put-down in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for put-down in the English»French Dictionary

put-down [Brit ˈpʊtdaʊn, Am ˈpʊtdaʊn] N

put-down

remarque f humiliante

it was a real put-down

ça l'a vraiment remis à sa place

I.put down VB [Brit pʊt -, Am pʊt -] (put down) (land)

put down aircraft:

atterrir (on sur)

II.put down VB [Brit pʊt -, Am pʊt -] (put [sth] down, put down [sth])

1. put down (on ground, table):

put down object, plane

poser (on sur)

put down rat poison etc

mettre

2. put down (suppress):

put down uprising, revolt, opposition

réprimer

3. put down (write down):

put down date, time, name

mettre (par écrit)

put down whatever you like

mets ce que tu veux

4. put down (ascribe):

to put sth down to incompetence, human error etc

mettre qc sur le compte de

to put sth down to the fact that …

imputer qc au fait que …

5. put down (charge):

to put sth down to account

mettre qc sur

6. put down VET:

put down (by injection)

piquer

put down (by other method)

abattre

to have a dog put down

faire piquer un chien

7. put down (advance, deposit):

to put down a deposit

verser des arrhes

to put £50 down on sth

verser 50 livres d'arrhes sur qc

8. put down (lay down, store):

put down wine

mettre [qc] en cave

put down cheese

affiner

9. put down (put on agenda):

put down motion

inscrire [qc] à l'ordre du jour

III.put down VB [Brit pʊt -, Am pʊt -] (put [sb] down, put down [sb])

1. put down (drop off):

put down passenger

déposer

to put sb down on the corner

déposer qn au coin de la rue

2. put down (humiliate) inf:

put down person

rabaisser

3. put down SCHOOL:

put down (gen) (into lower group) pupil, team

faire descendre (from de, to, into à)

4. put down (classify, count in):

to put sb down as possibility, candidate, fool

considérer qn comme

I'd never have put you down as a Scotsman!

je ne t'aurais jamais pris pour un Écossais!

to put sb down for (note as wanting or offering) contribution

compter [qc] pour qn

to put sb down for (put on waiting list) school, club

inscrire qn sur la liste d'attente pour

put me down for a meal

compte un repas pour moi

to put sb down for £10

compter 10 livres pour qn

to put sb down for three tickets

réserver trois billets pour qn

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to put down the receiver

raccrocher (le combiné)

to put down a deposit on a house

effectuer un versement initial sur une maison

Translations for put-down in the French»English Dictionary

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euthanasier animaux

to put down

verser des arrhes

to put down ou pay a deposit

dompter insurgés, insurrection

to crush, to put down

réprimer/écraser une révolte dans le sang

to put down/crush a revolt ou rebellion with bloodshed

s'enraciner personne:

to put down roots

baver sur qn/qc

to put sb/sth down inf

put-down in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for put-down in the English»French Dictionary

put-down N inf

put-down

réplique f bien envoyée

I.put down <-tt-> irreg VB trans

1. put down (set down):

put down

poser

I couldn't put the book down

je ne pouvais pas lâcher le livre

2. put down (put to bed):

to put a baby down

coucher un bébé

3. put down (lower, decrease):

put down

baisser

4. put down (drop off):

to put sb down

déposer qn

5. put down (pay, give as deposit):

put down

verser

6. put down TELEC:

to put down the (tele)phone

raccrocher le téléphone

7. put down (write):

put down

inscrire

to put sth down on paper

coucher qc sur papier

to put sb down for sth

inscrire qn sur la liste pour qc

to put one's name down for sth

s'inscrire pour qc

I put my name down for the tennis club

je me suis inscrit au tennis club

put me down for £20

je donnerai 20£

they put it down on the bill

ils l'ont mis sur la facture

I'll put it down in my diary

je vais le noter dans mon agenda

8. put down (attribute):

to put down sth to sb/sth

mettre qc sur le compte de qn/qc

9. put down (consider):

to put down sb as sth

prendre qn pour qc

10. put down (preserve):

put down food, wine

mettre en réserve

11. put down MIL (suppress):

put down a rebellion

réprimer

12. put down inf (deride):

put down

humilier

13. put down (have killed):

put down

abattre

put down a dog

faire piquer

14. put down AVIAT:

put down

poser

II.put down <-tt-> irreg VB intr AVIAT

put down

se poser

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to put down a marker

signaler ses intentions

to put sth down to experience

considérer qc comme une erreur instructive

to put down (new) roots fig

s'enraciner

Translations for put-down in the French»English Dictionary

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jeter l'ancre fig

to put down roots

poser livre, main, bagages

to put down

poser qc par terre

to put sth down on the ground

rabattre qc

to put sth down

déposer

to put down

étouffer révolte

to put down

put-down Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to put sb down

déposer qn

to put down the (tele)phone

raccrocher le téléphone

to put sth down on paper

coucher qc sur papier

to put down sth to sb/sth

mettre qc sur le compte de qn/qc

to put down a marker

signaler ses intentions

to put down (new) roots fig

s'enraciner

to put sth down to experience

considérer qc comme une erreur instructive

to put sth down on the ground

poser qc par terre

to put sb down with one's knowledge

écraser qn par son savoir

to put down an injured animal

abattre un animal blessé

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The revolt was put down by force with the aid of other cantons.

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It's not enough to simply put down the salt shaker.

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A central exploder tube of high grade TNT was put down the centre of the explosive to ensure high order detonation.

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I find that with that kind of grounding substantive fields are fairly easy to take up and put down.

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Unfortunately, anyone who takes up this theme will be put down as paranoiac or puritanical.

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He also militarily put down all civil disobedience movements, effectively leading to unprecedented social stability within the province.

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This means that a halfling does have a chance, albeit slight, to put down a troll with one well-placed (and lucky) dagger strike.

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It was discovered that when he sings this song, he could not put down the microphone.

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Her feelings for him seem to be encouraged, as she enjoys being put down and threatened by him, due to her extreme masochism.

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He was a popular teacher, achieved outstanding results, which he put down to the intrinsic allure of the subject - the glamour of the detective story.

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