lumber room in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for lumber room in the English»French Dictionary

lumber room N Brit dated

lumber room

débarras m

Translations for lumber room in the English»French Dictionary

I.lumber [Brit ˈlʌmbə, Am ˈləmbər] N

1. lumber Am (wood):

lumber

bois m de construction

2. lumber Brit (junk):

lumber dated

bric-à-brac m

II.lumber [Brit ˈlʌmbə, Am ˈləmbər] VB trans

1. lumber Brit inf:

to be lumbered with

se taper or se coltiner inf

I'm lumbered with the ironing

je me suis tapé or coltiné le repassage inf

I get lumbered with the job of entertaining her parents

on m'a infligé la corvée de divertir ses parents

I'm lumbered with the house, I can't sell it

j'ai la maison sur les bras, je n'arrive pas à la vendre

2. lumber Am (remove timber from):

lumber

exploiter [qc] (pour le bois de construction)

III.lumber [Brit ˈlʌmbə, Am ˈləmbər] VB intr

1. lumber:

lumber, a. lumber along animal, person:

avancer d'un pas lourd

lumber, a. lumber along vehicle:

avancer péniblement

to lumber away or off person:

s'éloigner d'un pas lourd

to lumber in/out

entrer/sortir d'un pas lourd

to lumber through sth

traverser qc d'un pas lourd

2. lumber Am (cut timber):

lumber

débiter le bois

I.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] N

1. room (closed area):

room (for living)

pièce f

room (for sleeping)

chambre f

room (for working)

bureau m

room (for meetings, teaching, operating)

salle f

a three room apartment

un appartement de trois pièces

the room fell silent

tout le monde se tut

in the next room

dans la pièce d'à côté

‘rooms to let’

‘chambres à louer’

room 159

la chambre 159

room and board

chambre avec repas

he gets room and board

il est logé (et) nourri

2. room U (space):

room

place f (for pour, to do pour faire)

to make room

faire de la place

to take up room

prendre de la place

to be short of room

manquer de place

3. room (opportunity):

room for improvement/doubt

possibilité f d'amélioration/de doute

room for manoeuvre

marge f de manœuvre

II.rooms N npl dated

1. rooms (rented):

rooms

meublé m

2. rooms Brit UNIV:

rooms

chambre f d'étudiant

III.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm] VB intr Am

room

loger

to room with sb

loger chez qn

we room together

nous habitons ensemble

IV.-roomed COMP

4-roomed

de 4 pièces

V.room [Brit ruːm, rʊm, Am rum, rʊm]

there is always room at the top

quand on veut réussir dans la vie on peut

lumber room in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lumber room in the English»French Dictionary

lumber room N

lumber room

débarras m

Translations for lumber room in the English»French Dictionary

lumber¹ [ˈlʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VB intr

lumber person, animal

avancer à pas lourds

lumber tanks, cart, wagon

rouler lourdement

lumber² [ˈlʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VB trans Aus, Brit inf

to get lumbered with sth

se coltiner qc

lumber³ [ˈlʌmbəʳ, Am -bɚ] N no pl Am, Aus

1. lumber (unuseful items):

lumber

bric-à-brac m

2. lumber (wood):

lumber

bois m de construction

I.room [ru:m] N

1. room:

room (in house)

pièce f

room (in house)

place f Belg, Nord

room (bedroom)

chambre f

room (classroom, meeting room)

salle f

room (for work)

bureau m

room and board

chambre et pension

2. room no pl (space):

room

place f

to take up room

prendre de la place

there's not enough room to swing a cat

il n'y a pas de place pour se retourner

3. room no pl (possibility):

room

marge f

to have room for sth

avoir une marge de qc

to have room for improvement

pouvoir mieux faire

II.room [ru:m] VB intr

to room with sb Am (share a room)

partager une chambre avec qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He converted a lumber room into a billiard room, added bathrooms and central heating, reorganised the kitchen and dining areas and carried out countless repairs.

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She had all the items swept into a lumber room.

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Next door, there was a lumber room, a carriage house, a grainery, stables, a poultry yard, a pigeonry, and servants's houses.

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At the same time, the lumber room doesn't embrace brash extravagance, either.

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Indeed, that's what's admirable and perhaps strangely terrifying about the lumber room.

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