polish in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for polish in the English»French Dictionary

I.polish [Brit ˈpɒlɪʃ, Am ˈpɑlɪʃ] N

1. polish (substance):

polish (for wood, floor, furniture)

cire f

polish (for shoes)

cirage m

polish (for brass, silver)

pâte f à polir

polish (for car)

lustre m

2. polish (action):

to give sth a polish (dust)

faire reluire or briller qc

to give sth a polish (put polish on)

cirer qc

3. polish (shiny surface):

polish

éclat m

to lose its polish

perdre son éclat

table with a high polish

table f vernie

4. polish fig:

polish (elegance) (of manner, performance)

brio m

polish (of person)

chic m

II.polish [Brit ˈpɒlɪʃ, Am ˈpɑlɪʃ] VB trans

1. polish lit:

polish shoes, wood, floor, furniture

cirer

polish leather, car, glass, glasses, silver, brass

astiquer

polish stone, jet, marble

polir

2. polish (refine) fig:

polish performance, act, image

soigner

polish manner, style

affiner

III.polish [Brit ˈpɒlɪʃ, Am ˈpɑlɪʃ] VB intr

polish

cirer

boot polish N

boot polish

cirage m

furniture polish N

furniture polish

encaustique f

I.polish up VB [Brit ˈpɒlɪʃ -, Am ˈpɑlɪʃ -] (polish up [sth], polish [sth] up)

1. polish up lit:

polish up glass, car, cutlery, silver

astiquer

polish up wood, floor, table

cirer

2. polish up (perfect) inf:

polish up Spanish, piano playing

parfaire

polish up sporting skill

perfectionner

to polish up one's act

fignoler son numéro inf

I.polish off VB [Brit ˈpɒlɪʃ -, Am ˈpɑlɪʃ -] inf (polish off [sth], polish [sth] off)

1. polish off (eat, finish):

polish off

expédier inf

2. polish off (see off, beat or kill):

polish off

liquider inf

floor polish N

floor polish

encaustique f

floor polish

cire f

I.French polish N

French polish

vernis m à l'alcool

II.French polish VB trans

French polish

passer au vernis à l'alcool

shoe polish N

shoe polish

cirage m

metal polish N

metal polish

produit m à astiquer pour métaux

nail polish N

nail polish

vernis m à ongles

polish in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for polish in the English»French Dictionary

I.polish [ˈpa·lɪʃ] N

1. polish (substance to polish things):

polish

cirage m

furniture polish

cire f

nail polish

vernis m à ongles

shoe polish

cirage à chaussures

2. polish (act of polishing sth):

to give sth a polish

faire briller qc

to give one's shoes a polish

cirer ses chaussures

3. polish (sophisticated or refined style):

polish

raffinement m

II.polish [ˈpa·lɪʃ] VB trans a. fig

polish

polir

polish shoes, floor, furniture

cirer

polish silver, brass

astiquer

polish nails

vernir

to polish one's French

perfectionner son français

I.Polish [ˈpoʊ·lɪʃ] ADJ

Polish

polonais(e)

II.Polish [ˈpoʊ·lɪʃ] N LING

Polish

polonais m

See also English

I.English [ˈɪŋ·glɪʃ] ADJ

English

anglais(e)

English people

les Anglais mpl

an English film

un film en anglais

an English class

un cours d'anglais

English speaker

anglophone mf

II.English [ˈɪŋ·glɪʃ] N

1. English pl (people):

the English

les Anglais mpl

2. English LING:

English

anglais m

to speak English fluently

parler couramment (l')anglais

to write in English

écrire en anglais

to translate into English

traduire en anglais

shoe polish N

shoe polish

cirage m

polish off VB trans

1. polish off (finish completely):

polish off

finir

2. polish off (defeat easily):

polish off

achever

polish up VB trans

1. polish up (polish to a shine):

polish up

faire briller

2. polish up (improve, brush up):

polish up

perfectionner

nail polish N

nail polish

vernis m à ongles

Translations for polish in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

polir

to polish

fignoler

to polish things up

fignoler

to polish up

astiquer

to polish

dissolvant (pour les ongles)

nail polish remover

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You don't polish off a packet of biscuits thinking you are going to feel amazing afterwards.

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In a shocking act of savagery, she says he set fire to a bowl of nail polish remover while her hand was in it.

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It prevents the naphtha from evaporating until the polish has been spread and buffed into a thin film on the leather surface.

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The two are drunk, and bond over their shared love of eating shoe polish.

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If lying on a four-poster day bed on an intravenous drip of cocktails loses its polish however, there are plenty of quieter escapes.

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Suggesting the place needed a bit of spit and polish would be understating things.

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The main goal of the game is to win 1 million polish zloty (240,000) by answering twelve multiple-choice questions correctly.

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The ingredients included mouth wash, liquid shoe polish and window cleaner fluid.

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Getting their own back, they put makeup and nail polish on them, which they didn't resist.

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He used the too- long sleeve of his sweatshirt to polish off a smudge.

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