cripple in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cripple in the English»French Dictionary

I.cripple [Brit ˈkrɪp(ə)l, Am ˈkrɪpəl] N (lame)

cripple dated or offens

impotent/-e m/f

II.cripple [Brit ˈkrɪp(ə)l, Am ˈkrɪpəl] VB trans

1. cripple:

cripple (physically)

estropier

cripple (emotionally)

traumatiser

crippled for life

infirme à vie

2. cripple fig:

cripple country, industry, economy

paralyser

cripple ship

désemparer

cripple vehicle, equipment

mettre [qc] hors d'usage

cripple debt, burden: person, company

écraser

emotional cripple N inf

emotional cripple

personne f bloquée sur le plan émotionnel

social cripple N dated or offens

social cripple

handicapé/-e m/f social/-e pej

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the accident left him an orphan/a cripple

l'accident a fait de lui un orphelin/un invalide

Translations for cripple in the French»English Dictionary

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estropié (estropiée)

cripple dated ou offens

étrangler entreprise, économie

to cripple

cripple in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cripple in the English»French Dictionary

I.cripple [ˈkrɪpl] N pej

cripple

infirme mf

II.cripple [ˈkrɪpl] VB trans

1. cripple (leave physically disabled):

cripple

estropier

2. cripple fig (seriously disable):

cripple

endommager

3. cripple (paralyze):

cripple

paralyser

Translations for cripple in the French»English Dictionary

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estropié(e)

cripple

impotent(e)

cripple

estropier

to cripple

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Outside the distiller's a fight has broken out, and a crazed cripple raises his crutch to strike his blind compatriot.

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Complete or almost complete deprivation could entirely cripple the capacity to make relationships.

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Ignorance, ill health, personality disorder--these are disabilities often contracted in childhood: afflictions which linger to cripple the man and damage the next generation.

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He is a cripple who found peace and satisfaction through paintings.

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This measure was meant to cripple the church and allow for its collapse.

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Some such events could destroy or cripple modern civilization.

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A shell to the turret, if penetrated, may severely cripple it and disable its rotation.

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He's a cripple because the only person he can live with is himself.

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After sustaining great injuries which left him a cripple and needing the use of several cybernetic prostheses, he eventually reappears to save his daughter.

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