belt in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for belt in the English»French Dictionary

I.belt [Brit bɛlt, Am bɛlt] N

1. belt FASHION:

belt

ceinture f

he had a gun in his belt

il avait un pistolet à la ceinture

2. belt:

belt MOTOR, AVIAT

ceinture f

safety or seat belt

ceinture de sécurité

3. belt (area):

belt

ceinture f

a belt of industry

une ceinture industrielle

a belt of poverty around the inner city

une zone de pauvreté autour du centre urbain

a belt of trees

une rangée d'arbres

mountain/earthquake belt

zone f de montagnes/de séisme

4. belt METEO:

belt

zone f

a belt of rain/of low pressure

une zone de pluie/de basse pression

5. belt TECH:

belt

courroie f

6. belt SPORTS (in boxing, judo):

belt

ceinture f

to be a black belt

être ceinture noire

the world heavyweight belt

le titre mondial des poids lourds

7. belt (blow):

belt inf

beigne f inf

belt inf

coup m de poing

to give sb a belt

flanquer une beigne à qn inf

I gave the ball a good belt

j'ai donné un grand coup de pied dans le ballon

8. belt SCHOOL (for punishing):

belt

lanière f de cuir

II.belt [Brit bɛlt, Am bɛlt] VB trans inf

1. belt (hit):

belt inf

flanquer une beigne à inf

belt person

gifler

belt ball

donner un grand coup de pied dans

he belted him in the mouth/across the face

il lui a flanqué une beigne en plein sur la bouche/la figure inf

2. belt SCHOOL (as punishment):

belt

donner une correction à [qn] (avec une lanière de cuir)

3. belt inf → belt down

III.belt [Brit bɛlt, Am bɛlt] VB intr (go fast)

he belted home

il est rentré chez lui à toute vitesse

to belt along or down person: street

dévaler [qc] à toute vitesse

to belt along or down car: motorway

filer sur

IV.belted ADJ

belted coat:

belted

avec (une) ceinture

V.belt [Brit bɛlt, Am bɛlt]

to tighten one's belt

se serrer la ceinture

to hit sb below the belt

donner un coup bas à qn

that remark was a bit below the belt

cette remarque était un coup bas

she has 15 years' experience/two tournaments under her belt

elle a 15 ans d'expérience/deux tournois à son actif

a belt and braces job inf

un boulot où deux précautions valent mieux qu'une inf

See also belt down

I.belt down VB [Brit bɛlt -, Am bɛlt -] inf (belt down [sth], belt [sth] down) Am

belt down drink:

belt down

avaler [qc] d'un trait

body belt N

body belt

ceinture f d'haltérophilie

stockbroker belt N Brit

stockbroker belt

banlieue f cossue

garter belt N Am

garter belt

porte-jarretelles m inv

cartridge belt N HUNT

cartridge belt

cartouchière f

chastity belt N

chastity belt

ceinture f de chasteté

cotton belt N Am

cotton belt

Cotton Belt m (région cotonnière des États-Unis)

commuter belt N

commuter belt

grande banlieue f

green belt N SPORTS

green belt

ceinture f verte

driving belt N

driving belt

courroie f de transmission

belt in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for belt in the English»French Dictionary

I.belt [belt] N

1. belt a. SPORTS, AUTO:

belt

ceinture f

a blow below the belt

un coup bas

2. belt TECH:

belt

sangle f

3. belt (area):

belt

zone f

commuter belt

grande banlieue

4. belt inf (punch):

belt

gnon m

Phrases:

to tighten one's belt

se serrer la ceinture

to have sth under one's belt

avoir qc à son actif

II.belt [belt] VB trans

1. belt (secure):

belt

sangler

2. belt inf (hit):

belt

flanquer un coup à

III.belt [belt] VB intr inf

belt

se précipiter

to belt along

foncer

seat belt N

seat belt

ceinture f de sécurité

green belt N

green belt

zone f verte

fan belt N AUTO

fan belt

courroie f de ventilateur

safety belt N

safety belt

ceinture f de sécurité

belt out VB trans inf

belt out

chanter à pleine voix

belt up VB intr

1. belt up (fasten):

belt up

attacher sa ceinture (de sécurité)

2. belt up Brit inf (shut up):

belt up

la boucler

garter belt N Am

garter belt

porte-jarretelles m

conveyor belt N

conveyor belt

tapis m roulant

Kuiper belt N

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Kuiper belt ASTRO

ceinture de Kuiper f

belt Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a blow below the belt

un coup bas

commuter belt

grande banlieue

to tighten one's belt

se serrer la ceinture

to have sth under one's belt

avoir qc à son actif

to belt along

foncer

seat belt anchorage point

point m d'ancrage de ceinture de sécurité

to tighten one's belt

se serrer la ceinture

to put on one's safety belt

attacher sa ceinture de sécurité

to put on one's safety belt

boucler la ceinture de sécurité

the belt is too tight around his waist

la ceinture lui comprime le ventre

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Translations for belt in the French»English Dictionary

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courroie trapézoïdale

V-belt

entraînement par courroie trapézoïdale

v-belt drive

entraînement par courroie

belt drive

dispositif de protection de courroie

belt protection

poulie à gorge

belt pulley

profil de courroie trapézoïdale

v-belt profile

poulie à gorge pour courroie trapézoïdale

v-belt pulley

poulie à gorge pour compresseur

compressor belt pulley

groupe de compression pour entraînement par courroie

compressor unit for belt drive

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The front belt drive is tensioned by a spring-loaded tensioner pulley incorporating a hydraulic damping element.

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Commuter belt towns have been deluged after some parts of the river reached their highest levels in almost 30 years.

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The orbits within the Kuiper belt are relatively stable, and so very few comets are thought to originate there.

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This often involves the use of a physical barrier or device such as a chastity belt.

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As these planets migrated, resonances would be swept through the asteroid belt and Kuiper belt.

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The boys, on the other hand, have little bells hung round them, or some similar device of silver or gold, attached to the little belt with which they are girt.

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A conveyor belt carried bags of groceries to a central pickup station by the parking lot.

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At the extreme end of the spectrum, this may involve manufacturing products in batch size 1 under industrial mass-production conditions -- that is, manufacturing unique items on a conveyor belt.

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The belt was 3.9 in below the waterline, on either end of the ship.

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Well, mainstream cinema is hardly having its chastity belt unlocked for the very first time.

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