collar bone in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for collar bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.collar [Brit ˈkɒlə, Am ˈkɑlər] N

1. collar (on garment):

collar

col m

soft/stiff/wing collar

col souple/dur/cassé

blue-/white-collar workers

les cols bleus/blancs

to grab sb by the collar

prendre qn au collet

2. collar (for dog, cat, horse):

collar

collier m

3. collar (cut of meat):

collar

collier m

4. collar MECH:

collar (ring)

bague f d'arrêt

collar (bearing seat)

collet m

II.collar [Brit ˈkɒlə, Am ˈkɑlər] VB trans inf

collar

alpaguer sl

collar (detain in conversation)

coincer inf

III.collar [Brit ˈkɒlə, Am ˈkɑlər]

to get hot under the collar

se mettre en rogne inf

to have one's collar felt hum

être pris au collet

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

collar bone in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for collar bone in the English»French Dictionary

collar bone N

collar bone

clavicule f

Translations for collar bone in the English»French Dictionary

I.collar [ˈkɒləʳ, Am ˈkɑ:lɚ] N

1. collar (piece around neck):

collar

col m

2. collar (band):

collar

collier m

II.collar [ˈkɒləʳ, Am ˈkɑ:lɚ] VB trans

1. collar inf:

collar

saisir au collet

2. collar fig:

collar

retenir

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

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Aside from the broken bones, the distal phalanges and the collar bone can undergo slow progressive deterioration.

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He suffered a concussion and a broken collar bone.

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On the second day, he crashed again, broke a collar bone and dropped out.

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The accident left him with broken ribs and injuries to his head and collar bone.

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Its collar bone was not unlike a bird's, thus strengthening scientists' arguments that dinosaurs were related to avians.

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The primate collar bone is retained as prominent element of the pectoral girdle; this allows the shoulder joint broad mobility.

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The most common areas in which it occurs are the pelvis, the femur, the humerus, the ribs and clavicle (collar bone).

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He crashed on the 18th stage and was forced to abandon with a broken collar bone.

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He crashed on the fourth day, breaking his collar bone, and missed contracts for other six-day races.

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The first was a broken collar bone.

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