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The French word for shell is
coque





shell

Plural

The plural of coque is coques.

French Definition


shell
     1. n. Coque, écorce.
     2. n. Conque, coquille.
     3. n. Écaille, écale.
     4. n. (Militaire) Obus.
           Mortar shell.
           Obus de mortier.
     5. n. (Programmation) Shell.
     6. v. Bombarder (une cible avec des obus).
     7. v. Écaler, décortiquer (une noix, un mollusque).
     8. v. Dépouiller (quelque chose ou quelqu'un).
     9. v. (Argot) Casquer, cracher, payer
           I had to shell out a thousand bucks!

Translations for shell and their definitions

obus
     1. n-m. (military) shell (cylindrical projectile)


décortiquer
     1. v. to decorticate, to peel, to shell (remove a shell, an outer layer from)
     2. v. figuratively
     3. v.          to dissect, to scrutinize, to analyse, to study
     4. v.          (passive takes a reflexive pronoun) to be scrutinized


coque
     1. n-f. shell (of an animal's egg)
     2. n-f. the casing of a phone
     3. n-f. (nautical) hull
     4. n-f. cockle


coquille
     1. n-f. shell
     2. n-f. (shell-shaped) dish; scallop
     3. n-f. typo, misprint
     4. n-f. (sports) jockstrap, athletic protector; groin guard, box, cup (protection for the male genitals)
     5. n-f. (medicine) vacuum mattress (for spinal immobilization)
     6. n-f. (medicine) egg crate mattress (for prevention of bedsores)


coquillage ©
     1. n-m. seashell
     2. n-m. shellfish


squelette
     1. n-m. (anatomy) A skeleton.
     2. n-m. (figuratively) A very thin person.


carapace
     1. n-f. shell


carcasse
     1. n-f. carcass (dead animal)
     2. n-f. carcass; skeleton; bones (of a plan)
     3. n-f. an assembly of pieces of wood, metal or another substance making up the framework of a construction


pilonner
     1. v. to bombard, to shell
     2. v. to grind, to pound



cosse
     1. n-f. pod (seed case)
     2. v. singular present of cosser
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of cosser


couche
     1. n-f. (literary) bed (place for sleeping)
           partager sa couche avec quelqu'un
     2. n-f. nappy/diaper
     3. n-f. coat (of paint)
     4. n-f. layer (of soil, snow etc.)
     5. n-f. (chiefly in the plural) childbirth
     6. n-f. (chemistry) shell
     7. v. first-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher
     8. v. third-person singular imperfect indicative of coucher
     9. v. first-person singular present subjunctive of coucher
     10. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of coucher
     11. v. second-person singular imperative of coucher


douiller
     1. v. to hurt
     2. v. to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money)


douille ©
     1. n-f. socket (electrical socket)
     2. n-f. cartridge case (unprofessional; the correct term in the military is étui)


bombarder
     1. v. to shell, blitz


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