nibble in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for nibble in the English»French Dictionary

I.nibble [Brit ˈnɪb(ə)l, Am ˈnɪbəl] N

1. nibble (snack food):

nibble

amuse-gueule m inv

2. nibble (action):

nibble

mordillement m

to have or take a nibble at

grignoter

3. nibble (small meal):

nibble

collation f

to feel like or fancy a nibble

avoir envie de grignoter quelque chose

II.nibble [Brit ˈnɪb(ə)l, Am ˈnɪbəl] VB trans

1. nibble (eat):

nibble mouse, rabbit, person:

grignoter

nibble sheep, goat:

brouter

2. nibble (playfully) person, animal:

nibble ear, neck

mordiller

III.nibble [Brit ˈnɪb(ə)l, Am ˈnɪbəl] VB intr

1. nibble lit:

nibble animal:

mordiller

nibble person:

grignoter

to nibble at mouse, rabbit:

grignoter

to nibble at sheep, goat:

brouter

to nibble at fish: bait

mordre à

to nibble at person:

manger [qc] du bout des dents

2. nibble fig:

to nibble at idea, proposal

considérer

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experimentally lick, nibble

pour goûter

Translations for nibble in the French»English Dictionary

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mordiller

to nibble at

brouter chèvre:

to nibble

brouter chèvre:

to nibble

picorer personne, enfant:

to nibble

grignoter sandwich, noisette, biscuit

to nibble

tu n'as pas quelque chose à grignoter?

have you got anything to nibble? Brit

grignoter rongeur:

to gnaw, to nibble

grignoter

to nibble

ronger chenille: feuilles

to eat away, to nibble

ronger

to chew, to nibble

nibble in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for nibble in the English»French Dictionary

I.nibble [ˈnɪbl] N

1. nibble (small bite):

nibble

morceau m

2. nibble pl Brit inf (snack):

nibble

amuse-gueule m

II.nibble [ˈnɪbl] VB trans

1. nibble (eat with small bites):

nibble

grignoter

nibble

gruger Quebec

2. nibble (peck at sensually):

nibble

mordiller

III.nibble [ˈnɪbl] VB intr

1. nibble (snack lightly):

nibble

grignoter

2. nibble (show interest in):

to nibble at sth

se montrer tenté par qc

3. nibble (deplete slowly):

to nibble away at sth

grignoter doucement qc

Translations for nibble in the French»English Dictionary

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gruger

to nibble

grignoter personne

to nibble

grignoter qc personne

to nibble sth

picorer personne

to nibble

nibble Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to nibble at sth

se montrer tenté par qc

to nibble away at sth

grignoter doucement qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They wander inside a big farm van to nibble at the food.

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He started nibbling on dry bread to give him the strength to stay awake through his morning receptions.

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They were capable of bit-by-bit copying, also called nibbling.

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The bone covering the lacrimal sac is nibbled out.

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The painting shows a boy slumped against a dark background, where a sheep nibbles at a dull brown vine.

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They nibble them, throw them around, and they turn into a good wool catcher in their cage.

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It indicates when an arithmetic carry or borrow has been generated out of the four least significant bits, or lower nibble.

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When the transmitter detects the toggle, this procedure is repeated for the next nibble.

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Data in the general-purpose registers can be accessed on nibble boundaries and used for calculations, whereas the scratch registers allow only load and store operations.

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The remaining eight bytes consist of 16 signed 4-bit nibbles which correspond to the 16 samples, packed in a big-endian manner.

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