waist in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for waist in the English»French Dictionary

waist [Brit weɪst, Am weɪst] N

1. waist:

waist ANAT, FASHION

taille f

to have a 70 cm waist skirt, person:

avoir un tour de taille de 70 cm

to be tight around the waist

serrer à la taille

to put/have one's arm around sb's waist

prendre/tenir qn par la taille

to be waist-deep in water

avoir de l'eau jusqu'à la taille

2. waist (of insect):

waist

taille f

3. waist (of ship):

waist

embelle f

4. waist (of violin):

waist

échancrure f

waist measurement N

waist measurement

tour m de taille

waist slip N

waist slip

jupon m

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(with a) drawstring waist

(à) ceinture coulissante

to be paralysed from the waist down

être paraplégique

Translations for waist in the French»English Dictionary

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mi-corps

up to the waist

saisir qn à mi-corps

to grab sb round the waist

short coulissé ou à la taille coulissée

shorts with a drawstring waist

dépoitraillé (dépoitraillée)

with one's shirt open to the waist

se mettre torse nu

to strip to the waist

il était torse nu

he was stripped to the waist

cintrer veste

to take [sth] in at the waist

waist in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for waist in the English»French Dictionary

waist [weɪst] N

waist

taille f

wasp waist N

wasp waist

taille f de guêpe

waist-deep ADJ

waist-deep

à hauteur de la taille

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sylphlike waist

de sylphide

Translations for waist in the French»English Dictionary

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jusqu'à mi-corps

as far as the waist

ceinturer (prendre à la taille)

to seize round the waist

ceinturer (pour l'arrêter)

to tackle round the waist

la ceinture lui comprime le ventre

the belt is too tight around his waist

prendre un enfant à bras-le-corps

to take a child around the waist

se mettre torse nu

to strip to the waist

taille

waist

waist Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

shoulder/waist-high

à hauteur d'épaule/à la taille

waist band

ceinture f

this dress shows off her waist

cette robe dégage bien sa taille

to take a child around the waist

prendre un enfant à bras-le-corps

the belt is too tight around his waist

la ceinture lui comprime le ventre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He has bumps like the three on his waist on his shoulders and wrists.

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She appeared to be a handsome woman of eighteen or nineteen; her hair was done up, and several loose strands hung down to her waist.

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The chickens stand one behind the other, each holding the waist of the one in front.

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The ride also features a harness system, which locks riders in at the waist rather than the shoulders.

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Its length had to be long enough to be wrapped around the waist 5 times.

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He banned men from wearing waist chains as part of his effort to remove superstition and heresy.

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There is both a waist level finder and metered prism finder available.

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Fullness of some sort was still considered necessary to make the waist look smaller and the bustle eventually replaced the crinoline completely.

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They were usually decorated with many yards of ribbon around the waist and around the ungathered knee on the outside of the leg.

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The back spot will hold the flyer at the waist.

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