fattening in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fattening in the English»French Dictionary

I.fattening [Brit ˈfat(ə)nɪŋ, Am ˈfætnɪŋ] N

fattening

engraissement m

II.fattening [Brit ˈfat(ə)nɪŋ, Am ˈfætnɪŋ] ADJ

fattening food, drink:

fattening

qui fait grossir after n

beer is very fattening

la bière fait beaucoup grossir

non-fattening [Brit nɒnˈfat(ə)nɪŋ] ADJ

non-fattening

qui ne fait pas grossir

I.fatten [Brit ˈfat(ə)n, Am ˈfætn] VB trans

fatten → fatten up

II.fatten [Brit ˈfat(ə)n, Am ˈfætn] VB intr

fatten animal:

fatten

engraisser

See also fatten up

I.fatten up VB [Brit ˈfat(ə)n -, Am ˈfætn -] (fatten [sb/sth] up, fatten up [sb/sth])

1. fatten up:

fatten up animal

engraisser

fatten up person

faire grossir

2. fatten up fig industry:

fatten up

investir gros dans

I.fatten up VB [Brit ˈfat(ə)n -, Am ˈfætn -] (fatten [sb/sth] up, fatten up [sb/sth])

1. fatten up:

fatten up animal

engraisser

fatten up person

faire grossir

2. fatten up fig industry:

fatten up

investir gros dans

Translations for fattening in the French»English Dictionary

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engraissage

fattening

mettre un animal à l'engrais

to fatten an animal

suralimenter volaille, bétail

to fatten

elle n'en mange pas, ça fait grossir

she doesn't eat that, it's fattening

engraisser bétail

to fatten

fattening in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fattening in the English»French Dictionary

fattening ADJ

to be fattening

faire grossir

fatten [ˈfætən] VB trans

fatten

engraisser

Translations for fattening in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

engraisser

to fatten

engraisser

to fatten up

le sucre fait grossir

sugar is fattening

fattening Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be fattening

faire grossir

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

A fattening room girl is known as a "mbobo".

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The abandoned land was taken up for dairying and the fattening of cattle.

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The livestock sector also suffered from a low calving percentage, a high mortality rate, and a long fattening period for steers.

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Potatoes... definitely more fattening in some forms than others.

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Her lover leads her to the mountains where she can pursuit a fattening diet.

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Carbohydrates are not typically fattening; the only way you put on weight is by eating too many calories.

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The fact that everybody knows that most of the shares are held by trusts and not by individuals who are fattening themselves, that helps.

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The property was put up for auction in 1898, advertised as comprising 408600acre ha of prime fattening country suitable for carrying a herd of 5,000 cattle.

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However, infected ones usually dispense with this fattening period and go on to produce eggs immediately after fledging.

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Wherever the water in its overflow reaches, men take knowledge of it, while the fattening rain falls unobserved.

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