What does ours in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word ours in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ours in French.
The word ours in French means bear, boor, boorish, surly, masthead, wild garlic, Don't count your chickens before they're hatched, bear tamer, polar bear, brown bear, cave bear, recluse, teddy bear, plush bear, crosspatch, grouch, black bear, polar bear, bear trap, bearberry, under a gruff exterior, count your chickens before they are hatched. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word ours
bearnom masculin (grand mammifère ursidé) (animal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le grizzly est un ours. The grizzly is a bear. |
boornom masculin (personne peu sociable) (person: pejorative) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Jacques est un ours depuis le décès de sa femme. Jack has been a boor since the death of his wife. |
boorish, surlyadjectif (peu sociable) (adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.") Alain est plutôt ours ces temps-ci. Alain is rather surly these days. |
mastheadnom masculin (technique (encadré de journal) (UK) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Dans l'ours apparaissent, entre autres, les noms de l'éditeur et des rédacteurs. In the masthead are the names of, among others, the publisher and editing team. |
wild garlicnom masculin (ail sauvage, plante médicinale) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) L'ail des ours possède une haute teneur en vitamine C. |
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched(proverbe (il ne faut pas se réjouir trop vite) (proverb) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") |
bear tamernom masculin (métier forain) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Au cirque, les enfants attendent avec un peu d'inquiétude le montreur d'ours. |
polar bearnom masculin (ours polaire) (Arctic mammal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
brown bearnom masculin (ours de l’hémisphère nord) (mammal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
cave bearnom masculin (animal préhistorique) (extinct species) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
reclusenom masculin (figuré ([qqn] aimant rester seul) (person) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
teddy bear, plush bearnom masculin (peluche en forme d'ours) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
crosspatch, grouchnom masculin (familier (personne mal élevée, désagréable) (informal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
black bearnom masculin (ours nord américain) (mammal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
polar bear(ours blanc) (Arctic mammal) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) L'ours polaire sait vivre sur la banquise. Polar bears are able to live on pack ice. |
bear trapnom masculin (piège pour ours) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) |
bearberrynom masculin (arbuste, busserole) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le raisin d'ours produit de petites baies rouges. |
under a gruff exteriorlocution verbale (familier (malgré un abord rude) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") Sous des allures d'ours mal léché, il est très serviable. |
count your chickens before they are hatchedlocution verbale (trop s'avancer quant à un résultat) (colloquial) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
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