skies in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for skies in the English»French Dictionary

skies [Am skaɪz] N npl

skies → sky

See also sky

I.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ] N

sky

ciel m

clear sky

ciel dégagé

morning sky

ciel du matin

night sky

ciel nocturne

open sky

ciel dégagé

to scud across the sky

filer dans le ciel

in(to) the sky

dans le ciel

the sky over Paris

le ciel de Paris

a patch of blue sky

une trouée de ciel bleu

there are blue skies ahead fig

il y a une éclaircie à l'horizon

to sleep under the open sky

dormir à la belle étoile

II.skies N

skies npl fig, liter:

skies METEO

ciel m

skies METEO

cieux mpl

skies ART

ciels mpl

summer skies

ciel d'été

a day of rain and cloudy skies

un jour pluvieux et couvert

the sunny skies of Italy

les cieux ensoleillés d'Italie

Turner's dramatic skies

les ciels dramatiques de Turner

to take to the skies plane:

décoller

III.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ] VB trans SPORTS

to sky a ball

faire une chandelle

IV.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ]

out of a clear blue sky

de façon tout à fait inattendue

the sky's the limit

tout est possible

reach for the sky inf!

haut les mains!

I.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ] N

sky

ciel m

clear sky

ciel dégagé

morning sky

ciel du matin

night sky

ciel nocturne

open sky

ciel dégagé

to scud across the sky

filer dans le ciel

in(to) the sky

dans le ciel

the sky over Paris

le ciel de Paris

a patch of blue sky

une trouée de ciel bleu

there are blue skies ahead fig

il y a une éclaircie à l'horizon

to sleep under the open sky

dormir à la belle étoile

II.skies N

skies npl fig, liter:

skies METEO

ciel m

skies METEO

cieux mpl

skies ART

ciels mpl

summer skies

ciel d'été

a day of rain and cloudy skies

un jour pluvieux et couvert

the sunny skies of Italy

les cieux ensoleillés d'Italie

Turner's dramatic skies

les ciels dramatiques de Turner

to take to the skies plane:

décoller

III.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ] VB trans SPORTS

to sky a ball

faire une chandelle

IV.sky [Brit skʌɪ, Am skaɪ]

out of a clear blue sky

de façon tout à fait inattendue

the sky's the limit

tout est possible

reach for the sky inf!

haut les mains!

blue-sky ADJ

blue-sky project:

blue-sky

qui en est encore à ses balbutiements

mackerel sky N

mackerel sky

ciel m moutonné

night sky N

the night sky

le ciel (la nuit)

sky train N

sky train

aérotrain m

sky marshal N Am AVIAT

sky marshal

agent fédéral chargé de prévenir le détournement des vols commerciaux

sky pilot N inf, dated

sky pilot

aumônier m militaire

I.sky-high [Brit skʌɪˈhʌɪ, Am ˈˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ] ADJ

sky-high prices, rates:

sky-high

exorbitant

II.sky-high [Brit skʌɪˈhʌɪ, Am ˈˌskaɪ ˈhaɪ] ADV

to rise sky-high

monter en flèche

to blow sth sky-high

faire voler qc en éclats

sky blue N ADJ

sky blue

bleu m ciel

skies in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for skies in the English»French Dictionary

sky <-ies> [skaɪ] N

1. sky (expanse overhead):

sky

ciel m

2. sky pl (the sky):

sky

les cieux mpl

Phrases:

the sky's the limit

sans limites

to praise sb/sth to the skies

porter qn/qc aux nues

I.sky-high ADV

sky-high

très haut

Phrases:

to go sky-high prices

s'envoler

II.sky-high ADJ (extremely high)

sky-high

très haut(e)

I.sky-blue ADJ

sky-blue

bleu ciel inv

II.sky-blue N no pl

sky-blue

bleu ciel m

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partly cloudy skies

ciel partiellement couvert

overcast sky

chargé(e)

Translations for skies in the French»English Dictionary

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porter qn au pinacle

to laud sb to the skies

faire l'éloge de qn

to praise sb (to the skies)

faire le panégyrique de qn/qc

to laud sb/sth to the skies

porter qn aux nues

to praise sb to the skies

ciel d'azur

azure sky

skies Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the skies up above were cloudless

le ciel était clair

to praise sb/sth to the skies

porter qn/qc aux nues

partly cloudy skies

ciel partiellement couvert

to praise sb/sth to the skies

porter qn/qc aux nues

to laud sb to the skies

porter qn au pinacle

to praise sb (to the skies)

faire l'éloge de qn

to praise sb to the skies

porter qn aux nues

to laud sb/sth to the skies

faire le panégyrique de qn/qc

to fly off into the sky

s'envoler dans le ciel ballon

there are fleecy clouds in the sky

les nuages moutonnent dans le ciel

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The beautiful shores and sunny skies encourage rich people to buy vacation houses there.

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Under humid, creamy skies we skirted the island's low-slung, pine-crested dunes, through whiffy shellfish beds and a vast, alien-hued lagoon sanctuary where bike and bird coexist alone.

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Temperatures are highest at the end of the dry season when cloudless skies and dry air allow them to soar.

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Will you be able to counter the turning poles so that the swiftness of the skies does not carry you away?

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We're lucky to have such bounteous night skies over our city.

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Shortly after the official postponement, the rain stopped and blue skies emerged.

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And with clear skies and light winds, patchy freezing fog is a possibility in the early hours before sunrise.

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If the skies threatened, the easy-going, sad-faced balladeer did too.

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Clear skies have allowed some frost to form and areas with light fog could see freezing fog.

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As the strategists discovered the advantages of these warships of the skies, armies rarely moved across the battlefield without the security of air cover.

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