frontier station in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for frontier station in the English»French Dictionary

frontier [Brit ˈfrʌntɪə, frʌnˈtɪə, Am ˌfrənˈtɪr] N lit, fig

frontier

frontière f

the frontiers of science

les frontières de la science

the frontier between France and Spain

la frontière franco-espagnole

the wild frontier

la frontière sauvage

the wild frontier attr town, zone

frontière inv

the wild frontier after n

frontalier/-ière

the wild frontier controls

de frontière, frontalier/-ière

I.station [Brit ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n, Am ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] N

1. station RAIL:

station

gare f

in or at the station

à la gare

the train came into the station

le train est entré en gare

the train came into the station attr facilities, hotel, platform, staff

de la gare

2. station:

station (service) RADIO

station f de radio

station TV

station f de télévision

station (frequency)

station f

jazz station

station f de jazz

local/national radio station

radio f locale/nationale

3. station (base):

station MIL, NAUT

base f

naval/RAF station

base f navale/de la RAF

4. station (gen):

station MIL, NAUT (post)

poste m

at one's station

à son poste

5. station:

station, a. police station

commissariat m

station, a. police station (small)

poste m de police

6. station FARM:

station

élevage m

cattle/sheep station

élevage m bovin/de moutons

7. station (rank):

station dated

condition f

one's station in life

sa condition dans la société

to get ideas above one's station

ne pas avoir les moyens de ses ambitions

8. station REL:

the Stations of the Cross

les Stations fpl de la croix

to do the Stations of the Cross

faire le chemin de la croix

II.station [Brit ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n, Am ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n] VB trans (gen) MIL

station officer, guard, steward

poster

station troops

stationner

station ship, tank

déployer

to be stationed in Germany/at Essen

être en garnison en Allemagne/à Essen

III.to station oneself VB refl

to station oneself refl:

to station oneself

se poster

frontier station in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for frontier station in the English»French Dictionary

frontier station N

frontier station

poste m frontière

Translations for frontier station in the English»French Dictionary

frontier [frʌnˈtɪəʳ, Am frʌnˈtɪr] N

1. frontier (limit):

frontier

frontière f

2. frontier Am (outlying areas):

the frontier

les confins des terres colonisées

I.station [ˈsteɪʃən] N

1. station (railroad stop):

station

gare f

underground station Brit, Aus

station f de métro

2. station (building):

station

poste m

research station

poste de recherche

police station

poste de police

power station

centrale f électrique

atomic energy station

centrale f atomique

petrol/gas station

station-service f

3. station (for broadcasting):

station

station f

4. station (position):

station

poste m

to take up one's stations

se rendre à son poste

action/battle stations MIL

poste m de combat

to be on station NAUT, MIL

être à son poste

5. station (social position):

station

position f

one's station in life

sa situation sociale

6. station Aus, NZ AGR:

station

exploitation f d'élevage

II.station [ˈsteɪʃən] VB trans MIL

station troops

poster

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Each frontier station was forced to be self-supporting, as existing means of supply were inadequate to maintain a colony of any size.

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Each type of frontier station needed to be self-supporting, because supply lines (roads) were non-existent.

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