four-poster in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for four-poster in the English»French Dictionary

four-poster, four-poster bed N

four-poster

lit m à baldaquin

Translations for four-poster in the French»English Dictionary

baldaquin [baldakɛ̃] N m

baldaquin (de lit)

canopy

baldaquin (de trône, catafalque)

baldaquin, canopy

lit à baldaquin

four-poster bed

lit [li] N m

1. lit (meuble):

lit

bed

lit à une place ou d'une personne

single bed

lit à deux places ou de deux personnes

double bed

lit dur/moelleux

hard/soft bed

aller ou se mettre au lit

to go to bed

garder le lit

to stay in bed

être/rester/fumer au lit

to be/stay/smoke in bed

mettre qn au lit

to put sb to bed

tirer qn du lit lit

to drag sb out of bed

le réveil le tira du lit

the alarm got him out of bed

elle est pas mal au lit sl

she's pretty good in bed inf

il voudrait bien la mettre ou l'avoir dans son lit inf

he would like to get her into bed

au lit! (à un enfant)

bedtime!

2. lit (structure):

lit

bed

lit métallique/en acajou

metal/mahogany bed

3. lit (literie):

lit

bed

faire/défaire un lit

to make/unmake a bed

le lit était tout défait

the bedclothes were rumpled

le lit n'était pas défait

the bed had not been slept in

4. lit (unité d'accueil):

lit

bed

un hôtel/hôpital de 300 lits

a 300-bed hotel/hospital

cette station offre 2 500 lits

there are 2, 500 beds available in this resort

5. lit LAW (mariage):

lit

marriage

enfants (nés) du même/premier lit

children from the same/first marriage

6. lit (couche):

lit FOOD, GEOL

bed

7. lit GEOG (de cours d'eau):

lit

bed

la rivière est sortie de son lit

the river has overflowed its banks

détourner un fleuve de son lit

to alter the course of a river

8. lit (direction du vent):

lit

set

lit à baldaquin

four-poster bed

lit bateau

sleigh bed

lit breton

box bed

lit de camp

camp bed Brit

lit de camp

cot Am

lit clos

box bed

lit de douleur liter

bed of pain

lit empilable

stacking bed

lit d'enfant

cot Brit

lit d'enfant

crib Am

lit fluvial GEOG

riverbed

lit gigogne

hideaway bed

lit mécanique

adjustable bed Brit

lit mécanique

hospital bed Am

lit en mezzanine

loft bed

lit en mezzanine

mezzanine bed

lit de mort

death-bed

lit pliant

folding bed

lit en portefeuille

apple-pie bed

lit de repos

day-bed

lits superposés

bunk bed

Phrases:

comme on fait son lit on se couche prov

as you make your bed so you must lie in it prov

four-poster in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for four-poster in the French»English Dictionary

baldaquin [baldakɛ̃] N m

lit à baldaquin

four-poster (bed)

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

If lying on a four-poster day bed on an intravenous drip of cocktails loses its polish however, there are plenty of quieter escapes.

www.telegraph.co.uk

A four-poster bed frame, made entirely of aluminum rings and glass globes, resolves in a crown-shape above the center of the bed.

www.capitalnewyork.com

A woman in white reclines in a red-curtained four-poster bed.

en.wikipedia.org

The suite has a spacious floor plan and a majestic four-poster bed that lies beneath the murmur of the ceiling fans above.

www.nwitimes.com

It has four-poster bed, large cedar sideboard and numerous articles that portray the life of the early pioneers.

en.wikipedia.org

That would be good, opined the talented person, and got back into the luxurious four-poster bed.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Every room has a luxurious four-poster bed covered in frangipani flowers.

www.stuff.co.nz

Happily, the five-star dinner and four-poster bed helped me recuperate before the following day's surfing.

www.independent.co.uk

And sleeping doesn't come any better than in my four-poster bed swathed in billowing white voile set on the upper floor of a two-bedroom villa.

www.thestar.com

Heavily carved teak four-poster beds, giant gilded cheval mirrors, ornate tables with heavy claws etc.

yourstory.com