dots in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for dots in the English»French Dictionary

I.dot [Brit dɒt, Am dɑt] N

dot (gen)

point m

dot (on fabric, wallpaper)

pois m

‘dot, dot, dot’

‘points de suspension’

II.dot <pres part dotting; pret, pp dotted> [Brit dɒt, Am dɑt] VB trans

1. dot (in writing):

dot letter

mettre un point sur

2. dot FOOD:

dot chicken, joint

parsemer (with de)

3. dot (be scattered along):

fishing villages dot the coast, the coast is dotted with fishing villages

il y a des ports de pêche éparpillés le long de la côte

there were houses/people dotted around

il y avait des maisons/des gens ça et là

they were dotted around the town/square

ils étaient répartis dans la ville/sur la place

III.dot [Brit dɒt, Am dɑt]

since the year dot inf

depuis des siècles

on the dot

pile

at two o'clock on the dot

à deux heures pile

dot-com [Brit dɒtˈkɒm, Am dɑtˈkɑm] N (Internet company)

dot-com

société f en ligne

dot-com

société f point com

dot-com attr millionaire, revolution

de l'Internet

dot-com era

Internet

dot-com society

en ligne

dot-com shares

des sociétés en ligne

polka dot N

polka dot

pois m

polka dot attr pattern, garment

à pois

DOT N Am

DOT → Department of Transportation

DOT

ministère m des transports

dot matrix printer N

dot matrix printer

imprimante f matricielle

dot-com bubble N

dot-com bubble

bulle f Internet

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join up characters, dots

relier

to dot the i's and cross the t's

mettre les points sur les i

Translations for dots in the French»English Dictionary

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pétant (pétante)

on the dot après n

il est arrivé à midi pétant/à six heures pétantes

he arrived at twelve on the dot/at six on the dot

à trois heures tapantes

at three o'clock sharp ou on the dot

dots in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for dots in the English»French Dictionary

I.dot [dɒt, Am dɑ:t] N a. TYPO

dot

point m

to be on the dot

être à la minute près

II.dot <-tt-> [dɒt, Am dɑ:t] VB trans

1. dot (mark with a dot):

dot

pointer

2. dot (distribute widely):

dot

parsemer

to be dotted with sth

être criblé de qc

Phrases:

to dot one's i's and cross one's t's

être pointilleux

polka dot N

polka dot

pois m

dot-matrix printer N

dot-matrix printer

imprimante f matricielle

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(since) the year dot, (from) the year dot Brit, Aus

depuis une éternité

Translations for dots in the French»English Dictionary

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pile arriver

on the dot

à 10 heures pile

at 10 o'clock on the dot

à 8 heures juste(s)

at 8 o'clock on the dot

mettre les points sur les i à qn

to dot the i's and cross the t's

dots Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be on the dot

être à la minute près

to dot one's i's and cross one's t's

être pointilleux

(since) the year dot, (from) the year dot Brit, Aus

depuis une éternité

to dot the i's and cross the t's

mettre les points sur les i à qn

at 10 o'clock on the dot

à 10 heures pile

at 8 o'clock on the dot

à 8 heures juste(s)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The forewings are black, with dark, brick-red fascia, a row of leaden-metallic round dots throughout and a few black dots before the termen.

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They have also investigated quantum dots as agents for medical imaging and as possible qubits in quantum computing.

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Each note in the 1988 series was sprinkled with special green ink dots that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light.

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Another commonly used marking technique uses dots of white-out on the fingerboard, which wear off in a few weeks of regular practice.

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The picture lacks detail, and had the dots in groups of 1, 2, 3, and 5 which is counterintuitive.

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These nine dots represent the nine orders of ministry within the church.

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Delivery of undamaged quantum dots to the cell cytoplasm has been a challenge with existing techniques.

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There are some blackish dots and strigulae along the costa.

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This building was right in the middle of the fishhook, and it blocked people's ability to kind of connect the dots.

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The vast fields of polka dots, or infinity nets, as she called them, were taken directly from her hallucinations.

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