COW - Translation from English into French

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English

French

I. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] N

1. cow:

cow (cattle family): vache f

cow (other animals): femelle f

2. cow (woman):

cow inf pej: grognasse f inf

cow inf pej: vache f inf

II. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] VB trans

cow: intimider

a cowed look: un air de chien battu

III. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ]

till the cows come home: jusqu'à la saint-glinglin inf

dairy cow N

dairy cow: vache f laitière

sea cow N

sea cow: vache f marine

cash cow N COMM

cash cow fig: vache f à lait

sacred cow N fig

sacred cow: vache f sacrée

cow parsley N

cow parsley: cerfeuil m sauvage

milch cow [Brit ˈmɪltʃkaʊ] N dated FARM

milch cow: vache f laitière

milch cow fig, pej: vache f à lait

mad cow disease N

mad cow disease: maladie f de la vache folle

French

English

éléphante: cow elephant

garce: cow sl

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English

French

cow¹ [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

cow: vache f

2. cow (female mammal):

cow: femelle f

elephant cow: femelle éléphant

3. cow pej inf:

cow: vache f

stupid cow: conne f

4. cow Aus pej inf (unpleasant thing):

a cow of a ...: un/une ... de merde

Phrases:

until/till the cows come home: quand les poules auront des dents

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans

cow: intimider

cow dung N no pl

cow dung: bouse f de vache

sea cow N

sea cow: dugong m

cash cow N inf

cash cow: vache f à lait

French

English

pétasse: cow

bouse: cow pat Brit

bouse: cow dung no pl

connasse: stupid cow

pauvre [ou sale] pej conne: stupid cow!

oh! le con/la conne!: what a prick/stupid cow!

vache: cow

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English

French

cow¹ [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

cow: vache f

2. cow (female mammal):

cow: femelle f

elephant cow: femelle éléphant

Phrases:

until/till the cows come home: quand les poules auront des dents

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans

cow: intimider

sea cow N

sea cow: dugong m

cash cow N inf

cash cow: vache f à lait

crop cow: brouter

there's a cow and she's hungry: voilà une vache et elle a faim

French

English

bouse: cow manure

vache: cow

éléphant mâle/femelle: bull/cow elephant

lait de vache: cow's milk

Present
I	cow
you	cow
he/she/it	cows
we	cow
you	cow
they	cow

Past
I	cowed
you	cowed
he/she/it	cowed
we	cowed
you	cowed
they	cowed

Present Perfect
I	have	cowed
you	have	cowed
he/she/it	has	cowed
we	have	cowed
you	have	cowed
they	have	cowed

Past Perfect
I	had	cowed
you	had	cowed
he/she/it	had	cowed
we	had	cowed
you	had	cowed
they	had	cowed

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there's a cow and she's hungry: voilà une vache et elle a faim

elephant cow: femelle éléphant

stupid cow: conne f

a cow of a ...: un/une ... de merde

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Cows frequently return to their pups to suckle.

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It was much different from that of cow's milk, and had a fragile and heterogeneous structure perhaps composed of casein flakes.

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More subordinate bulls will mate with any remaining estrous cow that has not mated yet.

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Her love for meat is taken to its grotesque extreme when she begins hankering for the taste of cow fetus.

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Cows nurse their calves for at least 7 or 8 months but most calves seem to be weaned before the end of their first year.

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I. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] N

1. cow:

2. cow (woman):

II. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] VB trans

III. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ]

dairy cow N

sea cow N

cash cow N COMM

sacred cow N fig

cow parsley N

milch cow [Brit ˈmɪltʃkaʊ] N dated FARM

mad cow disease N

in the PONS Dictionary

cow¹ [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

2. cow (female mammal):

3. cow pej inf:

4. cow Aus pej inf (unpleasant thing):

Phrases:

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans

cow dung N no pl

sea cow N

cash cow N inf

cow¹ [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

2. cow (female mammal):

Phrases:

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans

sea cow N

cash cow N inf

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I. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] N

1. cow:

2. cow (woman):

II. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ] VB trans

III. cow [Brit kaʊ, Am kaʊ]

dairy cow N

sea cow N

cash cow N COMM

sacred cow N fig

cow parsley N

milch cow [Brit ˈmɪltʃkaʊ] N dated FARM

mad cow disease N

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cow1 [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

2. cow (female mammal):

3. cow pej inf:

4. cow Aus pej inf (unpleasant thing):

Phrases:

cow2 [kaʊ] VB trans

cow dung N no pl

sea cow N

cash cow N inf

cow1 [kaʊ] N

1. cow (female ox):

2. cow (female mammal):

Phrases:

cow2 [kaʊ] VB trans

sea cow N

cash cow N inf

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cow¹ [kaʊ] N

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans

cow¹ [kaʊ] N

cow² [kaʊ] VB trans