writer's block in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for writer's block in the English»French Dictionary

writer's block N

writer's block

angoisse f de la page blanche

Translations for writer's block in the French»English Dictionary

éprouver l'angoisse de la page blanche écrivain:

to have writer's block

Translations for writer's block in the English»French Dictionary

writer [Brit ˈrʌɪtə, Am ˈraɪdər] N (author)

writer (professional)

écrivain m

writer (nonprofessional)

auteur m

the writer of the letter

l'auteur de la lettre

she's a writer

elle est écrivain

sports/travel/cookery writer

journaliste mf spécialisé/-e en sport/voyages/gastronomie

he's a neat/messy writer

il écrit avec/sans soin

I.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] N

1. block (slab):

block

bloc m

a block of ice/marble

un bloc de glace/marbre

a block of ice cream

une glace f (au litre)

2. block (building):

block of flats

immeuble m (d'habitation)

office/residential block

immeuble de bureaux/d'habitation

administration block

bâtiment m administratif

science block

bloc m scientifique

3. block (group of buildings):

block

pâté m de maisons

to drive round the block

faire le tour du pâté de maisons

he lives three blocks away Am

il habite à trois rues d'ici

the bank is two blocks south Am

la banque est à deux rues d'ici au sud

4. block (for butcher, executioner):

block

billot m

to put or lay one's head on the block fig

donner sa tête à couper

5. block (group):

block (of seats, tickets)

groupe m

block (of stamps)

bloc m

block (of shares)

paquet m

block (of shares)

tranche f

a block of three lessons

trois cours d'affilée

6. block (obstruction):

block

obstacle m

block

entrave f

to be a block to reform, agreement

être un obstacle à

to be a block to progress

être une entrave au progrès

to put a block on price, sale

bloquer

to put a block on initiative

entraver

7. block TYPO:

block

cliché m

8. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

9. block TECH (housing pulleys):

block

palan m

10. block (head):

block inf

caboche f inf

block inf

tête f

I'll knock your block off sl

je vais te casser la figure inf

11. block RAIL:

block

canton m

12. block SPORTS:

block

obstruction f

II.blocks N

blocks npl (ballet shoes):

blocks

chaussons mpl à pointes

III.block [Brit blɒk, Am blɑk] VB trans

1. block (obstruct):

block exit, road, pass

bloquer

block drain, gutter, hole, artery

boucher

block traffic

gêner

to block sb's way or path

barrer le passage à qn

to have a blocked nose

avoir le nez bouché

2. block (impede):

block market, project

bloquer

block advance, escape, progress

faire obstacle à

block bill

faire opposition à

you're blocking my light

tu me caches la lumière

you're blocking my view

tu me bouches la vue

3. block FIN:

block assets, currency, funds

bloquer

4. block SPORTS:

block ball, opponent, rope

bloquer

writer's block in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for writer's block in the English»French Dictionary

writer [ˈraɪtəʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] N

1. writer (professional who writes):

writer

écrivain m

she is a writer

elle est écrivain

2. writer COMPUT:

writer of CD-ROM, DVD

graveur m

I.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] N

1. block (solid lump of sth):

block

bloc m

block of wood

tronçon m

2. block (for executions):

block

billot m

to go to the block

monter à l'échafaud

to go on the block Am

être mis aux enchères

to put one's head on the block fig

mettre sa tête à prix

3. block COMPUT:

block

bloc m

4. block ARCHIT:

block

pâté m de maisons

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

immeuble m

block of flats Brit, apartment block Am

conciergerie f Quebec

two blocks away Am

à deux rues d'ici

5. block (barrier):

block a. fig

entrave f

a block to sth

un obstacle à qc

mental block PSYCH

blocage m

6. block GAMES:

building block

cube m de construction

II.block [blɒk, Am blɑ:k] VB trans

block road, passage

bloquer

block pipe

boucher

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

She begins to write her story down, almost positive that it's just her writer's block becoming unstuck.

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Writers have dealt with writer's block and the knotty problem of inspiration (or rather, lack of) in all sorts of weird ways.

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Jim, a film director, struggles with writer's block.

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Sturgeon suffered from long bouts of writer's block, but was somehow able to produce this story in 9 days.

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His second piano concerto confirmed his recovery from clinical depression and writer's block, cured only by a course of hypnotherapy.

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