Translation of "duck" to French

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Dictionary translations for "duck"

duck [dʌk] noun

pl. ducks

le canard m (zool, culin)

Where is the rubber duck?

Où est le canard en caoutchouc ?

le coutil m (textiles)

l' esquive f (Sport)

duck [dʌk] verb Conjugation

ducked / ducked / ducking / ducks

esquiver (also fig)

baisser la tête (Sport)

Phrases with "duck" (5)

duck out - s'esquiver
duck pond - mare aux canards
lame duck - spéculateur insolvable
peking duck - canard laqué
sitting duck - cible facile

Contexts with "duck"

Where is the rubber duck? Où est le canard en caoutchouc ?

He made a cranberry sauce to accompany duck. Il a préparé une sauce aux airelles pour accompagner le canard.

The cow moos, the rooster crows, the pig oinks, the duck quacks, and the cat meows. La vache meugle, le coq chante, le cochon grouine, le canard cancane, et le chat miaule.

The cow goes "moo," the rooster goes "cock-a-doodle-doo," the pig goes "oink, oink," the duck goes "quack, quack" and the cat goes "meow." La vache fait "meuh", le coq fait "cocorico", le cochon fait "groin, groin", le canard fait "coin, coin" et le chat fait "miaou".

Commentators have variously described the sound of vuvuzelas as "annoying" and "satanic" and compared it with "a stampede of noisy elephants", "a deafening swarm of locusts", "a goat on the way to slaughter", "a giant hive full of very angry bees", and "a duck on speed". Les commentateurs ont décrit le son des vuvuzelas comme "épuisant" et "satanique" et l'ont comparé avec "un troupeau d'éléphants en furie", "un amas assourdissant de sauterelles", "une chèvre allant à l'abattoir", "une gigantesque ruche remplie d'abeilles en furie", et à un "canard drogué aux amphétamines".

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