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

I.pigeonhole [Brit ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl, Am ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl] Brit N

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1. pigeonhole lit:

pigeonhole (in desk)

pigeonhole (in desk)

pigeonhole (in wall unit)

2. pigeonhole (neat category):

pigeonhole fig

II.pigeonhole [Brit ˈpɪdʒɪnhəʊl, Am ˈpɪdʒənˌhoʊl] Brit VB trans

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1. pigeonhole (categorize):

pigeonhole person, activity

étiqueter, cataloguer (as comme)

2. pigeonhole (file):

pigeonhole papers, letters

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pigeonhole

j'ai mis la lettre dans ton casier

I've put the letter in your pigeonhole

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I.pigeon-hole N

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1. pigeon-hole (box):

pigeon-hole

2. pigeon-hole fig:

to put in [or in pigeon-holes] a pigeon-hole person

to put in [or in pigeon-holes] a pigeon-hole thing

II.pigeon-hole VB trans

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1. pigeon-hole (classify):

pigeon-hole

2. pigeon-hole (label):

pigeon-hole

3. pigeon-hole (put off):

pigeon-hole

remettre à plus tard

to put in [or in pigeon-holes] a pigeon-hole person

to put in [or in pigeon-holes] a pigeon-hole thing

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She was determined not to be shaped into some music biz pigeonhole and wanted to write songs that were organic, different and real. en.wikipedia.org

Both youthful and novel... it's hard to pigeonhole but refreshingly easy to enjoy. en.wikipedia.org

By the pigeonhole principle, two of these elements must fall into the same class. en.wikipedia.org

Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into pigeonholes. en.wikipedia.org

Potter himself was aware of the pigeonhole in which he had put himself. en.wikipedia.org

He devised a mathematical formula of sorting slips in 1024 pigeonholes in thirty-two columns and thirty-two rows based on fingerprint patterns. en.wikipedia.org

They generally contain pigeonholes for the birds to nest. en.wikipedia.org

The use of the pigeonholes allowed for the viewer of the exhibition to view both sides of the postcard. en.wikipedia.org

These resemble certain forms of counting found in discrete mathematics and, appropriately, make use of the pigeonhole principle. en.wikipedia.org

It is a class of search problems that can be shown to be total by an application of the pigeonhole principle. en.wikipedia.org

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