four-wheeled in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for four-wheeled in the English»French Dictionary

I.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] N

1. wheel:

wheel (on vehicle)

roue f

wheel (on trolley, piece of furniture)

roulette f

front/back wheel

roue avant/arrière

2. wheel (for steering) (in vehicle):

wheel

volant m

wheel NAUT

roue f (de gouvernail)

to be at or behind the wheel

être au volant

to take the wheel (in vehicle)

prendre le volant

to take the wheel NAUT

tenir la roue

to fall asleep at the wheel

s'endormir au volant

3. wheel (in watch, mechanism, machine):

wheel

rouage m

the wheels of government fig

les rouages du gouvernement

4. wheel (for pottery):

wheel

tour m

5. wheel HISTORY (instrument of torture):

wheel

roue f

6. wheel GAMES (in roulette):

wheel

roue f

II.wheels N

wheels npl (car):

wheels inf

bagnole f inf

wheels inf

voiture f

are these your new wheels?

c'est ta nouvelle bagnole? inf

have you got wheels inf?

tu es motorisé? inf

III.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] VB trans

wheel bicycle, barrow, pram:

wheel

pousser

to wheel a child in a pram

promener un enfant dans sa poussette

they wheeled me into the operating theatre

ils m'ont emmené dans la salle d'opération sur un chariot

IV.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil] VB intr

1. wheel:

wheel, a. wheel round (circle) bird:

tournoyer

2. wheel (turn sharply):

wheel person, regiment:

faire demi-tour

wheel car, motorbike:

braquer fortement

wheel ship:

virer de bord

to wheel to the right person, regiment:

faire demi-tour à droite

right/left wheel! MIL

demi-tour droite/gauche!

V.-wheeled COMP

a three-/four-wheeled vehicle

un véhicule à trois/quatre roues

VI.wheel [Brit wiːl, Am (h)wil]

to wheel and deal

magouiller inf

the wheel of fortune

la roue de la fortune

it's wheels within wheels

l'affaire est plus compliquée qu'elle n'en a l'air

to reinvent the wheel

réinventer la roue

to be fifth wheel Am

être la cinquième roue du carrosse

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He gained his international reputation through numerous world records on two- and four-wheeled vehicles.

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Four-wheeled coaches were given a third, centre axle and the wheelbase varied on individual coaches, depending on their original design, between 7,500 and 7,900 millimetres.

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Another advantage was that the purchase and road tax fees for three-wheelers cost considerably less than four-wheeled vehicles.

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Some two-wheeled designs had pedals mounted on the front wheel, while three- and four-wheeled designs sometimes used treadles and levers to drive the rear wheels.

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