skeletons in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for skeletons in the English»French Dictionary

skeleton [Brit ˈskɛlɪt(ə)n, Am ˈskɛlətn] N

1. skeleton:

skeleton ANAT, CONSTR

squelette m

a living or walking skeleton

un squelette ambulant

to be reduced to a skeleton

ne plus avoir que la peau et les os

2. skeleton (of plan, novel):

skeleton fig

grandes lignes fpl

3. skeleton attr (minimal):

skeleton army, staff

réduit au strict minimum

skeleton service

minimum

to have a skeleton in the cupboard Brit or closet Am

avoir un cadavre dans le placard inf

skeleton key N

skeleton key

passe-partout m inv

Translations for skeletons in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

squelette

skeleton

squelette inf

skeleton

pot-aux-roses

skeleton in the closet

des effectifs squelettiques

skeleton staff

être d'une maigreur squelettique

to be like a skeleton

ossature

skeleton

charpente osseuse

skeleton

carcasse (de navire)

skeleton

cadavre ambulant inf

walking skeleton

c'est un (vrai) cadavre/dictionnaire ambulant inf

he's/she's a walking skeleton/dictionary inf

skeletons in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skeletons in the English»French Dictionary

skeleton [ˈskelɪtən, Am ˈ-ə-] N

1. skeleton (body framework, thin person):

skeleton

squelette m

to be reduced to a skeleton

n'avoir que la peau et les os

2. skeleton (framework):

skeleton of a boat, plane

carcasse f

skeleton of a building

charpente f

3. skeleton (sketch):

skeleton of a book, report

ébauche f

Phrases:

to have skeletons in the cupboard [or a. Am closet]

cacher un cadavre dans son placard

skeleton service N

skeleton service

service m minimum

skeleton key N

skeleton key

passe-partout m

skeleton staff N

skeleton staff

équipe f de base

Translations for skeletons in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

squelette a. fig

skeleton

passe-partout

skeleton key

carcasse d'un bateau

skeleton

rossignol

skeleton key

être un cadavre ambulant inf

to be a walking skeleton

skeletons Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be reduced to a skeleton

n'avoir que la peau et les os

to have skeletons in the cupboard [or a. Am closet]

cacher un cadavre dans son placard

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Their skeletons are made of spicules consisting of fibers of the protein spongin, the mineral silica, or both.

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It meant bringing their financial skeletons out of the closet to bone up on cost-cutting and cash-raising measures.

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The hypercube graphs are also skeletons of higher-dimensional regular polytopes.

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Their true forms -- immortal skeletons -- can only be seen in moonlight.

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In a charnel ground there are bodies everywhere in different states of decomposition: freshly dead bodies, decaying bodies, skeletons and disembodied bones.

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The second hall hosts the collection of fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and invertebrates, mounted or preserved in formalin, and their skeletons or shells.

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Then night falls and monsters rise: dead-eyed zombies, skeletons, and camouflaged creepers that pursue you with terrifying single-mindedness.

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A descendant of the traditional landowners argued that construction desecrated an ancient burial ground, disturbing skeletons in the construction of turbine number four.

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Equipment includes, massage tables and chairs, hydrocollators, and teaching skeletons.

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They include the vast majority of the fossil radiolaria, as their skeletons are abundant in marine sediments, making them one of the most common groups of microfossils.

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