buoy in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for buoy in the English»French Dictionary

I.buoy [Brit bɔɪ, Am ˈbui, bɔɪ] N

buoy (gen)

bouée f

buoy (for marking)

balise f (flottante)

II.buoy [Brit bɔɪ, Am ˈbui, bɔɪ] VB trans

1. buoy:

buoy, a. buoy up (make cheerful) person, team, morale

revigorer (by par)

2. buoy:

buoy, a. buoy up FIN share prices, sales levels, results

stimuler (by par)

3. buoy:

buoy, a. buoy up (keep afloat) lit person, raft, object

maintenir à flot

4. buoy NAUT (mark out):

buoy channel, rocks

baliser

buoy rope N

buoy rope

orin m

breeches buoy [Am ˈbritʃɪz ˌbui, ˈbritʃɪz ˌbɔɪ] N

breeches buoy

bouée-culotte f

mooring buoy N

mooring buoy

bouée f de corps-mort

bell buoy N

bell buoy

bouée f à cloche

Translations for buoy in the French»English Dictionary

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baliseur

buoy-layer

bouée

buoy

balise (flotteur)

beacon, buoy

vigie (balise)

warning buoy

tonne

buoy

buoy in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for buoy in the English»French Dictionary

buoy [bɔɪ] N

buoy

bouée f

buoy up VB trans

1. buoy up (cause to float):

to buoy sb up

maintenir qn à flot

2. buoy up fig:

buoy up

épauler

to buoy up sb's spirits

remonter le moral de qn

to be buoyed up with new hope

être soutenu par un nouvel espoir

Translations for buoy in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

bouée

buoy

buoy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to buoy sb up

maintenir qn à flot

to buoy up sb's spirits

remonter le moral de qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, official buoys reported swells of 57 feet (17 meters).

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Many different drifting buoys exist around the world that vary in design and the location of reliable temperature sensors varies.

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This kind of race is most commonly run over one or more laps of a triangular course marked by a number of buoys.

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This characteristic differentiates them from large water plane area buoys such as discus buoys that tend to be wave followers.

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The location of the pot is marked on the surface by a buoy which is later used for retrieval.

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This is 2 laps of 750m, marked by floating buoys.

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The buoy's performance was satisfactory, but its limited size significantly restricted the buoy's use in other areas.

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Within the groups the buoys were placed 15-20 meter apart.

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Rather than post a gunboat near the safe channel as they had in days previous, lighted buoys were used to guide boats through.

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The course consists of one starting buoy and at least five control points of which the last to be located is the finish point.

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