blues in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for blues in the English»French Dictionary

baby blues N inf npl

1. baby blues PSYCH:

baby blues

déprime f après l'accouchement inf

2. baby blues Am (eyes):

baby blues

yeux mpl bleus

country blues N

country blues

country blues m

I.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] N

1. blue (colour):

blue

bleu m

to go or turn blue

bleuir, devenir bleu

2. blue (sky) liter:

the blue

l'azur m liter

3. blue Brit UNIV (honour):

to be/get an Oxford/Cambridge blue

être/devenir membre d'une équipe sportive d'Oxford/de Cambridge

4. blue Brit inf POL:

a true blue

un partisan ardent du parti Conservateur

5. blue Am HISTORY (in civil war):

blue

nordiste mf

II.blues N npl

1. blues MUS:

the blues

le blues m

to sing/play the blues

chanter/jouer du blues

to sing/play the blues attr music, musician, fan, festival

de blues

2. blues (depression) inf:

the blues

le cafard inf

to have the blues

avoir le cafard inf

III.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] ADJ

1. blue (in colour):

blue

bleu

fig to be blue from or with the cold

être bleu de froid

2. blue (depressed):

to feel blue

avoir le cafard inf

to look blue

avoir l'air déprimé

3. blue (smutty) inf:

blue film

porno inf

blue joke

osé, cochon/-onne inf

4. blue Brit inf POL:

blue

conservateur/-trice

IV.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu] VB trans inf Brit (squander)

to blue (all) one's money on sth

dépenser tout son fric sur qc inf

V.blue [Brit bluː, Am blu]

to say sth out of the blue

dire qc à brûle-pourpoint

to appear/happen out of the blue

apparaître/se passer à l'improviste

to go off into the blue

partir à l'aventure

to vanish into the blue

s'évanouir dans la nature

the air was blue!

les gros mots fusaient!

black and blue

couvert de bleus

to beat sb black and blue inf

battre qn comme plâtre inf

to throw a blue fit

piquer une crise inf

to tell sb sth/repeat sth (to sb) until one is blue in the face

se tuer à dire qc à qn/à répéter qc (à qn)

you can shout until you're blue in the face, I'm going anyway!

cause toujours, j'y vais quand même! inf

See also murder, moon

I.murder [Brit ˈməːdə, Am ˈmərdər] N

1. murder LAW (crime):

murder

meurtre m

2. murder attr:

murder inquiry, investigation

sur un meurtre

murder scene, weapon

du crime

murder squad, trial

criminel/-elle

murder (gen) story, mystery

policier/-ière

murder hunt

chasse f à l'assassin

murder victim

victime f (d'un meurtre)

3. murder (hell) inf:

it's murder in town today!

c'est infernal en ville aujourd'hui! inf

finding a parking space here is sheer murder!

trouver à se garer ici, c'est infernal! inf

to be murder on the feet/nerves

être un cauchemar pour les pieds/nerfs

II.murder [Brit ˈməːdə, Am ˈmərdər] VB trans

1. murder LAW (kill):

murder lit

assassiner (with avec)

2. murder fig, inf:

murder

tuer inf

I could murder that woman inf!

elle est à tuer, cette femme! inf

3. murder (ruin):

murder inf

massacrer inf

4. murder (defeat):

murder inf

écraser inf

murder inf

battre [qn] à plates coutures

5. murder Brit (devour) inf:

I could murder a pint/a sandwich!

je me taperais bien une bière/un sandwich! sl

III.murdered ADJ

the murdered man/woman

la victime

IV.murder [Brit ˈməːdə, Am ˈmərdər]

to get away with murder dishonest people:

s'en tirer impunément

that child gets away with murder!

on lui passe tout à cet enfant!

to scream or yell blue Brit or bloody Am murder inf child:

crier comme un putois

to scream or yell blue Brit or bloody Am murder public figure, press:

s'indigner

I.moon [Brit muːn, Am mun] N ASTRON

moon (satellite)

lune f

the moon (of the earth)

la Lune

the moons of Saturn

les lunes de Saturne

there will be a moon tonight

il y aura clair de lune cette nuit

there will be no moon tonight

ce soir, ce sera une nuit sans lune

by the light of the moon

au clair de lune

to put a man on the moon

envoyer un homme sur la Lune

II.moon [Brit muːn, Am mun] VB intr

1. moon (daydream):

moon

rêvasser (over sth/sb à qc/qn)

