dog

dog
dog [dɒg]
1. noun
   a. chien(ne) m(f)
• it's a dog's life c'est une vie de chien
• to go to the dogs (inf) [institution, business] aller à vau-l'eau
• it's dog eat dog les loups se mangent entre eux
   b. ( = male animal) mâle m
   c. ( = person) (inf) lucky dog veinard(e) (inf) m(f)
• dirty dog sale type (inf) m
• sly dog malin m maligne f
2. transitive verb
( = harass) harceler
• dogged by ill fortune poursuivi par la malchance
3. compounds
► dog basket noun panier m pour chien
► dog biscuit noun biscuit m pour chien
► dog breeder noun éleveur m, -euse f de chiens
► dog collar noun (literal) collier m de chien ; (clergyman's) col m de pasteur
► dog-eared adjective écorné
► dog handler noun maître-chien m
► dog paddle noun nage f en chien intransitive verb
nager en chien
► dog-tired (inf) adjective crevé (inf)
* * *
[dɒg], US [dɔːg] 1.
noun
1) Zoology chien m; (female) chienne f
2) (male fox, wolf, etc) mâle m
3) (colloq) (person)

you lucky dog! — sacré veinard! (colloq)

2.
(colloq) dogs plural noun

the dogs — les courses fpl de lévriers

3.
noun modifier [biscuit, basket] pour chien; [food] pour chiens
4.
transitive verb (p prés etc -gg-)
1)

to dog somebody's footsteps — être sur les talons de quelqu'un

2)

dogged by — poursuivi par [misfortune]

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it's dog eat dog — c'est chacun pour soi, c'est la foire d'empoigne

every dog has its day — à chacun vient sa chance

give a dog a bad name (and hang him) — Prov qui veut noyer son chien l'accuse de la rage Prov

love me, love my dog — aime-moi tel que je suis

to go and see a man about a dog — euph (relieve oneself) aller se soulager; (go on unspecified business) aller voir le pape hum

they don't have a dog's chance — ils n'ont pas la moindre chance or l'ombre d'une chance

to go to the dogs — (colloq) [company, country] aller à vau-l'eau

it's a real dog's breakfast! — (colloq) c'est n'importe quoi!


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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