homing pigeon in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for homing pigeon in the English»French Dictionary

homing pigeon N

homing pigeon

pigeon m voyageur

Translations for homing pigeon in the English»French Dictionary

I.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] N

1. home (dwelling):

home (gen)

logement m

home (house)

maison f

new homes for sale

logements neufs à vendre

he doesn't have a home

il n'a pas de logement

you have a beautiful home

vous avez une belle maison/un bel appartement

to be far from/near home

être loin de/près de chez soi

a home of one's own

un chez-soi

to work from home

travailler à domicile

to set up home in France/in Madrid

s'installer en France/à Madrid

I've made my home in France now

je suis installé or je vis en France maintenant

it's home to me now

je m'y sens chez moi

birds make their home in…

les oiseaux font leur nid dans…

his home has been a tent for the last two weeks

il habite dans une tente depuis deux semaines

the island is home to 3, 000 people

l'île abrite 3 000 personnes

2. home (for residential care):

home

maison f

retirement/nursing home

maison de retraite/de santé

to put sb in a home

mettre qn dans un établissement spécialisé

3. home (family base):

home

foyer m

to make a home for

créer un foyer pour

‘good home wanted’

‘cherche foyer accueillant’

to leave home

quitter la maison

to leave home attr life

de famille

to leave home surroundings, background

familial

to leave home comforts

du foyer

4. home (country):

home

pays m

to consider France (as) home

considérer la France comme son pays

5. home (source):

home of country, area: speciality

pays m de

home of jungle, region: species

habitat m de

6. home (place):

home fig, inf

place f

to find a home for book, object

trouver une place pour

II.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ

1. home (national):

home market, affairs

intérieur

home news

national

2. home SPORTS (local):

home match, win

à domicile

home team

qui reçoit

III.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

1. home come, go, arrive:

home (to house)

à la maison, chez soi

home (to country)

dans son pays

on the journey home (to house)

en rentrant à la maison

on the journey home (to apartment, room)

en rentrant chez moi/nous etc

on the journey home (by boat, plane)

pendant le voyage de retour

to see sb home

raccompagner qn à la maison

to take sb home (accompany)

raccompagner qn à la maison

to take sb home (to meet family)

amener qn à la maison

is she home?

est-ce qu'elle est à la maison?

is she home yet?

elle est déjà rentrée?

2. home (to required position, effect):

to hammer or drive sth home lit nail

enfoncer complètement

to hammer or drive sth home fig message

bien faire passer

to press or push one's point home

enfoncer le clou fig

to bring sth home to fig

faire voir qc à

to strike home fig

toucher juste

IV.at home ADV

1. at home (in house):

at home be, work, stay

à la maison

to live at home

habiter chez ses parents

at home and abroad

dans notre pays et à l'étranger

Madam is not at home dated

Madame ne reçoit personne

2. at home SPORTS (on own ground):

at home play

à domicile

they're at home on Saturday

ils jouent à domicile samedi

X are playing Y at home

X reçoit Y

3. at home (comfortable) fig:

at home be, feel

à l'aise (with avec)

make yourself at home

mets-toi à l'aise, fais comme chez toi

V.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm] VB intr

home pigeon, animal:

home

savoir retourner chez soi

VI.home [Brit həʊm, Am hoʊm]

it's/he's nothing to write home about

ça/il n'a rien d'extraordinaire

it's home from home Brit , it's home away from home Am

c'est un second chez-soi

home sweet home , there's no place like home prov

on n'est nulle part si bien que chez soi

to be a bit too close to home

être blessant

he found it a bit close to home

ça l'a touché au vif

let's talk about something nearer home

parlons de ce qui nous concerne plus particulièrement

to be home and dry

être sauvé

homing [Brit ˈhəʊmɪŋ, Am ˈhoʊmɪŋ] ADJ

homing TECH, MIL missile, weapon, rocket

autoguidé

homing system, device

d'autoguidage

pigeon [Brit ˈpɪdʒɪn, Am ˈpɪdʒən] N

pigeon

pigeon m

that's your pigeon inf!

ça, c'est ton affaire!

to put or set the cat among the pigeons

faire des vagues

homing pigeon in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for homing pigeon in the English»French Dictionary

homing pigeon N

homing pigeon

pigeon m voyageur

Translations for homing pigeon in the French»English Dictionary

pigeon voyageur

homing pigeon

Translations for homing pigeon in the English»French Dictionary

I.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] N

home

maison f

at home no pl

à la maison

to leave home no pl

quitter la maison

to make oneself at home no pl

se mettre à l'aise

II.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADV

1. home (at or to one's place):

home

à la maison

2. home (one's country):

home

au pays

3. home (understanding):

to bring sth home to sb

faire comprendre qc à qn

Phrases:

until the cows come home

jusqu'à la saint-glinglin

sth is nothing to write home about

qc n'est rien d'important

III.home [həʊm, Am hoʊm] ADJ a. SPORTS

home

local(e)

pigeon [ˈpɪdʒən] N

pigeon

pigeon m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It has been bred into several varieties kept by hobbyists, of which the best known is the homing pigeon or racing homer.

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The homing pigeon was one of the first ways lovers were able to communicate over long distances, using the birds to transmit small messages to one another.

thenextweb.com

In the races, the trained homing pigeons are driven hundreds of miles away from their coops and then released.

www.nydailynews.com

It will carry a message to the intended recipient by flying to them much like a homing pigeon.

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Scientists have sent robot scouts into deep space and unravelled the genome, yet they have been forced to admit they are still baffled by how homing pigeons navigate.

www.abc.net.au

This effect was reproduced using homing pigeons.

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Presented in 1982, the statue depicting a pigeon atop a globe honors the homing pigeons of the military.

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It is a homing pigeon with a very good homing instinct, but can not be used for racing because the adults can not be trained.

en.wikipedia.org

He was like a homing pigeon returning to both those locations year after year.

www.irishcentral.com

He said he got a few local birds -- about two pairs from two different people, white homing pigeons -- and started to breed them.

www.jamaicaobserver.com