Translations for mouthful in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

mouthful [Brit ˈmaʊθfʊl, ˈmaʊθf(ə)l, Am ˈmaʊθˌfʊl] N

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1. mouthful:

mouthful (of food)

mouthful (of liquid)

to swallow a meal in one mouthful

ne faire qu'une bouchée d'un repas

2. mouthful inf:

mouthful (long hard word)

mot m long d'un kilomètre inf

mouthful (long hard name)

nom m à coucher dehors inf

3. mouthful (abuse):

mouthful inf

engueulade f inf

to give sb a mouthful

passer une engueulade à qn inf

to get a mouthful

recevoir une engueulade inf

a mouthful of obscenities/of curses

un chapelet d'obscénités/de jurons

4. mouthful Am (pertinent remark):

mouthful inf

remarque f importante

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goulée (de nourriture)

mouthful

boire la tasse inf

to swallow a mouthful of water when swimming

mouthful

prendre ou boire un bouillon (en nageant)

to get a mouthful

Translations for mouthful in the English»French Dictionary (Go to French»English)

mouthful N

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1. mouthful (amount of food):

mouthful

2. mouthful (amount of drink):

mouthful

3. mouthful inf (unpronounceable word):

to be a mouthful

être difficile à prononcer

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mouthful

mouthful

to be a mouthful

être difficile à prononcer

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It may feed by scooping up and swallowing mouthfuls of riverbed substrate to obtain buried food objects. en.wikipedia.org

They suffocate their prey by constriction, though harmless smaller mouthfuls may be eaten alive without constriction, or simply crushed on eating by jaws. en.wikipedia.org

At the same time he was fed only two or three mouthfuls of bread daily, and three spoonfuls of water. en.wikipedia.org

While their young are out feeding, the parents eject mouthfuls of debris from the burrows. en.wikipedia.org

You'll have your mouthful of rum tomorrow, and go hang. en.wikipedia.org

This was a mouthful that was only slowly accepted. en.wikipedia.org

But the final danger is to do too much because the eye, delighted by a small mouthful, is soon surfeited. en.wikipedia.org

One in three mouthfuls of the food we eat is dependent on pollination and honey bees are dying out across the world. en.wikipedia.org

First, take a mouthful of the liquid, then tilt the head back and pronounce the vowel sound a:, as in father. en.wikipedia.org

They frequently take in mouthfuls of juveniles and spit them out again. en.wikipedia.org

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