wet

wet
wet [wet]
1. adjective
   a. [object, grass, clothes, place, sand, hair] mouillé ; [cement, plaster, paint, ink] frais (fraîche f)
• to be wet through être trempé jusqu'aux os
• wet with blood trempé de sang
• wet with sweat humide de sueur
• cheeks wet with tears joues baignées de larmes
• wet with dew humide de rosée
• to get wet se mouiller
• to get one's feet wet se mouiller les pieds ; (US figurative) se lancer
• a wet patch une tache d'humidité
• "wet paint" « attention, peinture fraîche »
• he's still wet behind the ears (inf) ( = immature) il est un peu jeune ; ( = inexperienced) il manque d'expérience
   b. [climate] humide
• it's wet le temps est pluvieux
• a wet day un jour de pluie
• on wet days les jours de pluie
• in wet weather quand le temps est pluvieux
   c. (British = spineless) he's really wet (inf) c'est une chiffe molle
2. noun
• the wet ( = rain) la pluie ; ( = damp) l'humidité f
• my car doesn't start in the wet ma voiture ne démarre pas par temps de pluie
3. transitive verb
mouiller
• to wet one's lips se mouiller les lèvres
• to wet the bed mouiller le lit
• to wet o.s. or one's pants mouiller sa culotte
• to wet o.s. or one's pants (laughing) (inf) rire à en faire pipi (inf) dans sa culotte
4. compounds
► wet blanket noun ( = person) rabat-joie mf inv
► wet dream noun pollution f nocturne
* * *
[wet] 1.
noun
1) (dampness) humidité f

the car won't start in the wet — la voiture ne veut pas démarrer par temps humide

the tyre performs well in the wet — le pneu a de bons résultats sur terrain mouillé

2) (colloq) GB péj chiffe f molle (colloq) pej
3) GB Politics conservateur/-trice m/f modéré/-e
2.
adjective
1) (damp) mouillé

wet with rain — mouillé par la pluie

wet with blood — mouillé de sang

her face was wet with tears — son visage était baigné de larmes

to get wet — se faire mouiller

to get one's feet wet — se mouiller les pieds

to get the floor wet — tremper le sol

wet through — trempé

2) (freshly applied) gen humide

‘wet paint’ — ‘peinture fraîche’

the ink is still wet — l'encre n'est pas encore sèche

to keep something wet — empêcher quelque chose de sécher

3) (rainy) [weather, season, day] humide; [conditions] d'humidité; [spell] de pluie

tomorrow, the North will be wet — demain, il pleuvra dans le nord

when it's wet — quand il pleut

4) GB péj [person] qui manque de caractère; [remark] sans intérêt

don't be so wet! — du nerf!

5) GB Politics modéré
3.
transitive verb
1) (p prés -tt-; prét, pp wet) mouiller [floor, object, clothes]
2) (urinate in or on)

to wet one's pants/the bed — [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte/dans son lit

4.
reflexive verb

to wet oneself — gen mouiller sa culotte; [child] faire pipi dans sa culotte


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