whisker in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for whisker in the English»French Dictionary

I.whisker [Brit ˈwɪskə, Am ˈ(h)wɪskər] N

1. whisker lit (of animal):

whisker

moustache f

2. whisker fig:

to lose/win by a whisker

perdre/gagner d'un poil inf

to lose/win by a whisker

perdre/gagner de justesse

to come within a whisker of victory/of winning

être à deux doigts de la victoire/de gagner

II.whiskers N

whiskers npl:

whiskers (of animal)

moustaches fpl

whiskers (of man) (side-whiskers)

favoris mpl

whiskers (beard)

barbe f

whiskers (moustache)

moustache f

cat's whisker N RADIO

cat's whisker

chercheur m de détecteur à galène

Translations for whisker in the French»English Dictionary

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vibrisse

whisker, vibrissa spec

à un poil près

by a whisker

il s'en est fallu d'un poil que je fasse

I was within a whisker of doing

il s'en est fallu d'un poil que la balle me touche

the bullet missed me by a whisker

être à deux doigts de qc/faire

to be a whisker away from sth/doing

être battu/échouer d'un souffle

to be beaten/to fail by a whisker Brit

whisker in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whisker in the English»French Dictionary

whisker [ˈwɪskə, Am -kɚ] N

whisker pl:

whisker on people

favoris mpl

whisker on cat

moustaches fpl

Phrases:

by a whisker

d'un poil

Translations for whisker in the French»English Dictionary

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d'un souffle

by a whisker [or hair Am]

whisker Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

by a whisker

d'un poil

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is described a small, white, four-footed creature with a stubby snout, whiskers, green eyes, and pointed ears.

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It has few whiskers, and its ears are triangular, short, erect and broad at the base.

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On the second day, they are able to crawl and during the third to fifth days the whiskers and eyelids develop.

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Now she's a cat without a whisker a little off balance and leaving a mess all over the hospital.

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The giant otter's highly sensitive whiskers (vibrissae) allow the animal to track changes in water pressure and currents, which aids in detecting prey.

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In a fighting container, handlers stimulate their cricket's whiskers using a straw stick, causing the crickets to become aggressive.

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The proposed phenomena was whimsically named cosmic iron whiskers and served as the thermalization mechanism.

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The vibrissae (whiskers) are short and the ears are small and well-haired.

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The more advanced therapsids could have had a combination of naked skin, whiskers, and scutes.

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It possesses larger, oval ears, large eyes, and long whiskers.

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