calves in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for calves in the English»French Dictionary

calves [Brit kɑːvz, Am kævz] N npl

calves → calf

See also calf

calf <pl calves> [Brit kɑːf, Am kæf] N

1. calf ZOOL:

calf (cow)

veau m

calf (deer)

faon m

calf (buffalo)

buffletin m

calf (elephant)

éléphanteau m

calf (whale)

baleineau m

to be in calf

être pleine

calves' liver FOOD

foie m de veau

2. calf (leather):

calf

vachette f

3. calf ANAT:

calf

mollet m

to kill the fatted calf

tuer le veau gras

calve [Brit kɑːv, Am kæv] VB intr

calve

mettre bas

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calves' liver FOOD

foie m de veau

calves' brains

cervelle de veau

Translations for calves in the French»English Dictionary

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avoir des mollets de cycliste

to have muscular calves

vêler

to calve

des ris de veau grillés

grilled calves' sweetbreads

ça me serre à la taille/aux épaules/aux mollets

it's too tight around my waist/across my shoulders/around my calves

mettre bas vache:

to calve

calves in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for calves in the English»French Dictionary

calve [kɑ:v, Am kæv] VB intr

calve

vêler

Translations for calves in the French»English Dictionary

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arriver aux mollets robe

to come down to one's calves

calves Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to come down to one's calves

arriver aux mollets robe

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Swamp buffaloes carry their calves for one or two weeks longer than river buffaloes.

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In the modern conventional system, farmers must rear calves in small groups in open barns, with straw bedding and all mod cons.

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The instrument is held vertically, with the soundbox resting in the player's lap or between the calves.

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The calves, once they reach adolescence are taken to small jallikattu events to familiarise them with the atmosphere.

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Cows nurse their calves for at least 7 or 8 months but most calves seem to be weaned before the end of their first year.

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Calves will emit snorts, bleats, mooing and mewing sounds.

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Bull calves are either castrated and raised as steers for beef production or veal.

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The compound is highly toxic to monogastrics and even sometimes to calves which are really pre-ruminants in terms of their developing digestive system.

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However, a calf's rumen is still small and poorly developed - for this reason, creep feed offered to beef calves must be very energy-dense.

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All four groups bred during that year, with the corn-fed calves being the healthiest, while the wheat and mixed-fed calves were stillborn or later died.

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