prowling in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for prowling in the English»French Dictionary

I.prowl [Brit praʊl, Am praʊl] N

to be on the prowl

rôder (for en quête de)

to go on the prowl animal:

partir en quête d'une proie

to go on the prowl fig person:

faire une virée

II.prowl [Brit praʊl, Am praʊl] VB trans

to prowl the streets at night

rôder dans les rues la nuit

III.prowl [Brit praʊl, Am praʊl] VB intr a. prowl around, prowl about Brit

prowl animal, person: (gen)

rôder

prowl (restlessly) person:

faire les cent pas

prowl animal: (in cage)

tourner

prowl car N Am

prowl car

voiture f de police

Translations for prowling in the French»English Dictionary

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rôder

to prowl

rôder autour d'une maison

to prowl around a house

un individu suspect rôdait autour de la maison

a suspicious individual was prowling around the house ou hanging around outside the house

la mort rôde

death is on the prowl

en maraude voyou

on the prowl never attr

marauder voyou:

to prowl around

un étranger rôde dehors

a stranger is prowling outside

prowling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prowling in the English»French Dictionary

I.prowl [praʊl] N

prowl

tournée f à la recherche d'une proie

to be on the prowl

rôder

II.prowl [praʊl] VB trans

prowl

rôder dans

III.prowl [praʊl] VB intr

prowl

rôder

prowl car N Am

prowl car → patrol car

See also patrol car

patrol car N

patrol car

voiture f de police

prowling Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be on the prowl

rôder

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Anti-malaria squads could be seen prowling the area spraying stagnant water with insecticide.

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They'll sit quietly for a few moments before jumping up and prowling the sidelines.

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From their super-human form, many of the people begin to regress into the deadly human-beasts that are prowling around the town.

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A prowling jaguar on each sleeve replaced the leaping jaguar going across both shoulders in the original design.

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The larvae do not begin feeding until their yolk sacs are reabsorbed, at which point they begin to feed on benthic invertebrates by prowling the bottom of the stream.

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The streets clearly are not safe; two bands of armed men are prowling the city.

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Coral trout hunt in two different ways: by ambush and by prowling.

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Prowling the museum in the dark is eerie.

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Love isn't safe when pity's prowling around.

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You probably want to know they're not prowling around when you're asleep, after all.

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