spin in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for spin in the English»French Dictionary

I.spin [Brit spɪn, Am spɪn] N

1. spin (turn):

spin (of wheel)

tour m

spin (of dancer, skate)

pirouette f

to give sth a spin

faire tourner qc

to do a spin on the ice

exécuter une pirouette sur la glace

2. spin SPORTS:

spin

effet m

to put spin on a ball

donner de l'effet à une balle

3. spin (in spin-drier):

to give the washing a spin

donner un coup d'essorage au linge

4. spin AVIAT:

spin

vrille f

spin

descente f en vrille

to go into a spin

descendre en vrille

5. spin (pleasure trip):

spin

tour m

to go for a spin

aller faire un tour

6. spin Am (interpretation):

to put a new spin on sth

aborder qc sous un nouvel angle

II.spin <pres part spinning, pret, pp spun> [Brit spɪn, Am spɪn] VB trans

1. spin (rotate):

spin top

lancer

spin globe, wheel

faire tourner

spin bowler: ball

donner de l'effet à

2. spin (flip):

to spin a coin

tirer à pile ou face

to spin a coin for sth

tirer qc à pile ou face

3. spin TEXTIL:

spin wool, thread

filer

to spin cotton into thread

filer le coton

4. spin ZOOL spider:

spin web

tisser

5. spin (wring out):

spin clothes

essorer qc à la machine

6. spin (tell):

spin tale

raconter

to spin sb a yarn

raconter des salades à qn

he spun me some tale about missing his train

il a prétendu qu'il avait raté son train

III.spin <pres part spinning, pret, pp spun> [Brit spɪn, Am spɪn] VB intr

1. spin (rotate):

spin wheel:

tourner

spin weathercock, top:

tournoyer

spin dancer:

pirouetter

to go spinning through the air ball, plate:

aller valser inf

the car spun off the road

la voiture est allée valser dans la nature inf

2. spin fig:

spin

tourner

my head is spinning

j'ai la tête qui tourne

the room was spinning

les murs de la pièce tournaient

3. spin (turn wildly):

spin wheels:

patiner

spin compass:

s'affoler

4. spin (nose dive):

spin plane:

descendre en vrille

5. spin TEXTIL:

spin

filer

6. spin FISH:

spin

pêcher à la cuillère

IV.spin [Brit spɪn, Am spɪn]

to be in a spin

être dans tous ses états

to spin one's wheels Am fig

ne pas avancer fig

spin bowler N SPORTS

spin bowler (in cricket)

lanceur qui donne de l'effet à la balle

spin doctor N POL

spin doctor

consultant en communication attaché à un parti politique

I.spin out VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] (spin [sth] out, spin out [sth])

spin out visit

prolonger, faire durer

spin out speech

faire traîner [qc] en longueur

spin out money

ménager or faire durer

he spun the whole business out

il a fait traîner l'affaire

I.spin round VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] (spin round)

spin round person:

se retourner rapidement

spin round dancer, skater:

pirouetter

she spun round in her chair

elle a pivoté sur sa chaise

she spun round in her chair car:

faire un tête-à-queue

II.spin round VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] (spin [sb/sth] round)

spin round wheel

faire tourner

spin round dancer, weathercock, top

faire tournoyer

I.spin off VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] Am FIN (spin off [sth])

1. spin off new company:

spin off

créer

2. spin off company, business:

spin off

convertir

spin around VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -]

spin around → spin round

See also spin round

I.spin round VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] (spin round)

spin round person:

se retourner rapidement

spin round dancer, skater:

pirouetter

she spun round in her chair

elle a pivoté sur sa chaise

she spun round in her chair car:

faire un tête-à-queue

II.spin round VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -] (spin [sb/sth] round)

spin round wheel

faire tourner

spin round dancer, weathercock, top

faire tournoyer

spin dryer N

spin dryer

essoreuse f

spin along VB [Brit spɪn -, Am spɪn -]

spin along car:

spin along

filer

spin-dry [Brit ˌspɪnˈdrʌɪ, Am ˈspɪn ˈˌdraɪ] VB trans

spin-dry

essorer [qc] (à la machine)

spin in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spin in the English»French Dictionary

I.spin [spɪn] N

1. spin (rotation):

spin

tournoiement m

spin of wheel

tour m

spin of dancer

pirouette f

to go into a spin

descendre en vrille

to send a car into a spin

faire faire un tonneau à une voiture

to put spin on a ball

donner de l'effet à une balle

to throw sb into a spin inf

faire paniquer qn

2. spin (spin-dry):

spin

essorage m

to give sth a spin

essorer qc

3. spin inf (trip):

spin

tour m

to go for a spin

aller faire un tour

4. spin (method of considering):

spin

perspective f

to put a positive spin on sth

montrer qc sous un jour positif

II.spin <-nn-, spun, spun> [spɪn] VB intr

1. spin (rotate):

spin

tourner

spin dancer, top

tournoyer

my head is spinning

j'ai la tête qui tourne

2. spin inf (drive):

spin

conduire

to spin out of control

faire un tête-à-queue

3. spin (make thread):

spin

filer

III.spin <-nn-, spun, spun> [spɪn] VB trans

1. spin (rotate):

spin

faire tourner

to spin a ball

donner de l'effet à une balle

to spin a coin

jouer à pile ou face

2. spin (make thread out of):

spin

filer

3. spin (spin-dry):

spin clothes

essorer

Phrases:

it makes my head spin

ça me fait tourner la tête

to spin a story

raconter une histoire

spin-dry VB trans

spin-dry

essorer (à la machine)

spin doctor N inf

spin doctor

conseiller en communication

I.spin around VB intr

spin around

se retourner

II.spin around VB trans

spin around

faire tourner

I.spin out VB intr

spin out

faire un tête-à-queue

II.spin out VB trans

spin out

faire durer

Translations for spin in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

virée

spin

vrille

spin

en vrille

in a spin

faire un tête-à-queue voiture

to spin around

tournoyer (plus vite)

to spin

essorer (à la machine)

to spin dry

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

See spinor for some examples associated with spinor representations of the spin groups and.

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In a fashion test, they must take a risk and spin out an avant-garde look inspired by butterflies.

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This splitting occurs even in the absence of a magnetic field, as it is due to spin-orbit coupling.

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Physicists expected that the quarks carry all the proton spin.

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He can also twist himself tightly to cause himself to spin at his opponent while his arms flail.

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A 1990 is a move in which a breaker spins continuously on one handa hand spin rather than a head spin.

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Polariton spin currents are expected to form a basis of a new set of logic devices, where information would be encoded by spin or polarisation.

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Proper recovery procedures were unknown, and a pilot's instinct to pull back on the stick served only to make a spin worse.

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As a qualitative concept, the spin vector is often handy because it is easy to picture classically.

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Unlike some other spider mites, bryobia mites do not spin webs.

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