brain

brain
brain [breɪn]
1. noun
cerveau m
• he's got politics on the brain (inf) il n'a que la politique en tête
• to blow sb's brains out (inf) brûler la cervelle à qn
• calves' brain cervelle f de veau
► brains (inf) ( = intelligence) intelligence f
• he's got brains il est intelligent
• he's the brains of the family c'est le cerveau de la famille
2. transitive verb
( = knock out) [+ person] (inf!) assommer
3. compounds
► brain-child noun
• it's his brain-child c'est lui qui l'a inventé ► brain damage noun lésions fpl cérébrales
► brain-damaged adjective atteint de lésions cérébrales
► brain dead adjective dans un coma dépassé
► brain death noun mort f cérébrale
► brain drain noun fuite f des cerveaux
► brain surgeon noun neurochirurgien(ne) m(f)
► brain food noun aliments mpl bons pour le cerveau
► brain teaser noun casse-tête m
► brain tumour noun tumeur f au cerveau
► brain wave noun (British) idée f géniale
* * *
[breɪn] 1.
noun
1) (living organ) cerveau m
2) (also brains) (substance)

brains — cervelle f

to blow one's brains out — (colloq) se faire sauter la cervelle (colloq)

3) Culinary cervelle f

calves' brains — cervelle de veau

4) (mind)

to have a good brain — être intelligent

to have football on the brain — (colloq) ne penser qu'au football

2.
brains plural noun (intelligence) intelligence f

to have brains — être intelligent

he's the brains of the family — c'est lui le cerveau de la famille

to use one's brains — faire marcher ses cellules grises

3.
noun modifier [cell, tissue] du cerveau, cérébral; [tumour] au cerveau; [haemorrhage, fever] cérébral
4.
(colloq) transitive verb (knock out) assommer, estourbir (colloq)
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to pick somebody's brains — avoir recours aux lumières de quelqu'un


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