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cricket



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Définitions

anglais > français
cricket
     1. n. (Zoologie) Grillon, cri-cri, criquet.
     2. n. Cricket.
     3. n. (Surtout au Royaume-Uni) Fair-play.
           That's not cricket!
           C'est pas du jeu !
anglais > anglais
cricket
     1. n. An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
     2. n.          (US, slang) In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
     3. n. A wooden footstool.
     4. n. A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
     5. n. A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
     6. n. (sports) A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
     7. n. (chiefly British) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
           That player's foul wasn't cricket!
     8. v. (rare, intransitive) To play the game of cricket.
français > anglais
criquet
     1. n-m. locust (insect)

Prononciation

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Exemples de phrases

Just as the Americans like baseball, the British like cricket. 
    De même que les Étasuniens aiment le base-ball, les Britanniques apprécient le cricket.



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