2. moon (display buttocks):

moon inf

montrer ses fesses

III.moon [Brit muːn, Am mun]

to be over the moon about sth

être aux nues à propos de qc

many moons ago liter

il y a des lustres

once in a blue moon

tous les trente-six du mois inf

the man in the moon

le visage de la Lune

to shoot the moon Am

déménager à la cloche de bois inf

rhythm and blues N

rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues m (musique influencée par le blues)

blue helmet, blue beret N MIL

blue helmet

Casque m bleu

blue mould Brit, blue mold Am N

blue mould

pénicillium m

Danish blue, Danish blue cheese N

Danish blue

bleu m du Danemark

Danish blue

danablu m

blue baby N

blue baby

enfant m bleu

Translations for blues in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

blues

blues

chanter du ou le blues

to sing the blues

jouer un blues

to play a blues song

blues inf

blues

un coup de blues

a spell of the blues

avoir le blues inf

to have the blues

baby-blues

baby blues inf

blues in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for blues in the English»French Dictionary

blues [blu:z] N pl

blues

blues m

to have the blues inf

avoir le cafard

rhythm and blues N MUS

rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues m

I.blue [blu:] ADJ

1. blue (colour):

blue

bleu(e)

a light/dark/bright/strong blue skirt

une jupe bleu clair/foncé/vif/soutenu

to turn blue

bleuir

2. blue fig:

to feel blue

broyer du noir

Phrases:

once in a blue moon

tous les trente-six du mois

out of the blue

sans crier gare

II.blue [blu:] N

blue

bleu m

sky blue

bleu ciel

the door is painted blue

la porte est peinte en bleu

to be a pale/deep blue

être d'un bleu pâle/profond

greenish-blue ADJ

greenish-blue

vert-bleu inv

cobalt blue N no pl

cobalt blue

bleu m cobalt

blue-black ADJ

blue-black

bleu-noir inv

blue-pencil <-led, -ling> VB trans

blue-pencil

censurer

I.sky-blue ADJ

sky-blue

bleu ciel inv

II.sky-blue N no pl

sky-blue

bleu ciel m

true-blue ADJ

true-blue

véritable

Translations for blues in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

blues

blues

avoir un coup de blues

to have the blues

blues Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

like a bolt from the blue

comme un coup de tonnerre

he's got four daughters, all blue-eyed

il a quatre filles, toutes aux yeux bleus

a light/dark/bright/strong blue skirt

une jupe bleu clair/foncé/vif/soutenu

to be a pale/deep blue

être d'un bleu pâle/profond

to have the blues inf

avoir le cafard

to be in a blue funk

avoir la frousse

a patch of blue sky

un morceau de ciel bleu

roquefort (blue cheese made with sheep's milk)

roquefort

my hands/lips are blue with cold

j'ai les mains/les lèvres toutes bleuies par le froid

the blues (the French national football team, which wears blue)

les bleus

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Mess dress is reserved for staff NCO and officers; junior enlisted members wear dress blues.

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Cayenne is a 12-bar blues composition in the key of d-minor.

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A plaintive collection of songs which combine country with hints of blues, gospel and folk.

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Dark blues, reds, charcoals and purples add drama and cosiness to rooms for tiny humans.

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The reality is, were just a power trio, and we play ultra blues, and its rock n roll.

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Their chief worry was whether, in the commotion of returning to school, students would have time to grasp what a blues festival was all about.

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When he was fourteen, he heard boogie-woogie piano for the first time, and from then on his playing was influenced by boogie-woogie, as well as piano blues.

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The structure of this melodic family is an eight bar blues with a couplet followed by a refrain.

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Rich infuses both his swamp pop recordings and live performances with soul, rhythm and blues, and country and western influences.

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His interest in these forms led to his fascination with blues, articulated in several of his later works.

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