four-legged in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for four-legged in the English»French Dictionary

four-legged friend N

four-legged friend

ami m à quatre pattes

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four-/six-legged animal

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Translations for four-legged in the French»English Dictionary

I.bête [bɛt] ADJ

1. bête (pas intelligent):

bête personne, air, idée, question

stupid

ce que tu peux être bête!

you can be so stupid sometimes!

il est loin d'être bête

he's far from stupid

il n'est pas bête

he's no fool

tiens ce n'est pas bête ça!

hey that's not a bad idea!

suis-je bête!

how stupid of me!

c'est bête à pleurer

it's too stupid for words

tu es bien bête d'avoir accepté

it was really stupid of you to accept

je suis restée toute bête

I was dumbfounded

bête et méchant personne, plaisanterie

nasty

il est bête et discipliné

he just does as he's told

2. bête (très simple):

bête problème, objet

simple

j'ai une question toute bête

I have a very simple question

c'est tout bête

it's quite simple

tu prends une boîte toute bête

you just take an ordinary box

3. bête (regrettable):

bête accident

silly

c'est (trop) bête d'échouer/d'en arriver là

it's (such) a shame to fail/that things should come to this

c'est bête, je ne peux pas venir

it's (such) a shame I can't come

II.bête [bɛt] N f

1. bête ZOOL:

bête (quadrupède)

animal

bête (insecte)

insect, bug

la sale bête m'a mordue

the wretched animal bit me

on n'est pas des bêtes!

we're not animals!

la Belle et la bête

Beauty and the beast

nos amis les bêtes

our four-legged friends

2. bête FARM:

bête (vache)

cow

bête (taureau)

bull

il a une cinquantaine de bêtes

he has around 50 head of cattle

3. bête (en parlant d'une personne):

bête

animal

une vraie bête

a real animal

sale bête!

stupid thing!

4. bête (personne talentueuse) inf:

au tennis/en musique c'est une (vraie) bête!

he's/she's (really) brilliant at tennis/music

une bête de scène/du rock

a brilliant actor/rock star

une bête de travail

a workaholic

III.bête [bɛt]

bête à bon Dieu ZOOL

ladybird Brit

bête à bon Dieu ZOOL

ladybug Am

bête à concours inf

exam fiend inf

bête à cornes ZOOL

horned animal

bête curieuse

freak

regarder qn comme une bête curieuse

to look at sb as if he/she were a freak

bête féroce ZOOL

ferocious animal

bête noire

bête noire Brit

bête noire

pet hate

bête noire

pet peeve Am

être la bête noire de qn personne, sujet, problème:

to be sb's bête noire Brit

être la bête noire de qn personne, sujet, problème:

to be sb's pet hate

bête sauvage ZOOL

wild animal

bête de somme ZOOL

beast of burden

IV.bête [bɛt]

il est bête comme ses pieds inf ou une oie

he's (as) thick as two short planks Brit inf

elle est bête à manger du foin inf ou de la paille inf

she's got nothing between her ears

bon et bête commencent par la même lettre

kind souls are easily duped

chercher la petite bête inf

to nit-pick inf

reprendre du poil de la bête inf

to perk up

travailler comme une bête inf

to work like crazy inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The guys quickly found a common language with a visitor from space, and soon the fun intergalactic company joined four-legged friend - dog.

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It is typically a short, wide, four-legged stool with a padded top, upholstered in a fabric or animal hide, such as leather.

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There is a depiction of his four-legged seated cross-legged n a cushioned seat supported by two bulls.

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In particular, terrestrial tetrapods (four-legged animals) evolved from fish and made their first forays onto land 400 million years ago.

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In non-mammalian four-legged animals, the bone homologous to the stapes is usually called the columella; however, in reptiles, either term may be used.

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The manuscript shows a four-legged stand supporting a bulbous bottle, while the gunner stands well back, firing the charge with a red-hot iron bar.

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It is constructed as a four-legged gate with "karahafu" gables of undulating curves on the front and back.

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