column inch in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for column inch in the English»French Dictionary

column inch N

column inch TYPO, JOURN

cf millimètre m colonne

Translations for column inch in the English»French Dictionary

column [Brit ˈkɒləm, Am ˈkɑləm] N

1. column (gen):

column

colonne f

2. column JOURN:

column

rubrique f

sports/political column

rubrique sportive/politique

I.inch <pl inches> [Brit ɪn(t)ʃ, Am ɪn(t)ʃ] N

1. inch (unit of length):

inch

pouce m (= 2, 54 cm)

2. inch (small amount) fig:

inch by inch

petit à petit

I couldn't see an inch in front of me in the fog

je ne voyais rien à deux pas dans le brouillard

he missed being run over by inches

il a failli se faire écraser

to come within an inch of winning/succeeding

passer à deux doigts de la victoire/du succès

to be within an inch of death/victory

être à deux doigts de la mort/victoire

she won't give or budge an inch

elle ne veut pas bouger d'un pouce

II.inch [Brit ɪn(t)ʃ, Am ɪn(t)ʃ] VB trans

to inch sth forward car

faire avancer [qc] petit à petit

to inch the car into the garage

rentrer la voiture au garage avec précaution

to inch one's way across sth

traverser [qc] petit à petit

III.inch [Brit ɪn(t)ʃ, Am ɪn(t)ʃ] VB intr

to inch across sth floor

traverser [qc] petit à petit

to inch along sth ledge, plank

franchir [qc] petit à petit

to inch towards sth lit door

se diriger petit à petit vers

to inch towards sth fig solution, completion

parvenir petit à petit à

IV.inch [Brit ɪn(t)ʃ, Am ɪn(t)ʃ]

give her an inch and she'll take a mile or yard

plus on lui en donne, plus elle en veut

I don't trust him an inch

je n'ai pas la moindre confiance en lui

to fight every inch of the way

lutter pied à pied

to know every inch of sth

connaître qc comme sa poche

to search every inch of the car/carpet

passer la voiture/le tapis au peigne fin

to be every inch an aristocrat/soldier

être aristocrate/soldat jusqu'à la moelle

column inch in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for column inch in the English»French Dictionary

column [ˈkɒləm, Am ˈkɑ:ləm] N

1. column (pillar):

column a. fig

colonne f

Nelson's Column

le monument de Nelson

spinal column

colonne vertébrale

2. column (article):

column

rubrique f

I.inch <-es> [ɪntʃ] N

inch

pouce m

every inch

chaque centimètre

Phrases:

give her/him an inch and she/he'll take a mile prov

si on lui tend le petit doigt, il/elle prend tout le bras

to look every inch sth

ressembler en tout point à qc

to avoid [or miss] sb/sth by an inch

manquer qn de peu/qc d'un doigt

not to budge [or give] [or move] an inch

ne pas bouger d'un pouce

inch by inch

petit à petit

II.inch [ɪntʃ] VB intr + directional adv

to inch along [or forward]

avancer à petits pas

III.inch [ɪntʃ] VB trans

to inch oneself/sth

s'avancer/avancer qc d'un pouce

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She was paid a dime per column inch.

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Apart from healthy bank balances and the odd column inch?

www.telegraph.co.uk

So, if a newspaper charges $10 per column inch, the cost for the advertisement discussed above would be $180.00 (18 column inches multiplied by $10.00).

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Reporters had one broadcast or a set number of column inches.

www.cbc.ca

Layout also required the calculation of lengths of copy (text in column inches), for any chosen width.

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The incoherent jabberings of people desperate to fill column inches, yes.

www.telegraph.co.uk

All in all, that's a lot of column inches devoted to fatness, thinness and everything in-between.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

This adds up to about five of what we used to call column inches.

rabble.ca

In the easy days we were more or less restricted to a column inch in the newspaper.

www.stuff.co.nz

To determine the cost of the advertisement, multiply the number of column inches by the newspaper's rate.

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