stair carpet in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stair carpet in the English»French Dictionary

stair carpet N

stair carpet

tapis m d'escalier

Translations for stair carpet in the English»French Dictionary

I.stair [Brit stɛː, Am stɛr] N

1. stair (step):

stair

marche f (d'escalier)

the top/bottom stair

la marche du haut/du bas

2. stair (staircase):

stair form

escalier m

stair form

escaliers mpl form

II.stairs N

stairs npl (staircase):

the stairs

l'escalier m

a flight of stairs

un escalier, une volée f d'escalier

to climb or go up the stairs

monter l'escalier

to come or go down the stairs

descendre l'escalier

to run up the stairs

monter l'escalier en courant

to fall down the stairs

tomber dans l'escalier

I.carpet [Brit ˈkɑːpɪt, Am ˈkɑrpət] N

1. carpet:

carpet (fitted)

moquette f

carpet (loose)

tapis m

carpet attr beater

à tapis

carpet sale, showroom

de tapis

carpet shampoo

pour tapis

2. carpet fig:

carpet

tapis m

carpet of flowers/snow

tapis de fleurs/neige

II.carpet [Brit ˈkɑːpɪt, Am ˈkɑrpət] VB trans

1. carpet lit room:

carpet

mettre de la moquette dans

to carpet the living-room floor

mettre de la moquette dans le séjour

carpeted with flowers fig, liter

tapissé de fleurs

2. carpet (reprimand) fig:

carpet employee

passer un savon à

III.carpet [Brit ˈkɑːpɪt, Am ˈkɑrpət]

to be on the carpet inf

être sur la sellette

to brush or push or sweep sth under the carpet

enterrer or étouffer qc

stair carpet in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stair carpet in the English»French Dictionary

stair [steəʳ, Am ster] N

1. stair (step in a staircase):

stair

marche f

2. stair pl (a set of steps):

stair

escalier m

a flight of stairs

un escalier

I.carpet [ˈkɑ:pɪt, Am ˈkɑ:rpət] N

1. carpet (floor covering):

carpet a. fig

tapis m

a carpet of flowers

un tapis de fleurs

2. carpet no pl (fitted carpet):

carpet

moquette f

carpet

tapis m plain Belg

fitted [or wall-to-wall Am] carpet

moquette f

to fit a carpet

poser de la moquette

Phrases:

to be on the carpet (be in trouble)

être sur la sellette

to sweep sth under the carpet

essayer de dissimuler qc

II.carpet [ˈkɑ:pɪt, Am ˈkɑ:rpət] VB trans

1. carpet (cover a floor):

to carpet sth

recouvrir qc d'un tapis

to carpet sth with fitted carpet

moquetter qc

2. carpet fig inf (severely reprimand):

carpet

réprimander

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The stairs can sometimes be fitted with glass uplighter candle lamps and a stair carpet.

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Typically, a stair carpet will be more hardwearing since it gets more punishing footfall than, for example, a carpet in a bedroom.

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If you hear a burglar downstairs, do you have to nail down your stair carpet, close the windows and put the lights on before you dial 999?

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