fold in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fold in the English»French Dictionary

I.fold [Brit fəʊld, Am foʊld] N

1. fold (crease):

fold (in fabric, paper, skin)

pli m

the skirt/the curtain hung in soft folds

la jupe/le rideau faisait des plis souples

2. fold GEOG:

fold

repli m

a fold in the hills

un repli des collines

3. fold GEOL:

fold

plissement m

4. fold (group):

fold

bercail m

5. fold FARM:

fold

parc m

II.-fold COMP

to increase twofold/threefold

doubler/tripler

the problems are threefold

il y a trois problèmes

interest rates have increased ninefold

les taux d'intérêt ont été multipliés par neuf

III.fold [Brit fəʊld, Am foʊld] VB trans

1. fold (crease):

fold paper, towel, shirt, chair, table, umbrella

plier

fold wings

replier

fold the paper in half or two

plie le papier en deux

a folded sheet/newspaper

un drap/journal plié

fold some newspaper around the vases

enveloppe les vases dans du papier journal

2. fold (intertwine):

fold arms

croiser

fold hands

joindre

he folded his arms across his chest

il a croisé les bras

she sat with her legs folded under her

elle était assise les jambes repliées sous elle

to fold sb into one's arms

serrer qn dans ses bras

3. fold FOOD (add):

fold

incorporer (into à)

IV.fold [Brit fəʊld, Am foʊld] VB intr

1. fold chair, table:

fold

se plier

2. fold (fail):

fold play:

quitter l'affiche

fold company:

fermer

fold project:

échouer

fold course:

cesser

V.fold [Brit fəʊld, Am foʊld]

to stay in/return to the fold

rester/rentrer au bercail

to return to the family/party fold

retourner au sein de sa famille/du parti

I.fold over VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold over)

fold over

se rabattre

II.fold over VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold [sth] over)

fold over flap:

fold over

rabattre

fold-out N

fold-out

encart m

fold mark N

fold mark

repère m de page

I.fold in VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold in [sth], fold [sth] in)

fold in sugar, flour:

fold in

incorporer

I.fold down VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold down)

fold down car seat, pram hood:

fold down

se rabattre

II.fold down VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold [sth] down, fold down [sth])

fold down collar, flap, sheets

replier

fold down seat, pram hood

rabattre

to fold down the corner of the page

corner la page

I.fold back VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold back)

fold back door, shutters:

fold back

se rabattre (against contre)

II.fold back VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold back [sth], fold [sth] back)

fold back shutters, sheet, sleeve, collar:

fold back

rabattre

I.fold away VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold away)

fold away bed, table:

fold away

se plier:

II.fold away VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold away [sth], fold [sth] away)

fold away clothes, linen

plier et ranger

fold away chair

replier

I.fold out VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold out [sth], fold [sth] out)

fold out map, newspaper:

fold out

déplier

I.fold up VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold up)

fold up chair, pram, umbrella:

fold up

se plier

II.fold up VB [Brit fəʊld -, Am foʊld -] (fold [sth] up, fold up [sth])

fold up newspaper, chair, umbrella:

fold up

plier

to fold sth up again

replier qc

fold in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fold in the English»French Dictionary

fold¹ [fəʊld, Am foʊld] N

1. fold (sheep pen):

fold

parc m à moutons

2. fold fig (home):

the fold

le bercail

I.fold² [fəʊld, Am foʊld] VB trans

1. fold (bend over upon self):

fold

plier

fold wings

replier

2. fold (wrap):

fold

envelopper

to fold one's arms

croiser les bras

to fold one's hands

joindre les mains

with folded arms

les bras croisés

3. fold FOOD:

to fold sth into sth

incorporer peu à peu qc dans qc

II.fold² [fəʊld, Am foʊld] VB intr

1. fold (bend over upon self):

fold

se plier

2. fold (fail or go bankrupt):

fold business

mettre la clé sous le paillasson

fold play

quitter l'affiche

III.fold² [fəʊld, Am foʊld] N

fold

pli m

I.fold up VB trans

fold up

plier

II.fold up VB intr

fold up

se plier

Translations for fold in the French»English Dictionary

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pliure d'un ourlet, tissu, papier

fold

repli d'un drapeau, de la peau

fold

repli de terrain

fold in the terrain

repli

fold

rentrer [ou revenir] au bercail

to return to the fold

replier qc coin d'une page

to fold sth down

replier qc mètre rigide

to fold sth up

replier qc jambes, pattes

to fold sth

replier qc ailes, couteau, lame

to fold sth away

replier qc couverture, drap

to fold sth down

se replier

to fold

se déplier

to fold out

ce canapé peut se déplier

you can fold the sofa out

faire un joli rabat (en faisant le lit à la française)

to fold the sheet down nicely

plier papier, tissu

to fold

plier linge, tente

to fold up

plier journal, carte routière

to fold up

se plier

to fold

fold Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the fold

le bercail

to fold one's arms

croiser les bras

to fold one's hands

joindre les mains

to fold sth into sth

incorporer peu à peu qc dans qc

you can fold the sofa out

ce canapé peut se déplier

to fold the sheet down nicely

faire un joli rabat (en faisant le lit à la française)

fold in the stiffly beaten egg whites

incorporer délicatement les blancs battus en neige

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Thus disordered sequences can not bury sufficient hydrophobic core to fold like stable globular proteins.

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The vestibular fold is formed by the vestibular ligament extending from lateral walls of epiglottis to arytenoid cartilage covered with mucous membrane.

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The low and flat rear compartment and seats that fold flat in a jiff are ideal.

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The twist is that practically everything in it is also available to buy -- save for the fitted kitchen and space-saving fold-down beds.

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Concept-formation occurs in the act of predication and is made possible through a two-fold abstraction.

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She attempted to fold a fitted sheet.

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It is provided with a very deep-seated feeble fold at its insertion.

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In car mode, the wings fold completely into the body of the vehicle, which will fit into a single car garage and regular parking space.

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The two-fold advantages of these systems are solving the problem of limited training data and tracking the temporal variations of the input data through adaptation.

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A 4-fold increase has been used to support the diagnosis of subclinical herpes zoster (zoster sine herpete).

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