pile-up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pile-up in the English»French Dictionary

pile-up N MOTOR

pile-up

carambolage m

multiple pile-up N

multiple pile-up

carambolage m

I.pile up VB [Brit pʌɪl -, Am paɪl -] leaves, snow, rubbish (pile [sth] up, pile up [sth])

1. pile up lit:

pile up (in a heap)

entasser

pile up (in a stack)

empiler

to be piled up books, plates:

s'empiler (on sur)

her hair was piled up on her head

elle avait les cheveux relevés

2. pile up fig debts, evidence, problems, work:

pile up

accumuler

motorway [Brit ˈməʊtəweɪ, Am ˈmoʊdərˌweɪ] Brit N

motorway

autoroute f

motorway attr markings, police, service station, telephone

de l'autoroute

motorway traffic, network, system, junction, building programme

autoroutier/-ière

motorway crash, pile-up

sur l'autoroute

motorway driving

sur autoroute

Translations for pile-up in the French»English Dictionary

carambolage [kaʀɑ̃bɔlaʒ] N m

1. carambolage (de voitures):

carambolage

pile-up

2. carambolage (au billard):

carambolage

cannon Brit

carambolage

carom Am

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amonceler sable, terre, neige

to pile up

amonceler objets, pierres

to pile up, to stack

s'amonceler preuves, soucis, ennuis:

to pile up, to accumulate

collision en chaîne

pileup

s'amasser documents, objets, neige:

to pile up

s'empiler vaisselle, livres:

to pile up

s'accumuler neige, ordures, commandes:

to pile up

pile-up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pile-up in the English»French Dictionary

pile-up N

1. pile-up inf (car crash):

pile-up

carambolage m

2. pile-up (accumulation):

pile-up

accumulation f

I.pile up VB intr

pile up

s'accumuler

II.pile up VB trans

1. pile up (increase):

pile up

accumuler

2. pile up (pile):

pile up

entasser

Translations for pile-up in the French»English Dictionary

carambolage [kaʀɑ̃bɔlaʒ] N m

carambolage

pile-up

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

(s')empiler

to pile up

agglomérer neige, sable

to pile up

agglomérer neige, terre

to pile up

entasser

to pile up

s'entasser

to pile up

amonceler

to pile up

s'amonceler courrier

to pile up

rempiler qc

to pile sth up again

s'accumuler dettes, vaisselle, déchets

to pile up

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The club said its display had ended by 8:15pm, 10 minutes before the pile-up.

www.abc.net.au

But, as the pile-up of ill patients on trolleys showed last week, the group failed to deliver.

www.independent.ie

The hospital's emergency department had the highest trolley numbers in the country during last week's pile-up and yesterday it remained one of the worst affected.

www.irishexaminer.com

The incident resulted in a massive pile-up of traffic along the busy thoroughfare.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

A related issue is that humans tend to drive too close together - a car braking too rapidly will almost certainly cause a pile-up.

www.gizmodo.com.au

A number of people suffered injuries in the mid-evening pile-up but none are believed to be seriously hurt, said a source.

www.independent.ie

So what's the best solution to the coffee cup pile-up?

www.choice.com.au

Maybe the end of the world will just be everyone crashing into each other and ending up in a big human pile-up.

www.crawleynews.co.uk

A woman who lost control of her car on a motorway causing a fatal eight-car pile-up has been found guilty of causing a man's death.

www.bbc.co.uk

And what about those people who are walking along and then, for no apparent reason, stop, just like that, almost causing a pedestrian pile-up?

www.theglobeandmail.com