Formes composées
carpet | |
| Anglais | Français |
beater,
carpet beater n | (carpet-beating tool) (à tapis) | tapette nf |
| The maid used a beater made from willow to get the dust out of the rug. |
| La femme de ménage a utilisé une tapette faite de saule pour dépoussiérer le tapis. |
carpet beetle,
carpet bug n | (small bug feeding on rugs) (insecte) | anthrène des tapis nm |
| carpet bomb [sth] vtr | (drop many bombs over an area) | bombarder⇒ vtr |
| La zone a été copieusement bombardée toute la nuit. |
| arroser de bombes vtr |
| carpet bombing n | (large-scale aerial bomb attack) | bombardement, pilonnage nm |
| carpet cleaner n | (device for sweeping carpets) | shampouineuse de moquette nf |
| nettoyeur pour tapis nm |
| carpet cleaner n | (substance for cleaning carpets) | shampooing (pour) moquettes nm |
| That spray can of carpet cleaner was very expensive. |
| carpet cleaning n | (cleaning of carpets, rugs) (tapis indéplaçable) | nettoyage de moquette nm |
| (tapis déplaçable) | nettoyage de tapis nm |
carpet moth,
tapestry moth n | (clothes moth) | mite des vêtements nf |
| carpet muncher n | pejorative, offensive!, informal (lesbian) (vulgaire, insultant) | bouffeuse de chatte, bouffeuse de moule nf |
| carpet runner n | (long narrow rug) | tapis long (pour des espaces étroits) nm |
| carpet slipper n | usually plural (soft shoe with wool upper) | chausson nm |
| carpet sweeper | (rug cleaner) | balai mécanique nm |
| carpet tack n | (pin that secures a carpet) | clou à tapis nm |
| carpet tile n | (flooring: fabric square) | dalle de moquette nf |
| fitted carpet n | (wall-to-wall carpeting) | moquette nf |
| (Belgique) | tapis-plain nm |
| magic carpet n | (flying rug in fantasy stories) | tapis volant nm |
| Aladdin traveled around on his magic carpet. |
| Aladin voyageait sur son tapis volant. |
| be on the carpet v expr | informal (be reprimanded) | être rappelé à l'ordre loc v |
| red carpet n | (long mat laid out for [sb] important) | tapis rouge nm |
| The red carpet was rolled out ready for the Queen's visit. |
| On a déroulé le tapis rouge pour la visite de la Reine. |
| red carpet n | figurative (preferential treatment) (figuré) | tapis rouge nm |
| Our suppliers gave us the red carpet treatment when we visited their factory. |
| Les fournisseurs nous ont déroulé le tapis rouge lorsque nous avons visité leur usine. |
red carpet treatment,
red-carpet treatment n | (special treatment) | traitement de faveur nm |
| (figuré) | se faire dérouler le tapis rouge loc v |
| wall-to-wall carpet n | (fitted woven floor covering) | moquette nf |
| (Belgique) | tapis-plain nm |
| Every day she vacuumed the wall-to-wall carpet in the foyer. |
