tar in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tar in the English»French Dictionary

I.tar [Brit tɑː, Am tɑr] N

1. tar:

tar (gen)

goudron m

tar (on roads)

bitume m

tar attr road

goudronné

2. tar (sailor):

tar archaic, inf

matelot m

3. tar (in cigarettes) attr:

tar content

taux m de goudron

low-/high-tar cigarette

cigarette f à faible/forte teneur en goudrons

II.tar <pres part tarring; pret, pp tarred> [Brit tɑː, Am tɑr] VB trans

tar road, roof, fence, timber:

tar

goudronner

III.tar [Brit tɑː, Am tɑr]

to tar and feather sb

enduire qn de goudron et de plumes

to tar everyone with the same brush

mettre tout le monde dans le même sac

they're tarred with the same brush

ils sont à mettre dans le même sac

to spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar

tout gâcher pour s'économiser quelques sous

tar-paper N U

tar-paper

papier m goudronné

tar oil N

tar oil

huile f de goudron

coal tar N

coal tar

coaltar m

Jack tar N

Jack tar

marin m

Jack tar

matelot m

low-tar ADJ

low-tar

à faible teneur en goudrons

Translations for tar in the French»English Dictionary

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goudron

tar

goudron

tar

‘goudrons 12 mg’

‘12 mg tar’

poix bitumineuse

coal-tar pitch

coaltar

coal tar

sables bitumineux

tar sands

tar in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tar in the English»French Dictionary

I.tar [tɑ:ʳ, Am tɑ:r] N no pl

tar

goudron m

Phrases:

to spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar Brit

tout gâcher pour des économies de bouts de chandelles

to beat the tar out of sb Am inf

tabasser qn

II.tar <-rr-> [tɑ:ʳ, Am tɑ:r] VB trans

tar

goudronner

Phrases:

to be tarred with the same brush

être mis dans le même panier

coal tar N

coal tar

goudron m de houille

Translations for tar in the French»English Dictionary

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goudron

tar

goudronner

to tar

goudronneuse

tar spreader

mettre qn dans le même sac

to tar sb with the same brush

tar Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to spoil the ship for a ha'p'orth of tar Brit

tout gâcher pour des économies de bouts de chandelles

to beat the tar out of sb Am inf

tabasser qn

to tar sb with the same brush

mettre qn dans le même sac

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Oils tend to span a large range of viscosity from liquids as light as gasoline to heavy as tar.

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More recently clapboard has been tarred or paintedtraditionally black or white due to locally occurring minerals or pigments.

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Most road surfaces were made up of undressed and unrolled water-bound macadam which did not use tar as a sealant.

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Coal tar was a component of the first sealed roads.

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Existing records indicate that the production of naval supplies including turpentine and tar were very important in the local economy during the 19th century.

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Very noticeably, the road is no longer concrete in construction, but has been tarred for its entire length.

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Tar sand oil is particularly contentious for environmental groups because they say its extraction creates lots of toxic waste, polluting nearby areas.

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Due to the lax enforcement of building regulations, tar paper and plastic are often used as waterproofing materials.

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They are normally coated with black tar in order to retain as much heat as possible.

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This method involved spreading tar on the subgrade, placing a typical macadam layer, and finally sealing the macadam with a mixture of tar and sand.

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