moth-eaten in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for moth-eaten in the English»French Dictionary

moth-eaten [Brit, Am ˈmɔθˌitn] ADJ

1. moth-eaten (shabby):

moth-eaten

miteux/-euse

2. moth-eaten (damaged by moths):

moth-eaten

mité

Translations for moth-eaten in the French»English Dictionary

miter <se miter> [mite] VB refl

miter vêtement:

miter

to become moth-eaten

mité

moth-eaten

vermoulu (vermoulue) [vɛʀmuly] ADJ

1. vermoulu planche, mobilier:

vermoulu (vermoulue)

worm-eaten

vermoulu (vermoulue)

wormy Am

2. vermoulu idéologie, institutions:

vermoulu (vermoulue)

moth-eaten

mite [mit] N f

mite

(clothes) moth

mon pull est mangé par les ou aux mites

my jumper is all moth-eaten

mite du fromage

cheese mite

ce n'est pas mangé aux ou piqué des mites inf

that's quite something

moth-eaten in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for moth-eaten in the English»French Dictionary

moth-eaten ADJ

moth-eaten

mité(e)

Translations for moth-eaten in the French»English Dictionary

mité(e) [mite] ADJ

mité(e)

moth-eaten

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Sometimes it's the one with the wrong colour hair, moth-eaten jumper and no gym membership who actually bowls you over.

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Your riches have rotted, and your clothes are moth-eaten.

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They remember it always looking rather bedraggled and moth-eaten.

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You can relax in a pair of old jeans and moth-eaten pullover but that would not be chillaxing.

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A moth-eaten black woollen cap covers a half-bald pate and stringy, flyaway, grey hair.

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If material is moth-eaten or broken, we stitch make-up bags or purses from it.

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Tulips go floppy, the hollyhocks are moth-eaten and the stock seedlings seem to be in despair.

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An old couple, wearing a moth-eaten dhoti and sari, their limbs layered with two inches of sand and dust, with parched lips and matted hair stand out displaying their poverty.

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But the rest of the old equipment, the newspaper clippings, the moth-eaten caps -- all gone.

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That moth-eaten rocking horse that looked antique, but wasn't.

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