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nut

[nɐt] /nʌt/

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noun

Noix

A hard-shelled seed.

Examples :

"There are many sort of nuts: peanuts, cashews, pistachios, Brazil nuts and more."

Il existe de nombreux types de noix : cacahuètes, noix de cajou, pistaches, noix du Brésil et autres.

food plant seed essential

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noun

Écrou

A piece of metal, usually square or hexagonal in shape, with a hole through it having machined internal threads, intended to be screwed onto a bolt or other threaded shaft.

Examples :

"The mechanic replaced the broken nut on the bicycle's chain. "

Le mécanicien a remplacé l'écrou cassé sur la chaîne du vélo.

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noun

Fou, folle

A crazy person.

Examples :

"He was driving his car like a nut."

Il conduisait sa voiture comme un fou.

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noun

Tête

Examples :

"The nut of the problem was a lack of communication. "

Le problème était un manque de communication.

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noun

Frais de fonctionnement, dépenses mensuelles

Monthly expense to keep a venture running.

Examples :

"The bakery's monthly nut is about $500 for rent and utilities. "

Les frais de fonctionnement mensuels de la boulangerie s'élèvent à environ 500 $ pour le loyer et les services publics.

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noun

Frais de démarrage, mise de fonds

The amount of money necessary to set up some venture; set-up costs.

Examples :

"The nut for starting the new photography club was $50. "

La mise de fonds pour lancer le nouveau club de photographie était de 50 $.

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noun

Fortune, capital

A stash of money owned by an extremely rich investor, sufficient to sustain a high level of consumption if all other money is lost.

Examples :

"The billionaire's nut was enough to keep his family in luxury even if his business ventures failed. "

La fortune du milliardaire suffisait à maintenir sa famille dans le luxe, même si ses entreprises échouaient.

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noun

Sillet

On stringed instruments such as guitars and violins, the small piece at the peghead end of the fingerboard that holds the strings at the proper spacing and, in most cases, the proper height.

Examples :

"The luthier carefully adjusted the nut on the violin to ensure the strings were properly spaced. "

Le luthier a soigneusement ajusté le sillet du violon pour s'assurer que les cordes étaient correctement espacées.

music part technical essential

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noun

Cadrat

En, a unit of measurement equal to half of the height of the type in use.

Examples :

"The teacher measured the whiteboard's height using a nut, which was equal to half the standard classroom whiteboard height. "

Le professeur a mesuré la hauteur du tableau blanc en utilisant un cadrat, qui était égal à la moitié de la hauteur standard du tableau blanc de la salle de classe.

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noun

Fêtard, flambeur

An extravagantly fashionable young man.

Examples :

"The new student, a real nut, wore designer clothes and boasted about his expensive car to everyone. "

Le nouvel étudiant, un vrai flambeur, portait des vêtements de marque et se vantait de sa voiture de luxe auprès de tout le monde.

appearance style person culture essential

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Testicule

(chiefly plural) A testicle.

Examples :

"I kicked him in the nuts."

Je lui ai donné un coup de pied dans les testicules.

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noun

Sperme, éjaculat

Semen, ejaculate.

Examples :

"The doctor said the patient's low sperm count meant he had a low volume of nut. "

Le médecin a dit que le faible nombre de spermatozoïdes du patient signifiait qu'il avait un faible volume d'éjaculat.

physiology sex body essential

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Orgasme, éjaculation

Orgasm, ejaculation; especially release of semen

Examples :

"He just needs a good nut to make him feel better."

Il a juste besoin d'une bonne éjaculation pour se sentir mieux.

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noun

Fana, dingue

An extreme enthusiast.

Examples :

"a fashion nut"

un fana de la mode

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noun

Coinceur

A shaped piece of metal, threaded by a wire loop, which is jammed in a crack in the rockface and used to protect a climb. (Originally, machine nuts [sense #2] were used for this purpose.)

Examples :

"The climber placed a nut in the crack to secure the rope and continue the climb. "

L'alpiniste a placé un coinceur dans la fissure pour sécuriser la corde et continuer l'ascension.

sport technical item essential

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noun

Meilleur

(only in attributive use) The best possible hand of a certain type, for instance: "nut straight", "nut flush", and "nut full house". Compare nuts.

Examples :

"nut flush = the best possible flush available"

Meilleur flush = la meilleure couleur possible disponible

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noun

Le chien d'une platine

The tumbler of a gunlock.

Examples :

"The old musket's nut was loose, making it hard to cock. "

Le chien du vieux mousquet était lâche, ce qui rendait l'armement difficile.

weapon device machine part technical essential

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noun

Écrou

A projection on each side of the shank of an anchor, to secure the stock in place.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully placed the nuts on each side of the anchor shank to hold the wood beam securely in place. "

Le charpentier a soigneusement placé les écrous de chaque côté de la tige de l'ancre pour maintenir la poutre en bois solidement en place.

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verb

Ramasser des noix

(mostly in the form "nutting") To gather nuts.

Examples :

"The children went nutting in the park this weekend. "

Les enfants sont allés ramasser des noix dans le parc ce week-end.

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verb

Donner un coup de tête

To hit deliberately with the head; to headbutt.

Examples :

"The angry bullfrog nutted the smaller one, trying to drive it away. "

Le ouaouaron en colère a donné un coup de tête au plus petit, essayant de le chasser.

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verb

Jouir, éjaculer

(mildly) To orgasm; to ejaculate.

Examples :

"He nutted during the intense soccer game, surprising everyone with the sudden release. "

Il a joui pendant le match de foot intense, surprenant tout le monde avec cette éjaculation soudaine.

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interjection

Non

Examples :

""I want to go to the park after school," said Emily. "Nut." "

"Je veux aller au parc après l'école", dit Emily. "Non."

language communication word negative exclamation essential