| Formes composées |
| Anglais | Français |
| A-line adj | (garment: wider at hem) (jupe) | trapèze adj |
| (Mode, technique) | ligne A, en ligne A loc adj |
| above-the-line adj | figurative (of current expenses) (Comptabilité) | au-dessus de la ligne loc adj |
| (dépenses) | courant adj |
| above-the-line adj | figurative (advertising: in mass media) (publicité) | grands médias loc adj |
| (anglicisme) | above the line loc adj |
| above the line expr | figurative (of current expenses) (Comptabilité) | au-dessus de la ligne loc adv |
| above the line expr | figurative (advertising: in mass media) (publicité) | grands médias loc adv |
| (anglicisme) | above the line loc adv |
analog line (US),
analogue line (UK) n | (cable: non-digital data) | ligne analogique nf |
| This computer has a modem, allowing it to send data over an analog line. |
| assembly line n | (factory system, production line) | chaîne, chaîne de montage nf |
| He had worked on the assembly line all his life. |
| Il a travaillé à la chaîne toute sa vie. |
| assembly line production n | (cycle of manufacturing) | production à la chaîne, fabrication à la chaîne nf |
back line,
backline n | (sport: defensive players) (Sport) | défense nf |
| The back line stopped the other team from scoring. |
| La défense empêcha l'équipe adverse de marquer. |
back line,
backline n | (sport: line on field) (Sport) | ligne de fond nf |
| The ball crossed the back line before the player could reach it. |
| La balle franchit la ligne de fond avant que le joueur ne puisse l'attraper. |
| backline n | (equipment: amplification) (familier) | amplis nmpl |
| (familier) | sono nf |
| The backline was at the back of the stage, ready for the musicians. |
| Les amplis étaient au fond de la scène, prêts pour les musiciens. |
| bar line n | (music notation: mark of a measure) | barre de mesure nf |
| Bar lines separate the measures in a piece of music. |
baseline,
base line n | (standard, guideline) | point de comparaison nm |
| référence nf |
| These sales figures will be used as the baseline for the company's success in future years. |
baseline,
base line n | (baseball: line between bases) (Base-ball) | ligne des bases nf |
| The baseline from first to second base is not marked on the field. |
baseline,
base line n | (tennis court marking) (Tennis) | ligne de fond de court, ligne du fond nf |
| The player serves from just behind the baseline. |
baseline,
base-line n as adj | (standard) | de base, basique adj |
| The machine monitors any deviation from the patient's baseline heart rate. |
| battle line | (warfare) | ligne de bataille nf |
| below the line expr | (finance: capital expenditure) | hors média loc adj |
| below-the-line adj | (finance: capital expenditures) (Finance) | hors bilan loc adj |
| belt line n | (transportation system) | transports périphériques nmpl |
| belt line n | (boundary dividing car body) (voiture) | ligne de caisse, ceinture de caisse nf |
| belt line n | (waist line) (personne) | tour de taille nm |
| bikini line n | informal (area around woman's crotch) (partie du corps) | maillot nm |
| blue line n | (hockey rink) (Hockey) | ligne bleue nf |
borderline,
border line n | (line marking a boundary) | ligne de démarcation nf |
| They crossed the borderline into Canada around sunset. |
| Ils ont traversé la ligne de démarcation du Canada au coucher du soleil. |
borderline,
border line n | figurative (line dividing two things) | limite nf |
| The borderline between optimism and idealism is a hard one to draw. |
| La limite entre l'optimisme et l'idéalisme est difficile à définir. |
| the bottom line n | figurative, informal (crucial fact) | tout ça pour dire que, tout cela pour dire que |
| pour faire court loc adv |
| bref adv |
| ce qu'il faut retenir |
| The bottom line is you cannot be late for work anymore. |
| Tout cela pour dire que vous ne pouvez plus arriver en retard au travail dorénavant. |
| bottom line n | informal, figurative (business: profit, loss) | résultat net nm |
| bottom-line n as adj | (business: of profit, loss) | final, global adj |
| We will go bankrupt if we have another year with these bottom-line results. |
| boundary line n | (border) | ligne frontière nf |
| The boundary line between Delaware and Pennsylvania is an arc 12 miles from the Newcastle County Courthouse. |
| boundary line n | (line that indicates a border) | limite nf |
| My sister and I used tape on the floor to mark the boundary line between her side and my side of the room we shared. |
| branch line | (rail line) (trains) | ligne secondaire nf |
| bread line n | (queue for free food) | soupe populaire nf |
breadline,
bread line n | (queue for charity handouts) (équivalent) | file d'attente pour la soupe populaire nf |
| Dozens of hungry people, many of them homeless, were waiting in the breadline. |
bring [sth/sb] into line with [sth],
bring [sth/sb] in line with [sth] v expr | (make [sth] correspond, conform) | aligner [qch] sur [qch] vtr + prép |
| broken line n | (series of line segments) (Maths) | ligne brisée nf |
| broken line n | (highway marking) (circulation) | ligne discontinue, ligne blanche discontinue nf |
