downhill in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for downhill in the English»French Dictionary

I.downhill [Am daʊnˈhɪl] ADJ [Brit ˈdaʊnhɪl]

downhill path, road:

downhill

en pente, qui descend

II.downhill [Am daʊnˈhɪl] ADV [Brit daʊnˈhɪl]

to go downhill path, road, person, vehicle:

descendre

to go downhill fig person:

être sur le déclin

she has gone downhill a lot since you saw her last

sa santé s'est beaucoup détériorée depuis la dernière fois que tu l'as vue

since he took over as manager business has gone downhill

depuis qu'il est directeur les affaires vont mal

from now on it's downhill all the way (easy) fig

à partir de maintenant il ne devrait plus y avoir de problèmes

from now on it's downhill all the way (disastrous)

à partir de maintenant c'est le déclin

downhill skiing, downhill ski N

downhill skiing

ski m de descente

downhill race N

downhill race

descente f

downhill race

épreuve f de descente

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downhill skis

skis mpl alpins

to coast downhill car, bicycle:

descendre en roue libre

downhill slope

descente f

Translations for downhill in the French»English Dictionary

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descendeur (descendeuse)

downhill racer, downhiller

ski de descente (activité)

downhill skiing

ski de descente (matériel)

downhill ski

ski de piste (activité)

downhill skiing

ski de piste (matériel)

downhill ski

aval

downhill

être sur la mauvaise pente , être sur une pente savonneuse entreprise, économie:

to be going downhill

downhill in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for downhill in the English»French Dictionary

I.downhill ADV (toward the bottom of a hill)

downhill

en descendant

II.downhill ADJ

downhill

descendant(e)

the downhill hike

la descente

Translations for downhill in the French»English Dictionary

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aller à vau-l'eau

to be going downhill fast

son commerce périclite

his business is going downhill

à la dérive

going downhill

aller droit à la catastrophe

to be going downhill fast

être sur une mauvaise pente

to be going downhill

dans la descente/les descentes

going downhill

downhill Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the downhill hike

la descente

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

With the lift, the skiers could leave their skis on, and would be skiing downhill all the time.

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Mules often have lower withers and flatter backs than horses, making it likely that the saddle will slide forward when going downhill with a rider.

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This has resulted in highly specialized equipment designed for better performance in a downhill setting.

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On this section of the road it appears as if downhill actually is uphill and vice versa.

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He was a star in the early 1970s, but his career went downhill due to rumors of a paraphilia involving fish.

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It was downhill from there and by 2000, all of the shops and restaurants that gained fame in the 1980s were gone or transformed unrecognisably.

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The women's downhill will use another run with a length of 2.72 km and a vertical drop of 790m -1.

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He provided experimental evidence for a mechanism of protein folding called as downhill folding.

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This one is less steep and goes downhill in the end.

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The goal for each run is to race downhill to the finish line within the time allowed.

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