sweat gland in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for sweat gland in the English»French Dictionary

sweat gland N

sweat gland

glande f sudoripare

Translations for sweat gland in the French»English Dictionary

glande sudoripare

sweat gland

Translations for sweat gland in the English»French Dictionary

gland [Brit ɡland, Am ɡlænd] N

1. gland ANAT:

gland

glande f

to have swollen glands

avoir des ganglions

2. gland MECH:

gland

presse-étoupe m inv

I.sweat [Brit swɛt, Am swɛt] N

1. sweat (perspiration):

sweat

sueur f

to be in a sweat

être en sueur

to be covered in sweat

être couvert de sueur

to be dripping or pouring with sweat

être en nage

to break out into a sweat

se mettre à suer

to work up a (good) sweat

se prendre une bonne suée

in a cold sweat lit

dans une sueur froide

to be in a cold sweat about sth fig

avoir des sueurs froides à l'idée de qc

beads or drops of sweat

gouttes fpl de sueur

night sweats MED

suées fpl nocturnes

2. sweat (hard work):

sweat liter

labeur m

by the sweat of his brow

à la sueur de son front

3. sweat (old soldier):

sweat inf

vieux m de la vieille inf

II.sweats N

sweats npl Am:

sweats

survêtement m

III.sweat [Brit swɛt, Am swɛt] VB trans

1. sweat FOOD:

sweat vegetables

faire suer

2. sweat (interrogate):

sweat inf

cuisiner inf

IV.sweat [Brit swɛt, Am swɛt] VB intr

1. sweat lit:

sweat person, animal:

suer

sweat hands, feet:

transpirer

sweat cheese:

transpirer

the sweating horses/runners

les chevaux/coureurs en sueur

2. sweat (wait anxiously) fig, inf:

to let or make sb sweat

laisser mariner qn inf

V.sweat [Brit swɛt, Am swɛt]

no sweat inf!

pas de problème!

to be/get in a sweat inf

être/se mettre dans tous ses états

to sweat blood over sth

suer sang et eau sur qc

sweat gland in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for sweat gland in the English»French Dictionary

gland [glænd] N

gland

glande f

I.sweat [swet] N

1. sweat no pl, no indef art (perspiration):

sweat

transpiration f

to be dripping with sweat

être ruisselant de sueur

2. sweat pl FASHION:

sweat

survêtement m

Phrases:

to break out into a sweat

avoir des sueurs froides

to be in a cold sweat

avoir des sueurs froides

no sweat!

pas de problème!

it was a real sweat

c'était tuant

to work oneself into a sweat about sth

se faire du souci à propos de qc

II.sweat [swet] VB intr

sweat (perspire):

sweat

transpirer

Phrases:

to sweat like a pig inf

transpirer comme une vache

to let sb sweat inf

laisser qn mariner

III.sweat [swet] VB trans

sweat person

faire suer

sweat onions

faire revenir

Phrases:

to sweat blood

suer sang et eau

to sweat buckets

être en nage

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

There are many theories on how mammary glands evolved, for example, it is believed that the mammary gland is a transformed sweat gland, more closely related to apocrine sweat glands.

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The odor from sweat is due to bacterial activity on the secretions of the apocrine sweat glands, a distinctly different type of sweat gland found in human skin.

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