wax in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for wax in the English»French Dictionary

I.wax [Brit waks, Am wæks] N

1. wax (gen):

wax (for candle, sealing, polishing, records)

cire f

wax attr candle, figure, polish, seal

en cire

2. wax (for skis):

wax

fart m

3. wax (mineral wax):

wax CHEM, TECH

paraffine f

4. wax (in ear):

wax

cérumen m

II.wax [Brit waks, Am wæks] VB trans

1. wax (polish):

wax floor, table

cirer

wax car

lustrer

wax ski

farter

2. wax (remove hair from):

wax leg

épiler [qc] à la cire

III.wax [Brit waks, Am wæks] VB intr

1. wax ASTRON:

wax moon:

croître

to wax and wane ASTRON fig

croître et décroître

2. wax (speak):

to wax eloquent/indignant

se montrer éloquent/indigné (about, over à propos de)

to wax lyrical

disserter avec lyrisme (about, over à propos de)

IV.waxed ADJ

waxed fabric, floor, moustache, table

ciré

waxed paper

paraffiné

waxed thread

poissé

waxed jacket Brit

ciré m

sealing wax N

sealing wax

cire f à cacheter

ski wax N

ski wax

fart m

depilatory wax N U

depilatory wax

cire f à épiler

wax paper N

wax paper

papier m paraffiné

wax museum N

wax museum

musée m de cire

wax bean N Am

wax bean FOOD, BOT

haricot m beurre

Translations for wax in the French»English Dictionary

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fart

(ski-)wax

cire

wax

en cire

wax attr

cire à cacheter

sealing wax

encaustiquer

to wax-polish Brit

encaustiquer

to wax

wax in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for wax in the English»French Dictionary

I.wax [wæks] N

wax

cire f

wax in ears

cérumen m

a wax candle

un cierge

II.wax [wæks] VB trans

1. wax (polish):

wax

cirer

2. wax (remove hair from):

wax

épiler

Phrases:

to wax and wane

croître et décroître

wax paper [ˈwækspeɪpəʳ, Am -pɚ] N

wax paper

papier m sulfurisé

sealing wax N no pl

sealing wax

cire f à cacheter

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wax crayons

crayons gras

Translations for wax in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

encaustique

wax

fart

wax

cire

wax

encaustiquer

to wax

cérumen

ear wax

farter

to wax

wax Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

wax crayons

crayons gras

a wax candle

un cierge

to wax and wane

croître et décroître

to wax lyrical about sth

s'emballer à propos de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus.

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Peeling the latex from the skin can be painful to some people and does tend to pull body hairs out similar to waxing.

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Hair wax has been used for many years.

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His earliest sculptures featured bullfighting themes, modeled in wax and cast in bronze.

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However, the water is fixed to the tip of each hair by the four wax free (hydrophilic) end cells.

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Daily applications of butch wax were used to make the short hair stand straight up from the head.

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The management technique that yields the highest amount of wax per hive is the top-bar hive.

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Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoals, chalk, pastels, markers, stylus, or various metals like silverpoint.

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A plaster gypsum mold was cast from the wax.

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Leaves are egg-shaped, whitish with wax, up to 6 cm long.

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