foil in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for foil in the English»French Dictionary

I.foil [Brit fɔɪl, Am fɔɪl] N

1. foil (for wrapping):

foil

papier m d'aluminium

a sheet of foil

une feuille de papier d'aluminium

silver/gold foil

papier argenté/doré

silver/gold foil attr container, wrapper

en papier d'aluminium

2. foil SPORTS:

foil

fleuret m

3. foil:

foil (deterrent)

repoussoir m

foil (person)

faire-valoir m inv

4. foil (contrast):

to be or act as a foil to or for

faire ressortir

II.foil [Brit fɔɪl, Am fɔɪl] VB trans

foil person

contrecarrer

foil attempt, hope, plot

déjouer

to be foiled in one's attempt to do sth

être déjoué dans sa tentative de faire qc

foiled again!

encore raté!

gold foil N

gold foil

feuille f d'or

cooking foil N

cooking foil

papier m aluminium

foil-wrapped ADJ

foil-wrapped

emballé dans du papier d'aluminium

kitchen foil N

kitchen foil

papier m d'aluminium

aluminium foil N

aluminium foil

papier m aluminium

silver foil N Brit

silver foil

papier m d'aluminium

Translations for foil in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

fleuret (épée)

foil

fleuret (discipline)

foil

pratiquer le fleuret

to practise foil-play

fleuret électrique

electric foil

fleuret moucheté

buttoned foil

fleurettiste

foil fencer

papier alu

kitchen foil

foil in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for foil in the English»French Dictionary

foil¹ [fɔɪl] N

1. foil (wrap):

foil

papier m d'aluminium

2. foil fig:

foil

repoussoir m

foil² [fɔɪl] VB trans

foil

faire échouer

foil plan

contrecarrer

foil³ [fɔɪl] N SPORTS

foil

fleuret m

kitchen foil N

kitchen foil

papier m d'aluminium

tin foil N

tin foil

papier m d'aluminium

silver foil N

silver foil

papier m d'aluminium

gold foil N no pl, no indef art

gold foil

papier m doré

Translations for foil in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

fleuret

foil

déjouer

to foil

en papillote

cooked wrapped in greaseproof paper or foil

foil Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

cooked wrapped in greaseproof paper or foil

en papillote

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He strongly opposes them and all their mischief comes to public notice and foils their plans.

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She joined the show in 1988 and quickly became a popular comic foil.

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More recently, people have started writing happy wishes on small pieces of paper and wrapping them in tin foil.

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His first escape attempt was foiled by an informant.

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Cards have various rarities, included limited foil editions of some cards.

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Anodizing the foil creates pores in the foil a micrometer deep and 60 nanometers wide.

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Two glass plates held this foil between them to create what was called a star field plate.

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She also won two team foil medals at world championships in 1958 and 1959.

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The mutual inductance between foil layers is rather large, coupling factor is typically about 0.95-0.99.

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This makes these units ideally suited for tension control applications, such as wire winding, foil, film, and tape tension control.

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