| bus line n | (company that runs buses) | société de bus, société d'autobus nf |
| compagnie de bus, compagnie, d'autobus nf |
| The bus line operates 15 buses and employs 18 drivers. |
| La société de bus a 15 bus et emploie 18 conducteurs. |
bus line (US),
bus route (UK) n | (itinerary of a city bus) | ligne de bus nf |
| This bus line goes past the hospital and the railway station. The bus route was changed due to road construction. |
| Cette ligne de bus passe devant l'hôpital et la gare. La ligne de bus a été changée du fait de la construction d'une route. |
byline,
by-line n | (journalism: line with author's name) | signature (du journaliste) nf |
| The news site has spelt this journalist's name wrong in the byline. |
byline [sth],
by-line [sth]⇒ vtr | (article: attribute) | signer⇒ vtr |
| Newspapers typically do not byline editorials. |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (line bisecting a plane figure) | axe central nm |
| ligne médiane nf |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (line painted down the middle of a road) (route) | ligne médiane nf |
centerline,
center line (US),
centreline,
centre line (UK) n | (bisector between radio transmitters) | axe central nm |
| chat-up line n | UK, informal ([sth] said to seduce) | phrase de drague nf |
| The boy tried to gain the girl's attention with his chat-up lines. |
| Le garçon a essayé de retenir l'attention de la fille avec ses phrases de drague. |
| collateral line n | (law: shared ancestry) (droit) | ligne collatérale nf |
color line (US),
colour line (UK),
color bar (US),
colour bar (UK) n | (separation by skin color) | barrière raciale nf |
| contour line n | (line on map: indicates elevation) (Cartographie) | ligne de contour nf |
| courbe de niveau nf |
| isoplèthe nf |
| credit line n | (text showing source of material) | référence de la source nf |
| credit line n | (finance: maximum amount of credit) (Finance) | marge de crédit, ligne de crédit nf |
| crisis line n | (emergency telephone helpline) | service d'écoute par téléphone nm |
| (France, équivalent) | SOS Amitié nm |
| (Suisse, équivalent) | La Main Tendue nf |
| When Nelly first had thoughts of suicide, she called the crisis line. |
| Quand Nelly a eu des pensées suicidaires, elle a appelé SOS Amitié (or: SOS Suicide). |
| cross the line v expr | figurative (go beyond limit of tolerance) | dépasser les limites loc v |
| curved line n | (linear mark that bends) | courbe nf |
| Il y a trop de courbes dans ce dessin. |
| curved line n | figurative (course, direction that bends) | courbe nf |
customer careline,
customer care line n | (product support phone service) | assistance téléphonique nf |
| The company calls this the customer care line, but I call it the help line. |
cut in line (US),
jump the queue (UK) v expr | informal (go in front of others waiting) | passer devant loc v |
| (familier) | resquiller⇒ vi |
| I get annoyed when people cut in line in front of me. |
| Ça m'énerve quand des gens me passent devant. |
| Ça m'énerve quand des gens resquillent devant moi. |
| dashed line n | (text: line of dashes) | tirets nmpl |
| ligne pointillée, nf |
| trait discontinu nm |
| ligne en tireté nf |
| dateline n | (news: line telling date and place of origin) | date et lieu de rédaction npl |
| données de parution nfpl |
| dateline n | (international date line) | ligne de changement de date nf |
| direct line n | (immediate access by phone) | ligne directe nf |
| The vice president has a direct line to the president. |
| Le vice-président a une ligne directe pour parler au président. |
| accès direct nm |
| dividing line n | figurative (distinction) | frontière nf |
| distinction nf |
| The dividing line between genius and madness is thin indeed. |
| La frontière est vraiment mince entre le génie et la folie. |
| dotted line n | (line of dots on a document) | pointillés nmpl |
| My name is too long to fit on the dotted line. |
down the line,
further down the line expr | figurative, informal (in the future) | plus tard loc adv |
| par la suite loc adv |
| Poor posture will cause you back pain further down the line. |
| down the line expr | (to the next person or people) | au suivant loc adv |
| The children were told to each take a sweet and pass the jar down the line. |
| draw a line in the sand v expr | figurative (set an acceptable limit, boundary) | fixer des limites loc v |
| draw the line v expr | figurative, informal (set a limit or restriction) | s'arrêter⇒ v pron |
| If we allow some people to do this, then where do we draw the line? |
draw the line at [sth],
draw the line at doing [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (set a limit or restriction) | s'arrêter à [qch] v pron + prép |
| ne pas aller jusqu'à (faire) [qch] loc v |
| I went out for a few beers, but I drew the line at doing shots. |
| Je suis sorti boire quelques bières, mais je ne suis pas allé jusqu'à boire des shots. |
drop [sb] a line,
drop a line to [sb] v expr | informal (send a message) | envoyer un mot à [qqn] loc v |
| écrire un mot à [qqn] loc v |
