cloud

cloud
cloud [klaʊd]
1. noun
nuage m
• to have one's head in the clouds être dans les nuages
• to be on cloud nine (inf) être aux anges
• under a cloud ( = in disgrace) en disgrâce(PROV) every cloud has a silver lining(PROV) à quelque chose malheur est bon
2. transitive verb
[+ prospects, career] assombrir
• a clouded expression un air sombre
• a clouded mind un esprit obscurci
• to cloud the issue embrouiller les choses
3. compounds
► cloud computing noun informatique f en nuage
► cloud-cuckoo-land noun
• she lives in cloud-cuckoo-land elle plane (inf) complètement
► cloud over intransitive verb
[sky] se couvrir ; [face, expression] s'assombrir
* * *
[klaʊd] 1.
noun
1) [C] (in sky) nuage m, nuée f liter
2) [U] Meteorology nuages mpl

some patches of cloud — quelques nuages

there's a lot of cloud about — il fait un temps très nuageux

3) (mass) (of insects, smoke, dust, gas) nuage m
4) fig (negative feature)

a cloud of gloom — un voile de tristesse

to cast a cloud over something — jeter une ombre sur quelque chose

5) (blur) (in liquid, marble, gem) nuage m; (in glass, on mirror) buée f
2.
transitive verb
1) (blur) [steam, breath] embuer [mirror]; [tears] brouiller [vision]

clouded with tears — [eyes] voilé or brouillé de larmes

2) (confuse) obscurcir [judgment]; brouiller [memory]

to cloud the issue — brouiller les cartes

3) (blight) assombrir [occasion]
Phrasal Verbs:
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to be living in cloud-cuckoo-land — croire au père Noël

to have one's head in the clouds — avoir la tête dans les nuages

to be on cloud nine — (colloq) être aux anges

to leave under a cloud — partir en état de disgrâce


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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