.

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A streaky blonde bob frames her fine-boned face, one highlighted by big, blue-green eyes set above high cheekbones.

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His pale, heavy-boned face showed signs of sleeplessness.

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