| I should drop a line to my brother because I haven't written him in a long time. |
| Je devrais envoyer un mot à mon frère parce que ça fait longtemps que je ne lui ai pas écrit. |
| end line n | (American football: field marking) (Football américain) | ligne de fond nf |
| The end line is located at the back of each end zone. |
equinoctial circle,
equinoctial line,
celestial equator n | (astronomy) | cercle équatorial, équateur céleste nm |
fall for [sth] hook,
line and sinker v expr | figurative, informal (be duped) (familier) | tout gober, tout avaler loc v |
| (familier) | se faire avoir comme un bleu loc v |
| She's so gullible, she fell for his story hook, line, and sinker. |
| Elle est tellement crédule qu'elle a tout gobé. |
| Elle est tellement crédule qu'elle s'est fait avoir comme un bleu. |
fall in line,
fall into line,
get into line,
get in line v expr | (people: line up) | faire la queue loc v |
| (élèves surtout) | se mettre en rang v pron |
fall in line,
fall into line,
get in line v expr | figurative (person: conform to rule, authority) (figuré) | rentrer dans le rang loc v |
| I'm tired of your outlandish behaviour; you need to fall into line. |
| fall in line with [sth] v expr | figurative (idea, etc.: fit, comply) | être en accord avec loc v |
| This philosopher's theories fell in line with the moralistic views of his time. |
fall in line with [sth/sb],
fall into line with [sth/sb],
get in line with [sth/sb] v expr | figurative (person: conform to) | se conformer à [qch] v pron + prép |
| être conforme à [qch] vi + adj + prép |
| tomber d'accord avec [qqn] loc v |
| fall line n | (place rivers descend) (Topographie) | ligne de chute, zone de chute nf |
| (plus général) | rupture de pente nf |
| fall line n | (skiing path) (Ski) | ligne de chute, ligne de pente nf |
| fault line n | (geology: crack in the earth) | ligne de fracture nf |
| Built on a fault line, the city of Ephesus was destroyed by earthquakes. |
| ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. San Francisco est située sur une ligne de fracture. |
| feeder line n | (branch of main transport line) (Transports) | ligne d'apport nf |
fine line between [sth] and [sth],
a fine line between [sth] and [sth] n | figurative (little distinction) (figuré) | un pas entre [qch] et [qch] nm |
| (figuré) | la frontière est mince entre [qch] et [qch] |
| There's a fine line between genius and insanity. |
| Il n'y a qu'un pas entre le génie et la folie. |
| La frontière est mince entre le génie et la folie. |
finish line,
finishing line n | (race: end point) | ligne d'arrivée nf |
| Only twelve runners crossed the finishing line. |
| Seulement douze coureurs ont franchi la ligne d'arrivée. |
firebreak,
fire line n | US (prevents spread of fire) | coupe-feu, pare-feu nm inv |
| firing line n | (military: positions for firing) | ligne de tir nf |
| The soldier stepped up to the firing line, took aim and fired. |
| (dans un champ de tir) | pas de tir nm |
| (front) | ligne de feu nf |
| première ligne nf |
| firing line n | figurative (most vulnerable positions) (figuré) | première ligne nf |
| When things went wrong, Fred's secretary was always in the firing line. |
| first-line n as adj | UK (used as a first resort) | en première ligne, aux premiers rangs loc adj |
| (militaire) | au front loc adj |
| fishing line n | (cord used to catch fish) | ligne de pêche nf |
| The bass was so huge it broke my fishing line and got away. |
| Le bar était si gros qu'il a cassé ma ligne de pêche et s'est enfui. |
| form into line v expr | (military: line up) | se mettre en rang v pron |
| (figuré, familier) | se mettre en rang d'oignons v pron |
| s'aligner⇒ v pron |
foul line,
free throw line n | (on basketball court) (Basket-ball) | ligne de lancer franc nf |
| The crowd fell silent as the player stepped up to the foul line. |
| foul line n | (on baseball field) (Base-ball) | ligne de jeu nf |
front line,
frontline n | sometimes plural (battlefront in a war) (Militaire) | front nm |
| première ligne nf |
| The soldiers' legs trembled when they heard they would be sent to the front line. |
| For many years, female soldiers were not allowed on the front lines. |
| Les jambes du soldat tremblèrent quand il entendit qu'il serait envoyé au front (or: en première ligne). // Pendant des années, les recrues féminines n'étaient pas autorisées à aller au front. |
front line,
frontline n | figurative (forefront of a field of endeavor) | pointe nf |
| The researchers at this university are on the frontline of medical research. |
| Les chercheurs à cette université sont à la pointe de la recherche médicale. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | (at the battlefront) | au front, sur le front, en première ligne loc adv |
| Prior to World War I, it was not unusual for front-line soldiers' uniforms to be brightly coloured. |
front-line,
frontline n as adj | figurative (leading) | à la pointe loc adv |
get in line,
get into line v expr | (join a queue) | faire la queue loc v |
| (à l'école) | se mettre en rang v pron |
| We all got in line for the roller-coaster. |
| Nous avons tous fait la queue pour les montagnes russes. |
