snake pit in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for snake pit in the English»French Dictionary

snake pit N

snake pit

fosse f aux serpents

Translations for snake pit in the English»French Dictionary

I.pit [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt] N

1. pit (for storage, weapons, bodies):

pit

fosse f

2. pit MIN:

pit

mine f

to work at the pit

travailler à la mine

to go down the pit

aller travailler à la mine

to work down the pit

être mineur

to work down the pit attr closure, fire, gates

de mine

to work down the pit strike, village

de mineurs

pit disaster

désastre m minier

3. pit (hollow):

pit

creux m

the pit of the stomach

le creux du ventre

a pit of depravity fig

un abîme de dépravation

4. pit (trap):

pit

trappe f

5. pit Am (in peach, cherry, olive):

pit

noyau m

6. pit FIN:

pit

corbeille f

trading pit

parquet m de la Bourse

wheat pit

Bourse f du blé

7. pit THEAT:

pit

parterre m

8. pit MOTOR:

pit (at garage)

fosse f

pit (at racetrack)

stand m

9. pit Brit (bed):

pit inf

pieu m inf

pit inf

lit m

II.pit <pres part pitting; pret, pp pitted> [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt] VB trans

1. pit (in struggle):

to pit sb against opponent

opposer qn à

the match will pit Scotland against Brazil

le match opposera l'Écosse au Brésil

2. pit (mark):

pit tool: surface, stone

marquer

pit acid: metal

ronger

her skin was pitted by smallpox/acne

elle avait la peau grêlée par la variole/marquée par l'acné

3. pit Am (remove stones from):

pit peach, cherry, olive

dénoyauter

III.to pit oneself VB refl

to pit oneself refl:

to pit oneself against sb

se mesurer à qn

to pit one's wits against sb

se mesurer à qn

IV.pit [Brit pɪt, Am pɪt]

it's the pits inf! (of place, workplace)

c'est l'enfer!

this place is the pits (of the earth) inf

c'est un des coins les plus moches du globe inf

to dig a pit for sb

tendre un piège à qn

I.snake [Brit sneɪk, Am sneɪk] N

1. snake ZOOL:

snake

serpent m

2. snake (person):

snake pej

traître/traîtresse m/f

II.snake [Brit sneɪk, Am sneɪk] VB intr

snake road:

snake

serpenter (through à travers)

the road snaked down the mountain

la route descendait la montagne en serpentant

III.snake [Brit sneɪk, Am sneɪk]

a snake in the grass pej

un traître/une traîtresse

snake pit in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for snake pit in the English»French Dictionary

I.pit¹ [pɪt] N

1. pit (in ground):

pit

fosse f

2. pit (mark) a. MED:

pit

marque f

in the pit of the stomach

dans le creux de l'estomac

3. pit COMPUT, TECH (hollow, depression):

pit

creux m

4. pit (mine):

pit

mine f

5. pit THEAT, MUS (area of seating):

pit

parterre m

orchestra pit

fosse f d'orchestre

6. pit (in motor racing):

pit

stand m

Phrases:

to be the pits inf

être nul

II.pit¹ [pɪt] VB trans

1. pit (make holes in):

pit

creuser un trou

pitted by small pox

grêlé par la petit vérole

2. pit place in opposition:

to pit sb against sb

opposer qn contre qn

I.pit² <-tt-> [pɪt] Am N

pit

noyau m

II.pit² <-tt-> [pɪt] Am VB trans

pit

dénoyauter

I.snake [sneɪk] N

snake (long reptile):

snake

serpent m

Phrases:

a snake in the grass pej

un faux jeton

II.snake [sneɪk] VB intr

snake

serpenter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

It's no wonder surfers are standoffish; we're all too conscious of making a kooky error in the snake pit.

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The Huns then throw him into a snake pit where he dies playing a harp.

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