chisel in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for chisel in the English»French Dictionary

I.chisel [Brit ˈtʃɪz(ə)l, Am ˈtʃɪzəl] N

chisel

ciseau m

II.chisel <pres part chiselling, , chiseling, Am pret, pp chiselled, chiseled Am> [Brit ˈtʃɪz(ə)l, Am ˈtʃɪzəl] VB trans

1. chisel:

chisel (shape)

tailler au ciseau

chisel (finely)

ciseler

to chisel a figure out of a piece of wood

tailler une silhouette dans un morceau de bois

to chisel a figure out of a piece of wood sculptor:

sculpter une silhouette dans un morceau de bois

chiselled features fig

traits burinés

finely chiselled features fig

traits finement ciselés

2. chisel Am inf:

chisel

rouler inf (out of de)

I.chisel in VB [Brit ˈtʃɪz(ə)l -, Am ˈtʃɪzəl -] inf Am (chisel in on sb)

chisel in

tomber sur qn inf

cold chisel N

cold chisel

ciseau m à froid

Translations for chisel in the French»English Dictionary

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burin

chisel

à coups de burin

with a chisel

sculpter au burin

to chisel

buriner statue, bloc

to chisel out

ciseler bois, pierre

to chisel

ciseler

to chisel, to polish

ciseau

chisel

ciseau à froid

cold chisel

le ciseau entaille le bois

the chisel cuts into the wood

sculpter au ciseau

to carve with a chisel

doser/ciseler avec précision

to measure out/chisel with precision

chisel in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for chisel in the English»French Dictionary

I.chisel [ˈtʃɪzl] N

chisel

ciseau m

II.chisel <-ll- [or Am -l-]> [ˈtʃɪzl] VB trans

1. chisel (cut):

chisel

découper

2. chisel Am pej inf (get by trickery):

chisel

rouler

to chisel sth out of sb

rouler qn de qc

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carve with a chisel

ciseler

Translations for chisel in the French»English Dictionary

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ciseler

to chisel

ciseau

chisel

burin

chisel

chisel Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to chisel sth out of sb

rouler qn de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A great variety of wonderful statues were chiselled.

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The gates are also known as carved, flowery gates, as the ornamental motives are carved in the columns with different semicircular chisels.

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Impurities were gouged out with chisels using pneumatic chipping hammers or by manually operated swing frame grinding.

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The skull had a tall arch anterior to the eyes, consisting of the bony nares, a number of other openings, and spatulate teeth (resembling chisels).

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Once a tunnel is found, the woodpecker chisels out wood until it makes an opening into the tunnel.

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They developed a rationale for the use of chisels instead.

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The strong constriction of the upper body, the incised line chiseled into the eyebrow, and tassel on the front of the crown.

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The designs are commonly cut from tissue paper using a guide and small chisels, creating as many as forty banners at a time.

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The barn and the orchard house have similar dates chiseled over the entrances, indicating substantial reconstruction by the family.

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Some doctors now prefer to use 1 millimeter chisels to remove the obstructing bone and enter directly through the ear canal.

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