flaking in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for flaking in the English»French Dictionary

I.flake [Brit fleɪk, Am fleɪk] N

1. flake:

flake (of snow, cereal)

flocon m

flake (of soap)

paillette f

flake (of chocolate, cheese)

copeau m

2. flake:

flake (of paint, metal, rust)

écaille f

flake (of rock, flint)

éclat m

3. flake Am inf (eccentric):

flake

toqué/-e inf

II.flake [Brit fleɪk, Am fleɪk] VB trans

flake fish:

flake

émietter

flaked almonds

amandes effilées

III.flake [Brit fleɪk, Am fleɪk] VB intr

1. flake:

flake, a. flake off paint, varnish:

s'écailler

flake, a. flake off plaster, stone:

s'effriter

flake, a. flake off skin:

peler

2. flake fish:

flake

s'émietter

flake white N

flake white

blanc m de plomb or de céruse

flake out VB [Brit fleɪk -, Am fleɪk -] inf

flake out (fall asleep)

s'endormir comme une masse

flake out (flop)

tomber comme une masse

flake off VB [Brit fleɪk -, Am fleɪk -] sl Am

flake off

se barrer inf

Translations for flaking in the French»English Dictionary

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lépreux (lépreuse)

flaking

écaillage

flaking

écailleux (écailleuse) (tombant)

flaking

écaillure

flake

déliter

to flake

écailler qc intempéries:

to cause [sth] to flake

s'écailler

to flake away

flaking in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for flaking in the English»French Dictionary

I.flake [fleɪk] VB intr

flake skin

peler

flake paint, wood

s'écailler

II.flake [fleɪk] N

1. flake (peeling):

flake

pellicule f

flake of paint, metal

écaille f

flake of chocolate, wood

copeau m

flake of snow, cereal

flocon m

2. flake Am inf (freak, unusual person):

flake

fou(folle) m (f)

flake out VB intr inf

flake out

s'endormir d'épuisement

Translations for flaking in the French»English Dictionary

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galeux (-euse)

flaking

lépreux (-euse)

flaking

flocon de neige

flake

flocon

flake

s'écailler

to flake off

se détacher par écailles peinture

to flake off

paillette de mica, soude, soudure

flake

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Parts of the ornamentation have been lost due to flaking, which probably happened during the 17th century, but the inscription is intact.

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As a result of this, the temple has suffered from severe weathering and surface flaking over the millennia.

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There is only a large wooden cross made out of four-by-four lumber, flaking its white paint.

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The surface of the inscription is even but it is damaged due to flaking, making parts of the inscription difficult to read.

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Unlike plating, the finish is not subject to flaking, peeling, wear-off from rubbing (as when repeatedly removed from a holster), or rust when scratched.

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In 1939 a churchwarden discovered medieval wall paintings beneath flaking later whitewash.

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He is holding his arms stretched out gripping an object that may be a harp, but that part is damaged due to flaking.

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The instructions on the label almost always call for you to scrape off any flaking rust or metal scale.

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The bark is thick, greyish-brown, and scaly plated at the base of the trunk, and orange-red, thin, and flaking higher on the trunk.

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They reach the outmost layer of the skin as flattened dead flaking skin cells we shed daily.

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