stake in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stake in the English»French Dictionary

I.stake [Brit steɪk, Am steɪk] N

1. stake (amount risked):

stake GAMES, HORSE RAC fig

enjeu m

to put a stake on horse

miser sur

high/low stakes

enjeux élevés/faibles

to play for high stakes lit, fig

jouer gros

to raise the stakes lit

augmenter l'enjeu

to raise the stakes fig

monter la mise

to be at stake fig

être en jeu

there is a lot at stake fig

ce n'est pas à prendre à la légère

he has a lot at stake fig

il a gros à perdre

to put sth at stake lit, fig

mettre qc en jeu

2. stake (investment):

stake

participation f (in dans)

a large/small stake

une forte/faible participation

to have a 30% stake in company

avoir une participation de 30% dans

3. stake (pole):

stake (support)

pieu m

stake (thicker)

poteau m

stake (marker)

piquet m

4. stake HISTORY (for execution):

stake

bûcher m

to go to the stake

monter au bûcher

to be burnt at the stake

être brûlé sur le bûcher

II.stakes N

stakes npl HORSE RAC:

stakes

montant m du prix

the Diamond Stakes

la course des Diamond Stakes

‘France top in pay stakes’ fig

‘la France en tête dans la compétition salariale’

III.stake [Brit steɪk, Am steɪk] VB trans

1. stake (gamble):

stake money, property

miser

stake reputation

risquer

to stake one's all on

tout miser sur

I would stake my life on it

j'en mettrais ma tête à couper inf

2. stake (support):

stake plant, tree

mettre un tuteur à

3. stake Am (back):

stake person

financer

IV.stake [Brit steɪk, Am steɪk]

to stake one's claim to fig

exposer ses revendications sur

to (pull) up stakes inf

larguer les amarres inf

controlling stake N FIN

controlling stake

majorité f de contrôle

predatory stake N FIN

predatory stake

participation f résultant d'une OPA hostile

stake-out [Brit, Am ˈsteɪkaʊt] N inf

stake-out

planque f inf

I.stake out VB [Brit steɪk -, Am steɪk -] (stake out [sth], stake [sth] out)

1. stake out police hide-out:

stake out

surveiller

2. stake out lit land:

stake out

délimiter [qc] avec des pieux

3. stake out (claim) fig:

stake out interest, area of study

revendiquer

tent pole Brit, tent stake Am N

tent pole

mât m de tente

Translations for stake in the French»English Dictionary

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jouer/tenter son va-tout

to stake/risk everything

tu|teur

stake, support

bûcher

stake

condamner qn au bûcher

to condemn sb to be burned at the stake

monter sur le bûcher

to be burned at the stake

Jeanne au bûcher

Joan at the stake

piqueter chemin

to stake out, to stake [sth] out

stake in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for stake in the English»French Dictionary

I.stake¹ [steɪk] N

1. stake (sharpened stick):

stake

piquet m

stake wooden

pieu m

2. stake (execution by burning) a. fig:

the stake

le bûcher

to be burnt at the stake

mourir sur le bûcher

Phrases:

to pull up the stakes

déménager

II.stake¹ [steɪk] VB trans

1. stake (fasten with a stake):

stake

fixer à l'aide de piquets

stake plants

tuteurer

2. stake LAW:

to stake a claim

faire valoir ses droits

stake² [steɪk] N

1. stake (share):

stake

intérêt m

to have a stake in sth

avoir des intérêts dans qc

2. stake (amount at risk):

stake

enjeu m

stake GAMES

mise f

to double one's stakes

doubler sa mise

to play for high stakes

jouer gros jeu

to be at stake

être en jeu

3. stake SPORTS (horse race):

stake

course f

4. stake inf (competitive activity):

stake

course f

stake-out N Am inf

stake-out

surveillance f

Translations for stake in the French»English Dictionary

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rame

stake

tuteur

stake

ramer

to stake

enjeu

stake

être l'enjeu de qc

to be at stake in sth

le bûcher

the stake

pieu

stake

échalas

stake

stake Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the stake

le bûcher

to be burnt at the stake

mourir sur le bûcher

to stake a claim

faire valoir ses droits

to be burnt at the stake

mourir sur le bûcher

to have a stake in sth

avoir des intérêts dans qc

to be at stake

être en jeu

I would stake my life on it

j'en mettrais ma main au feu

to be at stake in sth

être l'enjeu de qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He looked at the porpoises, and he looked at the water, and we passed a stake or something in the water...

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For reasons of public decency, women convicted of high treason were instead burned at the stake.

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He was impaled by making him sit on a stake while his wife was forced to watch.

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Where start-ups and spin-outs are the clients, commercial fees are sometimes waived in lieu of an equity stake in the business.

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The problem is complex, with the decision of which games will participate in majors sports events at stake.

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One man even suggested that the heretics ought to be burned at the stake, as in the old days.

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These events are very popular as spectator events, and residents are known to stake out particular sections of the pavements to enable them to watch the runners and the floats.

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Inquisitors would go out into troublesome regions, question people intensively, conduct tribunals and mete out punishments, sometimes harsh ones, like burning at the stake.

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In asserted that natural justice was applicable in career settings where there were serious career considerations at stake.

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He also oversaw a massive witch-hunt in his bishopric from 1626 to 1630, during which time some 900 alleged witches were burned at the stake.

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