flat

flat
flat [flæt]
1. adjective
   a. plat ; [tyre] crevé
• he was lying flat on the floor il était étendu par terre
• to fall flat [event, joke] tomber à plat ; [scheme] ne rien donner
• as flat as a pancake (inf) [surface, countryside] tout plat
• to be in a flat spin (inf) (British) être dans tous ses états
   b. ( = dull) plat ; ( = unexciting) morne ; [battery] à plat ; [beer] éventé
• I was feeling rather flat je n'avais pas la pêche (inf)
   c. ( = off-key) trop bas (basse f)
• B flat ( = semitone lower) si m bémol
   d. [refusal] net (nette f)
   e. ( = all-inclusive) flat rate forfait m
• flat price prix m forfaitaire
2. adverb
   a. he turned it down flat il l'a refusé tout net
• to be flat broke (inf!) être fauché (inf)
• in ten seconds flat en dix secondes chrono (inf)
► flat out
• to be flat out ( = exhausted) être vidé (inf)
• to be working flat out (British) travailler d'arrache-pied
   b. [sing, play] trop bas
3. noun
   a. (British) ( = apartment) appartement m
• to go flat-hunting chercher un appartement
   b. [of hand, blade] plat m
   c. ( = dry land) plaine f ; ( = marsh) marécage m
   d. ( = note) bémol m
   e. ( = tyre) crevaison f
• we had a flat nous avons crevé
4. compounds
► flat cap noun (British) casquette f
► flat-chested adjective
• she is flat-chested elle n'a pas de poitrine ► flat feet plural noun
• to have flat feet avoir les pieds plats ► flat pack noun meuble m en kit
► flat screen noun écran m plat
► flat season noun (Racing) saison f des courses de plat
► flat-sharing noun colocation f
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The French word appartement has a double p and an extra e in the middle.
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[flæt] 1.
noun
1) GB (apartment) appartement m

one-bedroom flat — deux pièces m inv

2) (level part)

the flat of — le plat de [hand, sword]

on the flat — GB [walk, park] sur le plat

3) (colloq) (tyre) pneu m à plat
4) Music bémol m
2.
flats plural noun
1) (colloq) US (shoes) chaussures fpl plates
2) Geography (marshland) marécage m
3.
adjective
1) (level, not rounded) gen plat; (of flat appearance) [nose, face] aplati

squashed flat — écrasé

2) (deflated) [tyre, ball] dégonflé

to have a flat tyre — avoir un pneu à plat

3) (pressed close)

her feet flat on the floor — les pieds bien à plat sur le sol

4) (low) [shoes, heels] plat
5) (absolute) [refusal, denial] catégorique
6) (standard) [fare, fee] forfaitaire; [charge] fixe
7) (monotonous) [voice, tone] plat, monocorde; (unexciting) [performance, style] plat
8) (not fizzy) [beer etc] éventé
9) (depressed)

to feel flat — [person] se sentir déprimé

10) GB [battery] Electricity usé; Automobile à plat
11) Commerce, Finance (slow) [market, trade] languissant; [profits] stagnant
12) Music [note] bémol inv; (off key) [voice, instrument] faux/fausse
4.
adverb
1) (horizontally) [lay, lie] à plat; [fall] de tout son long

to knock somebody flat — terrasser quelqu'un

to lie flat — [person] s'étendre; [hair] s'aplatir; [pleat] être aplati

flat on one's back — sur le dos

to fall flat on one's face — fig se casser la figure (colloq)

2) (in close contact)

she pressed her nose flat against the window — elle a collé son nez à la vitre

3) (exactly)

in 10 minutes flat — en 10 minutes pile

4) (colloq) (absolutely) carrément

to turn [something] down flat — refuser [quelque chose] tout net [offer, proposal]

5) Music [sing, play] faux
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to fall flat — [performance] faire un bide (colloq); [joke] tomber à plat; [party, evening] tourner court; [plan] tomber à l'eau


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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