drawers in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for drawers in the English»French Dictionary

I.drawer N [Brit drɔː, Am ˈdrɔr]

1. drawer (in chest, cabinet, table etc):

drawer

tiroir m

cutlery/desk drawer

tiroir à couverts/de bureau

2. drawer [ˈdrɔː(r)ə] [ˈdrɔər] (of pictures):

drawer

dessinateur/-trice m/f

3. drawer [ˈdrɔər] [ˈdrɔː(r)ə] FIN:

drawer

tireur/-euse m/f

II.drawers N

drawers npl dated:

drawers (for man)

caleçon m

drawers (for woman)

culotte f

chest of drawers N

chest of drawers

commode f

bottom drawer N lit

bottom drawer

tiroir m du bas

bottom drawer fig

trousseau m de mariée

drawer liner N

drawer liner

garniture f de tiroir

top-drawer [Am ˌtɑpˈdrɔr] ADJ inf, dated

top-drawer family:

top-drawer

très bourgeois

to be top-drawer

faire partie de la haute

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to fumble about in bag, drawer

fouiller dans

Translations for drawers in the French»English Dictionary

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semainier

chest of (seven) drawers

tiroir

drawer

tiroir de bureau

desk drawer

tiroir secret

secret drawer

fouiller dans tous les tiroirs

to go through all the drawers

traîner au fond d'un tiroir

to lie forgotten in the bottom of a drawer

apposer les scellés

to affix seals (to doors, drawers, premises etc pending an enquiry)

culotte

drawers pl

une culotte/deux culottes (pour femme)

a pair/two pairs of pants Brit ou panties Am ou drawers

culotte en caoutchouc

plastic pants Brit ou panties Am ou drawers

drawers in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for drawers in the English»French Dictionary

drawer [ˈdrɔ:ʳ, Am ˈdrɔ:r] N

drawer

tiroir m

a chest of drawers

une commode

top drawer N

1. top drawer (chest's uppermost drawer):

top drawer

tiroir m du haut

2. top drawer Brit inf (superior social position):

to be top drawer

être de la haute

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refer to drawer FIN

refusé

take out item from drawer, bag

sortir

Translations for drawers in the French»English Dictionary

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émetteur (-trice) d'un chèque

drawer

tiroir

drawer

tireur (-euse) d'un chèque, d'une lettre de change

drawer

tiroir de gauche

left drawer

tripoter dans un tiroir

to rummage about in a drawer

rentrer dans une valise/un tiroir

to fit in a suitcase/a drawer

drawers Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be top drawer

être de la haute

a chest of drawers

une commode

refer to drawer FIN

refusé

to rummage about in a drawer

tripoter dans un tiroir

to fit in a suitcase/a drawer

rentrer dans une valise/un tiroir

to get sth out of a bag/drawer/suitcase

sortir qc d'un sac/d'un tiroir/d'une valise

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English

In a standard hut, each patient was supplied with a bed, chest of drawers, a table and a chair.

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The interior of the desk is equipped with small drawers, pigeonholes, etc., for storing papers and supplies.

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The library boasts about 85 varieties and will be housed in the wooden drawers of an old card catalogue.

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He causes the nurse to become drowsy and when she awakes from his spell, she removes the sprigs of wolfbane placing it in a hallway chest of drawers.

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We live in an age where ridiculous conclusions are drawn and the drawers of those conclusions are clueless.

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Built for an appliance manufacturer, it could stamp out drawers for stoves at the rate of eight per minute, or 480 an hour.

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A chest of drawers stand behind her -- each drawer pulled open -- while a suitcase sits at the victim's feet.

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A chest of drawers from the bedroom had been moved underneath the window to make room for extra furniture.

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These dogs can take laundry in and out of a washing machine, open and close doors and drawers, press buttons at pelican crossings.

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Drawers from a bedside table in the bedroom were strewn across the bed and appeared to have been ransacked.

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