peg in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for peg in the English»French Dictionary

I.peg [Brit pɛɡ, Am pɛɡ] N

1. peg (to hang garment):

peg

patère f

2. peg Brit:

peg, a. clothes peg

pince f à linge

3. peg:

peg (to mark place in ground, game)

piquet m

peg (for surveying)

piquet m d'arpentage

4. peg (in carpentry):

peg

cheville f

5. peg (for tuning):

peg

cheville f

6. peg ECON:

peg

indice m

7. peg (barrel stop):

peg

fausset m

8. peg (piton):

peg

piton m

9. peg Brit (small drink):

peg

goutte f inf

peg

doigt m

II.peg <pres part pegging; pret, pp pegged> [Brit pɛɡ, Am pɛɡ] VB trans

1. peg (fasten cloth):

to peg sth on or onto a line washing

accrocher qc sur une corde avec des pinces

to peg sth down or in place fabric, tent

fixer qc avec des piquets

2. peg (fasten wood):

peg

cheviller (to à, together ensemble)

3. peg ECON:

peg price, currency, rate

indexer (to sur)

to peg sth at 10%/at present levels

indexer qc à 10%/au niveau actuel

to peg sth for 12 months

indexer qc pour une durée de 12 mois

4. peg Am (characterize):

peg person

cataloguer (as comme)

III.pegged ADJ

pegged price, rate, tax:

pegged

indexé

IV.peg [Brit pɛɡ, Am pɛɡ]

to be a square peg (in a round hole)

ne pas être dans son élément

to be taken or brought down a peg (or two) inf

être rabaissé d'un cran (ou deux)

to take or bring sb down a peg (or two) inf

remettre qn à sa place

to use sth as a peg (to hang a discussion/a theory on)

se servir de qc comme prétexte (pour entamer la discussion/exposer une théorie)

peg doll, peg dolly N Brit

peg doll

poupée f fabriquée à partir d'une pince à linge

tent peg N

tent peg

piquet m de tente

I.peg out VB [Brit pɛɡ -, Am pɛɡ -] (peg out) inf

peg out (die)

claquer inf

peg out (collapse)

s'écrouler de fatigue

II.peg out VB [Brit pɛɡ -, Am pɛɡ -] (peg out [sth], peg [sth] out)

1. peg out Brit (hang out):

peg out washing

étendre

2. peg out (stake out):

peg out land

délimiter

3. peg out (spread out):

peg out hide

tendre [qc] avec des piquets

peg away VB [Brit pɛɡ -, Am pɛɡ -] inf

peg away

travailler ferme, bosser inf (at sur)

peg it VB [Brit pɛɡ -, Am pɛɡ -] inf Brit

1. peg it (die):

peg it

mourir

2. peg it (run away):

peg it

s'enfuir

peg leg N

peg leg

jambe f de bois

I.off-the-peg ADJ

off-the-peg garment:

off-the-peg

de prêt-à-porter

II.off the peg ADV

to buy clothes off the peg

acheter du prêt-à-porter

Translations for peg in the French»English Dictionary

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chevillette

small peg

patère

peg, hook

peg in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for peg in the English»French Dictionary

I.peg [peg] N

peg (small hook):

peg

piquet m

peg for clothes

pince f à linge

peg of a violin, guitar

cheville f

Phrases:

to buy off the peg

acheter du prêt-à-porter

to take sb down a peg or two

remettre qn à sa place

to use sth as a peg to hang sth on

prendre qc comme prétexte à qc

II.peg <-gg-> [peg] VB trans

1. peg (fix):

peg

fixer (avec des piquets)

2. peg (hold at certain level):

peg

maintenir

3. peg (guess correctly):

peg

deviner

tent peg N

tent peg

piquet m de tente

I.peg out VB trans

1. peg out (hang out):

peg out laundry

étendre

2. peg out (mark):

peg out

délimiter

II.peg out VB intr Aus, Brit

1. peg out inf (die):

peg out

crever

2. peg out (stop working):

peg out car, machine

lâcher

peg-leg N inf

peg-leg

jambe f de bois

coat peg N Brit

coat peg → coat hook

See also coat hook

coat hook N

coat hook

patère f

off-the-peg ADJ

off-the-peg clothes:

off-the-peg

de prêt-à-porter

clothes peg N Brit, clothes pin N Am

clothes peg

pince f à linge

Translations for peg in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

quenotte

toothy peg Brit

pilon

peg-leg

rabattre [ou rabaisser] le caquet à qn inf

to take sb down a peg or two

peg Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to bring sb down a peg (or two)

remettre qn à sa place

to buy off the peg

acheter du prêt-à-porter

to take sb down a peg or two

remettre qn à sa place

to use sth as a peg to hang sth on

prendre qc comme prétexte à qc

to take sb down a peg or two

rabattre [ou rabaisser] le caquet à qn inf

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Those years of innocence, wonderment and pure joy seem to offer the artist a peg to take stock of life itself.

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The pay-off being a picture of the starlet looking so stunning in an off-the-peg outfit that everyone, famous or not, wants to own it.

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The teeth were peg-like and suitable for crushing of plant matter.

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Figuring out a good bone replacement for limbs has proved a problem since the days of the wooden peg leg.

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For now, let's peg $200,000 as the price of a starter home.

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It introduces children to what they should expect -- their coat peg and the class pet -- using simple text accompanied by illustrations that could almost be taken for photographs.

www.telegraph.co.uk

If using the wooden clothes pegs, dab a little glue onto the fabric and pull it over the top of the peg.

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They introduced a notion called pagoda function which is a strong tool to show the infeasibility of a given (generalized) peg solitaire problem.

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I'm now long-sighted, but my two eyes are quite different, and even different shapes it seems, so off-the-peg specs are no good.

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She gives him milk to make him sleep, then famously hammers a tent peg into his head.

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