blank in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for blank in the English»French Dictionary

I.blank [Brit blaŋk, Am blæŋk] N

1. blank (empty space):

blank

blanc m

to fill in the blanks

remplir les blancs

leave a blank if you don't know the answer

laisse un blanc si tu ne sais pas la réponse

my mind's a blank

j'ai la tête vide

2. blank Am (clean form):

blank

fiche f vierge

3. blank (dummy bullet):

blank

balle f à blanc

to fire blanks lit

tirer à blanc

to fire blanks fig, hum

être stérile

4. blank (uncut block):

blank

pièce f brute

II.blank [Brit blaŋk, Am blæŋk] ADJ

1. blank (without writing, pictures):

blank paper, page

blanc/blanche

blank wall

nu

blank screen

vide

blank form, canvas

vierge

a blank piece of paper

une feuille blanche

2. blank (unused):

blank cassette, disk

vierge

3. blank (expressionless):

a blank look

un air absent

a row of blank faces

des visages à l'air absent

4. blank (uncomprehending):

blank look, expression

ébahi

to look blank

avoir l'air ébahi

he gave me a blank look

il m'a lancé un regard ébahi

5. blank (without memory):

my mind went blank

j'ai eu un trou de mémoire

6. blank (imitation):

blank door, window

faux/fausse

7. blank (absolute):

blank refusal, rejection

catégorique

blank astonishment

absolu

III.blank [Brit blaŋk, Am blæŋk] VB trans Am SPORTS

we blanked the opposition

nous n'avons pas laissé l'équipe adverse marquer un point

IV.blank [Brit blaŋk, Am blæŋk]

to draw a blank

faire chou blanc

blank cheque Brit, blank check Am N

1. blank cheque FIN:

blank cheque

chèque m en blanc

2. blank cheque fig:

blank cheque

carte f blanche

to give/write sb a blank cheque

donner/laisser carte blanche à qn

I've got a blank cheque to reorganize the factory

j'ai reçu carte blanche pour réorganiser l'usine

blank verse N LIT

blank verse

vers mpl blancs or non rimés

blank space N

blank space

blanc m

I.blank out VB [Brit blaŋk -, Am blæŋk -] (blank out)

blank out person:

blank out

avoir un trou de mémoire

II.blank out VB [Brit blaŋk -, Am blæŋk -] (blank [sth] out, blank out [sth])

blank out word

effacer

blank out fig memory, event

rayer [qc] de sa mémoire

I.point-blank [Brit pɔɪntˈblaŋk, Am ˈpɔɪnt ˈˌblæŋk] ADJ

at point-blank range

à bout portant

II.point-blank [Brit pɔɪntˈblaŋk, Am ˈpɔɪnt ˈˌblæŋk] ADV

1. point-blank lit shoot:

point-blank

à bout portant

2. point-blank fig:

point-blank refuse, deny

catégoriquement

point-blank ask

à brûle-pourpoint, de but en blanc

point-blank reply

de but en blanc

blankety [Brit ˈblaŋkəti, Am ˈblæŋkədi], blankety-blank ADJ inf, hum, euph Am (damned)

that blankety dog!

ce fichu chien!

Translations for blank in the French»English Dictionary

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double-blanc

double-blank

brûle-pourpoint

point-blank

demander à brûle-pourpoint

to ask point-blank

blanc-seing

blank endorsement

signer un blanc-seing

to endorse in blank

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Translations for blank in the English»French Dictionary

I.blank [blæŋk] ADJ

1. blank (empty):

blank

blanc(blanche)

blank tape

vierge

blank check

chèque m en blanc

blank page

page f blanche

blank space

blanc m

my mind's gone blank

j'ai la tête vide

2. blank (impassive):

blank expression look

absent(e)

3. blank (complete):

blank refusal

total(e)

II.blank [blæŋk] N

1. blank (space):

blank

blanc m

2. blank (cartridge):

blank

balle f à blanc

Phrases:

to draw a blank

faire chou blanc

I.point-blank ADV

1. point-blank (at very close range):

point-blank

à bout portant

to fire (a weapon) point-blank

tirer à bout portant

2. point-blank (bluntly, directly):

point-blank

de but en blanc

II.point-blank ADJ

1. point-blank (very close, not far away):

to shoot sb/sth at point-blank range

tirer à bout portant sur qn/qc

2. point-blank (blunt, direct):

point-blank

de but en blanc

point-blank question

question f à brûle-pourpoint

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a blank space

un blanc

Translations for blank in the French»English Dictionary

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à brûle-pourpoint

point-blank

blanc (he) bulletin de vote, feuille

blank

cartouche à blanc

blank cartridge

vierge disquette, page

blank

tir à blanc

firing blank rounds

blanc

blank

exercice à trous

fill-in-the blank exercise

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Mystery said to leave the last line blank for now.

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But after she made the customary three bows and knelt before him she found her mind utterly blank, the question gone.

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That's basically a blank check for adults to do whatever they feel like, regardless of how it hurts and destroys the kids.

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Time for a blank cheque, wanton wholesale corruption, padding and privileges are over, this is not one person's mess, and this is everybody's mess.

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In finding such anagrams, the blank must be declared as only one letter and may not change.

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He is commonly recognized by his large underbite and his constant blank facial expression.

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Between each line of squares is a blank space used for writing furigana (ruby characters), bten (a type of punctuation mark used for giving emphasis) or other marks.

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Leave a blank line after the end of the timeline, then add a line with the selected values from the list, separated by a space.

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Apart from a brief period during the disarmament talks of the 1930s, these areas were left blank or incomplete on standard maps.

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It was produced on a typewriter and then reproduced by offset lithograph, in an 8-page tabloid newspaper format with two pages left blank.

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