anglais > français | |
pear | |
1. n. Poire (fruit). | |
2. n. Poirier (arbre). | |
anglais > anglais | |
pear | |
1. n. An edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but elongated towards the stem. | |
2. n. (also pear tree) A type of fruit tree (Pyrus communis). | |
3. n. The wood of the pear tree (pearwood, pear wood). | |
4. n. Choke pear (a torture device). | |
5. n. (Jamaica) avocado, alligator pear | |
6. n. A desaturated chartreuse yellow colour, like that of a pear. | |
(color panel, D1E231) | |
français > anglais | |
poire | |
1. n-f. pear | |
2. n-f. (colloquial) mug, sucker, soft touch | |
3. n-f. (informal) mush, face | |
en pleine poire - straight in the face | |
se payer la poire de quelqu'un - to pull someone's leg | |
4. n-f. a bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper | |
5. n-f. pear brandy | |
6. n-f. a pull cord switch with a pear-shaped knob | |
7. n-f. (butchery) a beef cut | |