woolly in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for woolly in the English»French Dictionary

I.woolly Brit, wooly Am [Brit ˈwʊli, Am ˈwʊli] N inf

woolly

lainage m

II.woolly Brit, wooly Am [Brit ˈwʊli, Am ˈwʊli] ADJ

1. woolly:

woolly garment

de laine

woolly animal coat, hair

laineux/-euse

woolly cloud

cotonneux/-euse

2. woolly (vague) fig:

woolly thinking

flou

III.woolly Brit, wooly Am [Brit ˈwʊli, Am ˈwʊli]

wild and woolly person:

fruste, barbare

wild and woolly plan, theory:

primitif/-ive, rudimentaire

woolly-headed, woolly-minded ADJ

woolly-headed

aux idées floues

Translations for woolly in the French»English Dictionary

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laineux (laineuse)

woolly

fumeux (fumeuse) théorie, propos

woolly Brit

fumeux (fumeuse) personne

woolly-minded

moussu (moussue) cheveux

woolly

vasouillard (vasouillarde) discours, argument

woolly

lâche style, scénario, trame

woolly

vaseux (vaseuse) discours, argument

woolly

lactaire toisonné

woolly milk cap

lainage

woolly inf

woolly in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for woolly in the English»French Dictionary

woolly <-ier, -iest> ADJ Brit, wooly [ˈwʊlɪ] <-ier, -iest> ADJ Am

1. woolly (made of wool):

woolly

en laine

2. woolly (vague):

woolly

flou(e)

woolly notion

vague

Translations for woolly in the French»English Dictionary

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fumeux (-euse)

woolly

laineux (-euse)

woolly

nébuleux (-euse) projet, idées, discours

woolly

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The fruit is coated in a fuzzy to woolly perigynium.

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Its highly branching stems are green to woolly gray-green and glandular.

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They are woolly when new but lose their hairs and become shiny green with age.

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It is coated in small bristles or long woolly hairs and it is glandular, particularly around the inflorescence.

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A very dense indumentum of long woolly grey-brown hairs is present on immature tendrils and the outer surface of pitchers.

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The flowers have six long bristles each, making the inflorescence look woolly.

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Each flower has five woolly sepals and no petals.

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They are lined with spiny, woolly to cobwebby phyllaries and bear many narrow glandular purple flowers each about 3 centimeters long.

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They are coated in woolly hairs and resin glands, and the edges are smooth or slightly serrated.

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The flowers have urn-shaped bases of woolly bracts whose points may be straight or hooked, the characteristic which differentiates the two varieties.

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