piggy bank in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for piggy bank in the English»French Dictionary

piggy bank N

piggy bank

tirelire f (en forme de cochon)

Translations for piggy bank in the French»English Dictionary

piocher dans/casser sa tirelire

to raid/to break one's piggy bank

tirelire

piggy bank

Translations for piggy bank in the English»French Dictionary

I.piggy [Brit ˈpɪɡi, Am ˈpɪɡi] N childspeak

piggy

cochon m

II.piggy [Brit ˈpɪɡi, Am ˈpɪɡi] ADJ

piggy manners etc:

piggy

de cochon

to have piggy eyes pej

avoir des petits yeux porcins

III.piggy [Brit ˈpɪɡi, Am ˈpɪɡi]

to be piggy in the middle fig

se trouver entre deux chaises

to be piggy in the middle fig

avoir le cul entre deux chaises inf

I.bank [Brit baŋk, Am bæŋk] N

1. bank:

bank FIN, GAMES

banque f

the Bank of France/of England

la Banque de France/d'Angleterre

to break the bank GAMES

faire sauter la banque

it won't break the bank fig

ça ne ruinera personne

it won't break the bank attr credit, debt

bancaire

it won't break the bank employee, staff

de banque

2. bank (border):

bank (of river, lake)

rive f

bank (of canal)

berge f

the banks of the Nile/of the Thames

les bords mpl du Nil/de la Tamise

to break its banks river:

sortir de son lit

3. bank (mound):

bank (of earth, mud)

talus m

bank (of snow)

congère f

4. bank (slope):

bank (by road, railway track)

talus m

bank (by racetrack)

virage m incliné

bank (by mineshaft)

carreau m

5. bank (section of sea bed):

bank

banc m

6. bank (mass):

bank (of flowers)

massif m

bank (of fog, mist)

banc m

a bank of cloud

un banc de nuages

7. bank AVIAT:

bank

virage m sur l'aile

8. bank (series):

bank (of switches, oars, keys, floodlights)

rangée f

9. bank MIN (face):

bank

front m de taille

10. bank (bench for rower):

bank

banc m de nage

II.bank [Brit baŋk, Am bæŋk] VB trans

1. bank FIN:

bank cheque, money

déposer [qc] à la banque

2. bank (border):

bank track, road

border

to be banked by

être bordé par

3. bank AVIAT:

bank plane

incliner [qc] sur l'aile

4. bank (fuel) → bank up

III.bank [Brit baŋk, Am bæŋk] VB intr

1. bank FIN:

to bank with

avoir un compte à la

who do you bank with?

où as-tu ton compte?

2. bank AVIAT:

bank plane:

virer sur l'aile

IV.bank [Brit baŋk, Am bæŋk]

to be as safe as the Bank of England

être à toute épreuve

See also bank up

I.bank up VB [Brit baŋk -, Am bæŋk -] (bank up)

bank up snow, earth, mud:

bank up

s'amonceler

II.bank up VB [Brit baŋk -, Am bæŋk -] (bank [sth] up, bank up [sth])

1. bank up (pile up):

bank up snow, earth, mud

entasser

2. bank up (cover with fuel):

bank up fire

charger

3. bank up (make a slope by):

bank up road, racetrack

surhausser

piggy bank in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for piggy bank in the English»French Dictionary

piggy bank N

piggy bank

tirelire f (en forme de cochon)

Translations for piggy bank in the French»English Dictionary

casser sa tirelire pour acheter qc inf

to break open the piggy bank to buy sth

Translations for piggy bank in the English»French Dictionary

I.piggy <-ier, -iest> [ˈpɪgi] ADJ pej inf

1. piggy (selfish):

piggy

égoïste

2. piggy (small and pink):

piggy eyes

avec de petits yeux de cochon

II.piggy <-ies> [ˈpɪgi] N

piggy childspeak inf:

piggy

cochon m

Phrases:

to be piggy in the middle

être entre l'écorce et l'arbre

I.bank¹ [bæŋk] N

bank

banque f

to pay sth into the bank

déposer qc à la banque

to play bank

être la banque

blood/data bank

banque du sang/de données

II.bank¹ [bæŋk] VB intr

to bank with ...

avoir un compte à ...

III.bank¹ [bæŋk] VB trans (deposit)

to bank money/valuables

déposer de l'argent/des objets de valeur

bank² [bæŋk] N (row)

bank

rangée f

I.bank³ [bæŋk] N

1. bank of river:

bank (edge)

bord m

bank (of land)

talus m

bank (of road)

remblai m

the river broke its banks

la rivière est sorti de son lit

2. bank (elevation in water):

bank

banc m

3. bank AVIAT:

bank

virage m incliné

4. bank (mass):

bank

massif m

bank of cloud

amoncellement m

bank of fog

couche f

II.bank³ [bæŋk] VB intr AVIAT

bank

virer (sur l'aile)

III.bank³ [bæŋk] VB trans

1. bank (cover):

to bank the fire

couvrir le feu

2. bank AVIAT:

to bank an aeroplane

faire virer un avion sur l'aile

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Another states that money deposited into the piggy bank benefits local human service organizations.

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So grab your piggy bank and get ready to check out loads of awesome new beauty buys for the weekend.

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I am seeing an increasing abundance of executives using corporate assets as their personal piggy bank.

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The two-year deal meant an $1 million -- $500,000 for each game -- would go into the club's piggy bank.

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Get younger kids a fun piggy bank and put a picture of their savings goal on the moneybox as an incentive.

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When her piggy bank goes missing, her cartoon tie-in toys come to life to help her find it.

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There would also be less money stuffed into his university's piggy bank.

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Although it took almost all the money he had (he literally broke open his piggy bank to pay his membership dues), he joined the union that day.

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Imagine being seven years old and having a whole $137.88 in your piggy bank.

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There will be no shortage of psychics, preachers, faith healers and assorted con artists with their sticky fingers in your shrinking piggy bank this year.

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