slack in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for slack in the English»French Dictionary

I.slack [Brit slak, Am slæk] N

1. slack (in rope, cable):

slack lit

mou m

to take up the slack in a rope

tendre une corde

to take up the slack (take over) fig

prendre le relais

2. slack (in schedule etc):

slack fig

marge f

3. slack (coal):

slack

poussier m

4. slack (drop in trade):

slack

ralentissement m des affaires

II.slacks N

slacks npl:

slacks

pantalon m

a pair of slacks

un pantalon

III.slack [Brit slak, Am slæk] ADJ

1. slack (careless):

slack worker

peu consciencieux/-ieuse

slack management

négligent

slack student

peu appliqué

slack work

peu soigné

to be slack about sth/about doing

négliger qc/négliger de faire

to get or grow slack worker, discipline, surveillance:

se relâcher

2. slack (not busy):

slack period, season

creux/creuse

slack after n demand, sales

faible

business is slack

les affaires tournent au ralenti

the trading or market is slack

le marché est peu actif

3. slack (loose, limp):

slack cable, rope, body, mouth

détendu

to go slack

se détendre

IV.slack [Brit slak, Am slæk] VB intr

slack worker:

slack

se relâcher dans son travail

nutty slack N

nutty slack

charbonnaille f

I.slack off VB [Brit slak -, Am slæk -] (slack off)

slack off business, trade:

diminuer

slack off rain:

se calmer

II.slack off VB [Brit slak -, Am slæk -] (slack [sth] off, slack off [sth])

slack off rope

donner du mou à

slack off nut

desserrer

slack up VB [Brit slak -, Am slæk -]

slack up person:

slack up

se relâcher dans son travail

slack side N

slack side

brin m mou

slack water N

slack water (in lake, river)

eaux fpl mortes

slack water (at sea)

mer f étale

Translations for slack in the French»English Dictionary

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relâché (relâchée) surveillance, discipline, morale, mœurs

lax, slack

détendu (détendue) ressort, corde

slack

ballant (ballante) câble, cordage

slack

avoir du ballant câble, cordage:

to be slack

donner du ballant

to give some slack

distendu (distendue) peau, ressort, câble

slack

slack in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for slack in the English»French Dictionary

slack N no pl

slack

poussier m

I.slack [slæk] ADJ

1. slack (not taut):

slack a. pej

lâche

to get slack

se relâcher

2. slack (not busy):

slack demand, business

calme

II.slack [slæk] N no pl

slack

mou m

to take up the slack

tendre la corde fig

to take up the slack

relancer le marché

III.slack [slæk] VB intr

1. slack (become loose):

slack a. fig

se relâcher

2. slack pej (be lazy):

slack

lambiner

IV.slack [slæk] VB trans

1. slack (loose):

slack

desserrer

2. slack (reduce):

slack

ralentir

slack up VB intr

slack up

ralentir

slack off VB intr

1. slack off (become loose):

slack off a. fig

se relâcher

2. slack off (reduce):

slack off

ralentir

Translations for slack in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

détendu(e) (relâché) corde

slack

lâche corde

slack

accalmie (dans les affaires, les transactions)

slack period

creux (-euse)

slack

creux

slack period

temps mort

slack period

slack Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to get slack

se relâcher

to take up the slack

tendre la corde fig

to take up the slack

relancer le marché

to cut sb some slack

faciliter les choses à qn

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His writing slacked off between 1915 and 1939, then picked up again.

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That is, the dual vector is minimized in order to remove slack between the candidate positions of the constraints and the actual optimum.

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He is a very terse individual who gives little slack to anyone.

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In his opinion, this second text is taut where the first one is slack, precise where the first is woolly.

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She liked to fashion her own clothes, which, in addition to the slacks, included boots and a black artist frock coat.

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Much of modern slack-key guitar has become entirely instrumental.

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From then on, business was slack, for various reasons.

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Slack served on the court until his death.

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This is done in the slack period between tides and held in place for the optimal heading for the next tide.

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Because of this, students thought she was just slacking off, and was bullied by them, leaving her traumatized and unwilling to go to high school.

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