sown in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sown in the English»French Dictionary

sown [Brit səʊn, Am soʊn] VB pp

sown → sow

See also sow², sow¹

sow² <pret sowed; pp sowed, sown> [Brit səʊ, Am soʊ] VB trans

1. sow seeds, corn:

sow

semer

2. sow field, garden:

sow

ensemencer (with de)

3. sow (stir up) fig:

sow discontent, discord

semer

to sow the seeds of doubt

faire germer le doute (in sb dans l'esprit de qn)

sow¹ [Brit saʊ, Am saʊ] N

sow

truie f

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear prov

la caque sent toujours le hareng prov

sow¹ [Brit saʊ, Am saʊ] N

sow

truie f

you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear prov

la caque sent toujours le hareng prov

sow² <pret sowed; pp sowed, sown> [Brit səʊ, Am soʊ] VB trans

1. sow seeds, corn:

sow

semer

2. sow field, garden:

sow

ensemencer (with de)

3. sow (stir up) fig:

sow discontent, discord

semer

to sow the seeds of doubt

faire germer le doute (in sb dans l'esprit de qn)

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to reap what one has sown

récolter ce qu'on a semé

Translations for sown in the French»English Dictionary

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truie

sow

jeter sa gourme

to sow one's wild oats

faire les semailles

to sow

emblaver un champ

to sow a field with cereals

laie

wild sow

ensemencer

to sow

ensemencer un champ en blé

to sow a field with corn

sown in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sown in the English»French Dictionary

sown [səʊn, Am soʊn] VB

sown pp of sow

See also sow

sow <sowed, [or sowed] sown> [səʊ, Am soʊ] VB trans, intr a. fig

sow

semer

sow <sowed, [or sowed] sown> [səʊ, Am soʊ] VB trans, intr a. fig

sow

semer

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to reap what one has sown

récolter ce qu'on a semé

to sow one's wild oats

faire les quatre cent coups

to sow seeds

semer des graines

Translations for sown in the French»English Dictionary

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truie

sow

récolter ce qu'on a semé

to reap what one has sown

semer

to sow

semer

to sow

cette plate-bande est semée de pensées

this border is sown with pansies

semer discorde, zizanie

to sow

sown Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to reap what one has sown

récolter ce qu'on a semé

to sow seeds

semer des graines

to sow one's wild oats

faire les quatre cent coups

to reap what one has sown

récolter ce qu'on a semé

this border is sown with pansies

cette plate-bande est semée de pensées

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Catch crops are also crops that are sown to prevent minerals being flushed away from the soil.

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It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory.

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Ownership of livestock and sown areas changed dramatically as a result of collectivization.

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More than 50% of this area is sown for wheat, 33% for barley and 7% for oats.

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By the 1980s, they averaged more than 4,500 hectares (45 km, 11,000 acres) of sown area per farm.

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On average 560,000 ha are cultivated during maha and 310,000 ha during yala making the average annual extent sown with rice to about 870,000 ha.

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He was glad the seeds sown by him were proliferating and bearing fruit.

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It is sown on the surface or lightly covered in trays on a cold frame.

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A record of the seeds sown and expenditures incurred in cultivation and the value of the yield were calculated.

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If flax was sown continuously or with short rotations between subsequent flax crops, the flax became diseased and was called flax sick by farmers.

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