common salt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for common salt in the English»French Dictionary

common salt N

common salt

sel m ordinaire

Translations for common salt in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] N

1. salt:

salt CHEM, FOOD

sel m

there's too much salt in the rice

le riz est trop salé

I don't like a lot of salt on my food

je n'aime pas manger très salé

salt and pepper

du sel et du poivre

to put salt on food/a road

saler les aliments/une route

to put salt on food/a road attr molecule, crystal, solution

de sel

to put salt on food/a road industry, refining

du sel

to put salt on food/a road production, factory

de sel

2. salt (sailor) inf, dated:

an old salt

un vieux loup de mer

II.salts N

salts npl PHARM:

salts

sels mpl

III.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] ADJ attr

salt water, lake

salé

salt beef, pork

salé

IV.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] VB trans

salt meat, fish, road, path:

salt

saler

V.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt]

to cry salt tears liter

verser des larmes amères

to be the salt of the earth

être le sel de la terre

you should take his remarks with a grain or a pinch of salt

il ne faut pas prendre ses remarques pour argent comptant

any teacher worth his salt knows that

tout enseignant digne de ce nom sait cela

SALT [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] N

SALT → Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT

négociations fpl SALT

I.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] N (public land)

common

terrain m communal

Clapham Common

le terrain communal de Clapham

II.commons N npl

1. commons (the people):

the commons

le peuple

2. commons POL:

commons, a. Commons the commons

les Communes fpl

3. commons Am UNIV (refectory):

commons

réfectoire m

III.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən] ADJ

1. common (often encountered):

common crime, illness, mistake, name, problem, reaction

courant, fréquent

in common use

d'un usage courant

in common parlance

dans le langage courant

it is common for sb to do

il est courant que qn fasse

to be common among children, mammals etc

être répandu chez

2. common (shared):

common aim, approach, attributes, border, enemy, language, interest, ownership

commun (to à)

for the common good

pour le bien commun

by common agreement

d'un commun accord

it is common property

c'est la propriété de tous

it is common knowledge

c'est de notoriété publique

3. common (ordinary):

common man, woman

du peuple after n

the common people

le peuple

a common soldier

un simple soldat

the common herd pej

la masse

a common criminal pej

un criminel ordinaire

4. common (low-class):

common pej

commun

it looks/sounds common

ça fait commun

5. common (minimum expected):

common courtesy, decency, humanity

le/la plus élémentaire

6. common:

common ZOOL, BOT frog, daisy, algae

commun

a common variety

une variété commune

7. common MATH:

common denominator, factor, multiple

commun

IV.in common ADV

in common

en commun

to have sth in common

avoir qc en commun

to hold sth in common LAW

posséder qc en commun

V.common [Brit ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑmən]

to be as common as muck or dirt (vulgar) inf

être d'une vulgarité crasse inf

they are as common as muck (widespread) inf

on en ramasse à la pelle

to be on short commons Brit

être rationné, faire maigre hum

to have the common touch

avoir de la simplicité

common salt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for common salt in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [sɔ:lt] N

salt a. fig:

salt

sel m

a pinch of salt

une pincée de sel

sea/celery salt

sel de mer/céleri

bath salts

sels de bain

Phrases:

to take sth with a pinch [or grain] of salt

ne pas prendre qc au pied de la lettre

to rub salt in the/sb's wound

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

to sit above/below the salt

être assis au bout de la table

worth one's salt

digne de ce nom

II.salt [sɔ:lt] VB trans

salt

saler

III.salt [sɔ:lt] ADJ

1. salt (with salt):

salt

salé(e)

2. salt fig tears:

salt

amère

SALT [sɔ:lt] N

SALT abbreviation of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT

négociations fpl SALT

I.common <-er, -est [or more common, most common]> [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] ADJ

1. common (ordinary):

common name

courant(e)

in common use

d'un usage courant

2. common (widespread):

common

notoire

common disease

répandu(e)

it is common knowledge that...

il est de notoriété publique que...

to be common practice

être d'usage

3. common inv (shared):

common

commun(e)

the common good

le bien commun

by common assent

d'un commun accord

to make common cause with sb

faire cause commune avec qn

to have sth in common with sb/sth

avoir qc en commun avec qn/qc

4. common <-er, -est> pej (low-class):

common

commun(e)

common criminal, thief

de bas étage

5. common (average):

common

ordinaire

the common people

les gens ordinaires

the common people man

du peuple

the common people accent

populaire

II.common [ˈkɒmən, Am ˈkɑ:mən] N

common

terrain m communal

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Natural saltpetre has the same origin as common salt.

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Sodium carbonate, in a solution with common salt, may be used for cleaning silver.

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By 1837, he was able to fix the images with a common salt solution.

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The villagers have been desperately trying to combat the snail menace by sprinkling common salt that acts as an effective molluscicide.

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Historically called acidum salis, muriatic acid, and spirits of salt, hydrochloric acid was produced from vitriol (sulfuric acid) and common salt.

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