trap in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for trap in the English»French Dictionary

I.trap [Brit trap, Am træp] N

1. trap HUNT (snare):

trap fig

piège m

to set a trap for animals

poser un piège pour

to set a trap for humans

tendre un piège à

to fall into a trap

tomber dans un piège

to fall into the trap of doing fig

commettre l'erreur de faire

2. trap (vehicle):

trap

cabriolet m

3. trap (in plumbing):

trap

siphon m

4. trap SPORTS (in shooting):

trap

ball-trap m

5. trap (in dog racing):

trap

stalle f de départ

6. trap (mouth):

trap sl

gueule f sl

shut your trap!

ta gueule! sl

II.trap <pres part trapping; pret, pp trapped> [Brit trap, Am træp] VB trans

1. trap HUNT:

trap animal

prendre [qc] au piège

2. trap (catch, immobilize):

trap person, finger

coincer

to be trapped in an elevator

être coincé dans un ascenseur

he trapped a nerve in his back MED

il s'est coincé un nerf du dos

3. trap (prevent from escaping):

trap heat

retenir

trap gas

empêcher [qc] de fuir

there was air trapped in the pipe

il y avait de l'air dans le tuyau

4. trap (emprison):

trap fig

prendre [qn] au piège

to trap sb into doing

amener qn à faire

to be/feel trapped (in a situation/a marriage)

être/se sentir piégé or coincé (dans une situation/un mariage)

III.trap <pres part trapping; pret, pp trapped> [Brit trap, Am træp] VB intr HUNT

trap

braconner

fire trap N

fire trap

souricière f (en cas d'incendie)

I.booby trap N

1. booby trap MIL:

booby trap

mécanisme m piégé

booby trap attr bomb

piégé

2. booby trap (joke):

booby trap

traquenard m

II.booby trap <pres part booby trapping; pret, pp booby trapped> VB trans MIL

booby trap car, bodies, building

piéger

tank trap N MIL

tank trap

fossé m antichar

debt trap [ˈdet træp] N

debt trap

piège m du surendettement

speed trap N MOTOR

speed trap

contrôle m de vitesse

poverty trap N Brit

poverty trap

situation d'une personne assistée qui perd toutes ses aides dès qu'elle gagne un peu d'argent

radar trap N

radar trap

contrôle-radar m inv

to get caught in a radar trap

se faire piéger par un radar

to go through a radar trap

passer devant un radar

rat trap N

rat trap

piège m à rats

rat trap

ratière f

humane trap N

humane trap (for mouse)

boîte-piège f

humane trap (for animal trapped for fur)

piège m à masse

trap in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for trap in the English»French Dictionary

I.trap [træp] N

1. trap (device for catching):

trap

piège m

to fall into the trap

tomber dans le piège

2. trap Brit inf (mouth):

trap

gueule f

3. trap (curve in a pipe):

trap

siphon m

4. trap (light carriage):

trap

cabriolet m

II.trap <-pp-> [træp] VB trans

1. trap (catch in a trap):

trap

prendre au piège

2. trap (not permit to escape):

trap water, heat

retenir

radar trap N

radar trap

contrôle m radar

rat trap N

rat trap

piège m à rats

death trap N

death trap

danger m mortel

I.booby-trap N

booby-trap

piège m

II.booby-trap VB trans

booby-trap

tendre un piège à

speed trap N

speed trap

contrôle m de vitesse

Translations for trap in the French»English Dictionary

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trap Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to fall into the trap

tomber dans le piège

to lure sb/sth into a trap

attirer qn/qc dans un piège

to catch an animal in a trap

prendre un animal au piège

to set a trap for sb

tendre un piège à qn

to get/be caught in one's own trap

se prendre/être pris à son propre piège

to fall/walk right into the trap

tomber/donner dans le panneau

to lay a trap for sb

préparer un piège à qn

to get oneself out of a situation/trap

se sortir d'une situation/d'un piège

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

When hydrocarbons are concentrated in a trap, an oil field forms, from which the liquid can be extracted by drilling and pumping.

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Where the oil was undisturbed, the light would be reflected into a light trap.

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To exit from this trap, the government needs to switch to a floating exchange rate.

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He condemned a speed trap policy, in which motorcycle policemen hide behind gas stations and billboards to pounce upon the unwary motorist.

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In less than a minute, the station had become a death trap.

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It also had some special memory management hardware, a clock interrupt and the ability to trap certain instructions.

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Booth's execution was bungled, and he fell through the scaffold's trap door, to the floor.

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Pots were designed specifically for brewing coffee, all with the purpose of trying to trap the coffee grounds before the coffee is poured.

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This turned into a trap because he was no longer able to expose his true vita without appearing as a show-off.

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Not one with any scruples, he has no problem in destroying ruins to trap characters, but also challenging them to one-on-one duels.

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