trough in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for trough in the English»French Dictionary

trough [Brit trɒf, Am trɔf] N

1. trough:

trough (for drinking)

abreuvoir m

trough (for animal feed)

auge f

trough (for plants)

bac m

2. trough (channel):

trough

chenal m

3. trough (depression):

trough (between waves, hills)

creux m

trough (on graph)

creux m

trough ECON

creux m

to have peaks and troughs

avoir des hauts et des bas

4. trough METEO:

trough

dépression f

See also snout

snout [Brit snaʊt, Am snaʊt] N

1. snout:

snout (of most animals)

museau m

snout (of pig)

groin m

2. snout fig, hum (of person):

snout

museau m inf

keep your snout out of this

ne mets pas ton museau dedans

3. snout inf:

snout (tobacco)

perlot m inf

snout (cigarettes)

sèches inf

4. snout inf (informer):

snout

indic m inf

to have one's snout in the trough

avoir sa part du gâteau

water trough N

water trough

abreuvoir m

wash trough N (for gold)

wash trough

batée f

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to have one's snout in the trough

avoir sa part du gâteau

Translations for trough in the French»English Dictionary

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mangeoire (pour porcs)

trough

mangeoire (pour poules)

feeding trough

caniveau (pour câbles)

trough

abreuvoir (de bétail)

drinking trough

maie

dough trough (in lidded decorative coffer)

auge

trough

pétrin

dough trough

trough in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for trough in the English»French Dictionary

trough [trɒf, Am trɑ:f] N

1. trough (receptacle):

trough

auge f

drinking trough

abreuvoir m

2. trough (low point between two crests):

trough

creux m

3. trough (low pressure area):

trough

dépression f

Phrases:

to get one's snout in the trough

profiter

Translations for trough in the French»English Dictionary

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huche à pétrir

kneading trough

abreuvoir

(drinking) trough

creux d'une vague

trough

trough Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

drinking trough

abreuvoir m

to get one's snout in the trough

profiter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The underside of this symphysis features a trough.

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In the diagrams below on the left the light areas represent crests of waves, the black areas represent troughs.

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Drinking water had to be delivered through a trough in the wall.

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The fire in the main trough destroyed the current supply and the control lines of five of the unit's six main coolant pumps.

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The trough and the upper and lower control towers are accessible.

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This produces convergence because of the way the air gains cyclonic vorticity while entering the base of the trough.

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There were initially several circulations, with a tropical upper tropospheric trough to the northeast increasing outflow.

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To its lower east flank, there is a chain of elliptical, or oval-shaped, pits, lined up down the center of a shallow trough.

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Soon gravity overshoots, and the crest becomes a trough, displacing water and forming other crests nearby.

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It passes into a trough where it settles.

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