catch-all in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for catch-all in the English»French Dictionary

catch-all [Brit, Am ˈkɛtʃˌɔl] N

catch-all

expression f passe-partout

catch-all attr term, word, expression

passe-partout

catch-all inv clause

couvrant tous les cas de figure

catch-all category, list

exhaustif/-ive

Translations for catch-all in the French»English Dictionary

I.passe-partout, passepartout <pl passe-partout, passepartouts> [paspaʀtu] ADJ

passe-partout formule, réponse

catch-all

passe-partout vêtement

for all occasions après n

passe-partout outil, instrument

all-purpose

II.passe-partout, passepartout <pl passe-partout, passepartouts> [paspaʀtu] N m

passe-partout (clé)

master key

passe-partout (scie)

two-man saw

inventaire [ɛ̃vɑ̃tɛʀ] N m

1. inventaire COMM:

inventaire (opération)

stocktaking Brit

inventaire (opération)

inventory Am

inventaire (liste)

stocklist Brit

inventaire (liste)

inventory Am

faire l'inventaire

to do the stocktaking Brit

faire l'inventaire

to take inventory Am

2. inventaire:

inventaire (de valise, garde-robe)

list of contents

inventaire (de patrimoine, collection)

inventory

faire l'inventaire de sa valise (dresser une liste)

to make a list of the contents of one's suitcase

faire l'inventaire de sa valise (vérifier le contenu)

to go through one's suitcase

faire l'inventaire d'une collection

to draw up an inventory of a collection

un inventaire à la Prévert

a catch-all list

catch-all in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for catch-all in the English»French Dictionary

catch-all, catchall ADJ

catch-all

fourre-tout inv

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

During the 1970s and 1980s, "tropical" was used as a catch-all term for this hybrid.

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This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the catch-all class of lyases that cleave carbon-oxygen bonds.

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Thus, pelado becomes a catch-all term for low-class and low-culture people.

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Where such sub-districts are used elsewhere such as on street signs and maps, the original unsuffixed catch-all versions often remain in use instead.

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This enzyme belongs to the family of lyases, specifically the catch-all class of lyases that do not fit into any other sub-class.

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Critics argue that the "creative city" idea has now become a catch-all phrase in danger of losing its meaning.

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It comprised in the beginning six departments: architecture, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, chemistry, forestry, and a catch-all department for mathematics, natural sciences, literature, and social and political sciences.

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For this reason, there may be grounds to question the merits of the term as a catch-all for the field.

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It has since sometimes been applied as a catch-all phrase for a number of groups of mixed-race ancestry.

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The phrase otherwise unfit for food, although seeming to be a catch-all, has rarely been invoked.

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