stale in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stale in the English»French Dictionary

I.stale [Brit steɪl, Am steɪl] ADJ

1. stale (old):

stale bread, cake, biscuit

rassis

stale beer

éventé

stale cheese

desséché

stale air, odour

vicié

the smell of stale cigarette smoke

l'odeur de cigarette refroidie

the food is stale

la nourriture n'est pas fraîche

to go stale bread:

se rassir

the loaf has gone stale

le pain est rassis

to taste stale beer:

être éventé

to taste stale cheese:

être desséché

to smell stale room, house:

sentir le renfermé

2. stale (hackneyed):

stale jokes, ideas, vocabulary

éculé

stale style, ideal, convention

usé

stale news

des nouvelles qui n'en sont pas

3. stale (tired):

stale player, performer

usé

to feel stale

se sentir usé

to get stale in a job

s'user dans un travail

their marriage had gone stale

leur mariage avait perdu de son charme

4. stale FIN:

stale cheque

périmé

stale market

inactif/-ive

II.stale [Brit steɪl, Am steɪl] VB intr

stale pleasure, delight:

s'affadir

stale pastime:

perdre son charme

Translations for stale in the French»English Dictionary

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rassis (rassise)

stale

remugle

stale smell

sentir le remugle

to smell stale

rassir

to go stale

se rassir

to go stale

éventé (éventée) parfum, café, thé, moutarde

stale

ça sent le graillon

it smells of stale fat

confiné (confinée) air

stale

s'éventer parfum, café, thé, moutarde:

to go stale

s'essouffler auteur:

to go stale

le spectacle manque de fraîcheur

the show is stale

stale in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stale in the English»French Dictionary

stale [steɪl] ADJ

1. stale (not fresh):

stale

pas frais(fraîche)

stale bread

rassis(e)

stale air

vicié(e)

to smell stale

sentir le renfermé

2. stale (old):

stale

usé(e)

to get stale

s'user

3. stale (out of date):

stale

périmé(e)

Translations for stale in the French»English Dictionary

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rassis (rassise) pain, pâtisserie

stale

éventé(e) (altéré par l'air) parfum

stale

confiné(e) air

stale

s'éventer

to go stale

stale Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to smell stale

sentir le renfermé

to get stale

s'user

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

White orchids with stale, shadowed edges hang suspended under fragments of enameled blue sky.

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The things we want in life are empty, stale, trivial.

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Stale and full of ennui, this album makes washing the dishes seem a more creative act by comparison.

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She bases her main thesis on people opting to eat stale donuts versus waiting for fresh donuts, associating impulse-control problems with personal and professional instability.

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They did note that the game was essentially unchanged and that the series, to some extent, is starting to get stale.

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Once the oil, water, and garlic have been brought to a boil, add stale bread cut into very thin slices.

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No-one is calling them out because poetry has become so stale that no-one expects anything more of it.

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Classically, stale bread dipped in butter was used as the lining, but sponge cake or ladyfingers may be used today.

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A cheque may also be dishonored because it is stale or not cashed within a void after date.

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Cyn also breaks up with him because their relationship was becoming stale.

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