double-edged dans le dictionnaire Oxford-Hachette

Traductions de double-edged dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

double-edged ADJ litt, fig

double-edged

à double tranchant

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to be a double-edged or two-edged sword

être une arme à double tranchant

Traductions de double-edged dans le dictionnaire français»anglais

glaive [ɡlɛv] SUBST m

glaive

double-edged sword

le glaive et la balance fig

the sword and the scales of justice

lame [lam] SUBST f

1. lame:

lame (de couteau, scie, mixer, tournevis)

blade

lame (de bulldozer)

blade

lame à double tranchant

double-edged blade

visage en lame de couteau

hatchet face

2. lame:

lame (couteau)

knife

lame (épée)

sword

(personne) une fine lame

an expert swordsman

3. lame (plaque mince):

lame (de métal, bois, etc)

strip

lame (de store, persienne)

slat

lame (de ressort)

leaf

lame (de schiste)

layer

(pour microscope) lame (porte-objet)

slide

4. lame (vague):

lame

breaker

lame de fond litt

ground swell

lame de fond fig

upheaval

lame de parquet (longue)

parquet strip

lame de parquet (courte)

parquet block

lame de rasoir

razor blade

coupant comme une lame de rasoir

razor-sharp

I.tranchant (tranchante) [tʀɑ̃ʃɑ̃, ɑ̃t] ADJ

1. tranchant couteau, lame, pierre:

tranchant (tranchante)

sharp

du côté tranchant/non tranchant

with the sharp/blunt edge

2. tranchant:

tranchant (tranchante) personne

forthright

tranchant (tranchante) ton

peremptory, curt

II.tranchant SUBST m

1. tranchant:

tranchant (de la main)

side

tranchant (de couteau, lame)

sharp edge, cutting edge

du tranchant de la main

with the side of one's hand

à double tranchant litt, fig

double-edged

2. tranchant (outil):

tranchant (d'apiculteur)

scraper

tranchant (de tanneur)

fleshing knife

piéger [pjeʒe] VERBE trans

1. piéger litt:

piéger (capturer) (gén) animal, criminel

to trap

piéger (avec un collet) animal

to snare

se faire ou se laisser piéger

to get trapped

2. piéger (tromper):

piéger personne

to trick, to trap

je me suis fait piéger par une question à double sens

I let myself be tricked by a double-edged question

3. piéger (munir d'un dispositif):

piéger lettre, colis, voiture

to booby-trap

double-edged dans le dictionnaire PONS

Traductions de double-edged dans le dictionnaire anglais»français

double-edged ADJ

1. double-edged (both negative and positive):

double-edged

à double tranchant

2. double-edged (with two cutting edges):

double-edged

à lame double

Traductions de double-edged dans le dictionnaire français»anglais

tranchant [tʀɑ̃ʃɑ̃] SUBST m

1. tranchant (côté coupant):

tranchant

cutting edge

2. tranchant (mordant):

tranchant d'un argument

impact

tranchant d'un reproche

force

Idiomes/Tournures:

être à double tranchant

to be double-edged

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

The first was a shorter double-edged variant mostly used for throwing.

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The story is double-edged: the human protagonist, in loving the nymph, transgresses against his own kind and may be punished.

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Generally, the hilts did not have a cutting edge, unlike the double-edged partisan.

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Bc4 leads to highly tactical double-edged positions.

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The shave brush is utilized most often today by wet shavers in tandem with a double-edged safety razor or a straight razor.

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Leading to a sharp double-edged position.

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And everything is double-edged because it's a show about nothing but, of course, it's about everything.

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Its foot is elongated, with a double-edged anterior margin and two short, white, metapodial tentacles projecting from below the operculum.

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It is widely believed that the original akinaka was a 14 to 18 inch double-edged longsword.

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The lucid, elegant prose makes it so double-edged that it can easily be read in the diametrically opposite way.

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