síst in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for síst in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] N

1. salt:

salt CHEM, FOOD

sel m

there's too much salt in the rice

le riz est trop salé

I don't like a lot of salt on my food

je n'aime pas manger très salé

salt and pepper

du sel et du poivre

to put salt on food/a road

saler les aliments/une route

to put salt on food/a road attr molecule, crystal, solution

de sel

to put salt on food/a road industry, refining

du sel

to put salt on food/a road production, factory

de sel

2. salt (sailor) inf, dated:

an old salt

un vieux loup de mer

II.salts N

salts npl PHARM:

salts

sels mpl

III.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] ADJ attr

salt water, lake

salé

salt beef, pork

salé

IV.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt] VB trans

salt meat, fish, road, path:

salt

saler

V.salt [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt, Am sɔlt]

to cry salt tears liter

verser des larmes amères

to be the salt of the earth

être le sel de la terre

you should take his remarks with a grain or a pinch of salt

il ne faut pas prendre ses remarques pour argent comptant

any teacher worth his salt knows that

tout enseignant digne de ce nom sait cela

table salt N

table salt

sel m fin or de table

cooking salt N

cooking salt

gros sel m

common salt N

common salt

sel m ordinaire

rock salt N

rock salt

sel m gemme

I.salt away VB [Brit sɔːlt, sɒlt -, Am sɔlt -] (salt away [sth], salt [sth] away)

salt away

mettre [qc] de côté

salt cellar N

salt cellar

salière f

salt flat N

salt flat

marais m salant

salt mine [ˈsɔːltmaɪn] N MIN

salt mine

mine f de sel

it's back to the salt mines for me fig

je dois retourner au boulot inf

salt lick N

salt lick (naturally occurring)

pierre f salée

salt lick FARM

bloc f de sel

síst in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for síst in the English»French Dictionary

I.salt [sɔ:lt] N

salt a. fig:

salt

sel m

a pinch of salt

une pincée de sel

sea/celery salt

sel de mer/céleri

bath salts

sels de bain

Phrases:

to take sth with a pinch [or grain] of salt

ne pas prendre qc au pied de la lettre

to rub salt in the/sb's wound

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

to sit above/below the salt

être assis au bout de la table

worth one's salt

digne de ce nom

II.salt [sɔ:lt] VB trans

salt

saler

III.salt [sɔ:lt] ADJ

1. salt (with salt):

salt

salé(e)

2. salt fig tears:

salt

amère

salt water N no pl

1. salt water (sea water):

salt water

eau f de mer

2. salt water (water with salt):

salt water

eau f salée

salt-water ADJ

1. salt-water (of salted water):

salt-water lake

d'eau salée

2. salt-water (of sea water):

salt-water fish

d'eau de mer

salt mine N

salt mine

mine f de sel

rock salt N no pl

rock salt

sel m gemme

salt lake N

salt lake

lac m salé

salt cellar N

salt cellar

salière f

SALT [sɔ:lt] N

SALT abbreviation of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

SALT

négociations fpl SALT

pepper-and-salt ADJ

pepper-and-salt hair:

pepper-and-salt

poivre et sel inv

I.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] N a. LING

past

passé m

to be a thing of the past

appartenir au passé

sb with a past

qn au passé chargé

to write in the past

écrire au passé

II.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADJ

1. past (being now over):

past

passé(e)

his past crimes

ses crimes

the past week

la semaine dernière

2. past LING:

past tense

temps m du passé

past simple

prétérit m

past perfect

plus-que-parfait m

past participle

participe m passé

3. past (bygone):

past

révolu(e)

in times past [or past times]

autrefois

4. past (former):

past

ancien(ne)

Eve's past husband

l'ex-mari d'Eve

III.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] PREP

1. past (temporal):

past

plus de

ten/quarter past two

deux heures dix/et quart

it's past 2 o'clock

il est 2 h passées

to be past thirty

avoir plus de trente ans

2. past (spatial):

past

plus loin que

to go past the church

aller plus loin que l'église

it's just past sth

c'est juste un peu plus loin que qc

3. past (after):

when we've got past the exams

après les examens

he's past it pej, iron hum

il a passé l'âge

4. past (beyond):

past

au-delà de

past belief/description

incroyable/indescriptible

to be past the due/expiration date

être en souffrance/périmé

to be past work

ne plus être en état de travailler

I'm past caring

ça m'est égal

I wouldn't put it past them

ils en sont bien capables

IV.past [pɑ:st, Am pæst] ADV

past

devant

to run/swim past

passer en courant/à la nage