space cadet in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for space cadet in the English»French Dictionary

space cadet N Am inf, hum

space cadet

cinglé/-e inf

Translations for space cadet in the English»French Dictionary

cadet [Brit kəˈdɛt, Am kəˈdɛt] N

cadet MIL a. officer cadet

élève mf officier

cadet (in police force)

élève mf agent de police

I.space [Brit speɪs, Am speɪs] N

1. space U (room):

space

place f

space

espace m

to take up a lot of space

prendre or occuper beaucoup de place

to make space for sb/sth

faire de la place pour qn/qc

a car with plenty of luggage space

une voiture avec beaucoup de place or d'espace pour les bagages

there is ample space for parking

il n'y a aucun problème de stationnement

to buy/sell (advertising) space in a newspaper

acheter/vendre des espaces publicitaires dans un journal

to give sb space fig

laisser de la liberté à qn

to need (one's own) space

avoir besoin de liberté

to invade sb's (personal) space

empiéter sur l'espace vital de qn

2. space C (gap, blank area):

space (gen)

espace m (between entre)

space MUS

interligne m

space TYPO (between letters, words)

espace f

space (between lines)

interligne m

space (between lines)

espace m

there is a space of ten centimetres between…

il y a un espace de dix centimètres entre…

enclosed spaces

les espaces fermés

in the space provided (on application form etc)

dans l'espace prévu à cet effet, dans la case prévue à cet effet

‘watch this space!’

‘à suivre’

3. space C (area of land):

space

espace m

open spaces

espaces mpl libres

the freedom of the wide open spaces

la liberté des grands espaces

4. space (interval of time):

space

intervalle m

after a space of fifteen minutes/two weeks

après un intervalle de quinze minutes/deux semaines

in or within the space of five minutes/a week

en l'espace de cinq minutes/d'une semaine

in a short space of time

en très peu de temps

5. space:

space AEROSP, PHYS

espace m

the exploration of space , space exploration

l'exploration de l'espace or du cosmos

the exploration of space , space exploration attr research, programme, exploration, vehicle, rocket

spatial

II.space [Brit speɪs, Am speɪs] VB trans

space

espacer

the pylons were spaced 100 metres apart

les pylônes étaient espacés de 100 mètres

III.space [Brit speɪs, Am speɪs]

to stare into space

regarder dans le vide or l'espace

space cadet in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for space cadet in the English»French Dictionary

cadet [kəˈdet] N

1. cadet (military):

cadet

élève mf d'une école militaire

2. cadet (police):

cadet

élève mf policier

I.space [speɪs] N

1. space (area, gap) a. COMPUT, TYPO:

space

espace m

to be a space saver

faire gagner de la place

a blank space

un blanc

empty space

vide m

2. space no pl (room):

space

place f

parking space

place de parking

wide open space

grands espaces mpl

open space

espaces mpl verts

to take up space

prendre de la place

to leave space for sb/sth

laisser de la place à qn/qc

to make space

faire de la place

outside space and time

hors espace et temps

to gaze into space

regarder dans le vide

3. space (interval of time):

space

période f

after a space of four months

après une période de quatre mois

in a space of time

un espace de temps

in the space of one hour

en l'espace d'une heure

4. space (outer space):

space

espace m

in space

dans l'espace

to go into space

aller dans l'espace

II.space [speɪs] VB trans

space

espacer

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Instead of singing cowboys, it was singing space cadets.

en.wikipedia.org

The color space cadet was formulated in 2007.

en.wikipedia.org

Whether this guy was a space cadet or simply trying to avoid your questions... that should have made you question his state of mind.

www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au

Whether you're a weather geek, space cadet or both like me, this picture has you covered!

www.washingtonpost.com

From the perspective of any space cadet from 1969, this isn't very impressive.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Country's psychedelic space cadet is coming back to land.

www.ew.com

You'd certainly have to be a space cadet to find this stuff very appetising.

www.independent.ie

He is somewhat a space cadet.

www.ghanaweb.com

The game is halfway to its goal with 15 days to go, so get pledging, space cadet.

techcrunch.com

He's a bit of a space cadet, there's no getting around that.

www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk