labour-saving device im Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Übersetzungen für labour-saving device im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

labour-saving device, labor-saving device Am SUBST

labour-saving device

appareil m électroménager

Übersetzungen für labour-saving device im Französisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

économiseur

fuel-saving device

Übersetzungen für labour-saving device im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.saving [Brit ˈseɪvɪŋ, Am ˈseɪvɪŋ] SUBST

1. saving (reduction):

saving

économie f (in de, on sur)

a 25% saving

une économie de 25%

to make savings

faire des économies

2. saving U (activity):

saving WIRTSCH, FIN

épargne f

to learn about saving

apprendre à épargner

3. saving (conservation):

saving

économie f

II.savings SUBST

savings Plsubst:

savings

économies fpl

to live off one's savings

vivre de ses économies

to lose one's life savings

perdre les économies de toute une vie

III.-saving KOMP

energy-/fuel-saving

qui réduit la consommation d'énergie/de carburant

IV.saving [Brit ˈseɪvɪŋ, Am ˈseɪvɪŋ] PRÄP archaic, form

saving

sauf

saving your presence

sauf votre respect veraltend

Siehe auch: labour-saving, face-saving

labour-saving, labor-saving Am ADJ

labour-saving equipment, feature, system:

labour-saving

qui allège or facilite le travail

face-saving [Brit, Am ˈfeɪs ˌseɪvɪŋ] ADJ

face-saving plan, solution:

face-saving

qui permet de sauver la face after Subst

he offered me a face-saving solution

il m'a proposé une solution qui me permettait de sauver la face

labor SUBST Am

labor → labour

Siehe auch: labour

I.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] SUBST

1. labour (gen):

labour (work)

travail m

labour (work)

labeur m liter

the fruits of one's labours

les fruits de son travail or son labeur

to rest from one's labours

se reposer de son travail

the division of labour

la division du travail

to withdraw one's labour

se mettre en grève

a withdrawal of labour

une grève f

a withdrawal of labour attr market

du travail

2. labour (workforce):

labour (gen)

main-d'œuvre f

labour (in contrast to management)

ouvriers mpl

material and labour

fournitures et main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour

main-d'œuvre f qualifiée/non qualifiée

skilled/unskilled labour attr costs

de la main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour dispute, relations

ouvriers-patronat

skilled/unskilled labour inv shortage

de main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour leader

syndical

3. labour MED:

labour

accouchement m

labour

travail m fachspr

her labour lasted 16 hours

son accouchement a duré 16 heures

an easy/difficult labour

un accouchement facile/difficile

to be in labour

être en train d'accoucher

to go into or begin labour

commencer à avoir des contractions

Wendungen:

Labour POL + Verb Pl

le parti m travailliste

to vote Labour

voter travailliste

to vote Labour attr supporter, view, manifesto

du parti travailliste

to vote Labour opponent

au parti travailliste

to vote Labour MP

travailliste

the Labour vote

le vote travailliste

II.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] VERB intr

1. labour (work, try hard):

labour

travailler (dur) (at à, on sur, to do pour faire)

2. labour (have difficulties):

labour

peiner (to do à faire)

he was labouring to breathe

il peinait à respirer, il respirait péniblement

to labour up/down/along

monter/descendre/avancer avec peine or péniblement

3. labour MOTOR:

labour engine:

peiner

Wendungen:

to labour under delusion, illusion, misapprehension

être victime de

he's labouring under the illusion that he's going to be offered the post

il se fait l'illusion or il s'imagine qu'on va lui offrir la place

III.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər]

a labour of love

une tâche demandant beaucoup de passion

a labour of Hercules

un travail de Romain or de titan

to labour the point

insister lourdement

I.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] SUBST

1. labour (gen):

labour (work)

travail m

labour (work)

labeur m liter

the fruits of one's labours

les fruits de son travail or son labeur

to rest from one's labours

se reposer de son travail

the division of labour

la division du travail

to withdraw one's labour

se mettre en grève

a withdrawal of labour

une grève f

a withdrawal of labour attr market

du travail

2. labour (workforce):

labour (gen)

main-d'œuvre f

labour (in contrast to management)

ouvriers mpl

material and labour

fournitures et main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour

main-d'œuvre f qualifiée/non qualifiée

skilled/unskilled labour attr costs

de la main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour dispute, relations

ouvriers-patronat

skilled/unskilled labour inv shortage

de main-d'œuvre

skilled/unskilled labour leader

syndical

3. labour MED:

labour

accouchement m

labour

travail m fachspr

her labour lasted 16 hours

son accouchement a duré 16 heures

an easy/difficult labour

un accouchement facile/difficile

to be in labour

être en train d'accoucher

to go into or begin labour

commencer à avoir des contractions

Wendungen:

Labour POL + Verb Pl

le parti m travailliste

to vote Labour

voter travailliste

to vote Labour attr supporter, view, manifesto

du parti travailliste

to vote Labour opponent

au parti travailliste

to vote Labour MP

travailliste

the Labour vote

le vote travailliste

II.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər] VERB intr

1. labour (work, try hard):

labour

travailler (dur) (at à, on sur, to do pour faire)

2. labour (have difficulties):

labour

peiner (to do à faire)

he was labouring to breathe

il peinait à respirer, il respirait péniblement

to labour up/down/along

monter/descendre/avancer avec peine or péniblement

3. labour MOTOR:

labour engine:

peiner

Wendungen:

to labour under delusion, illusion, misapprehension

être victime de

he's labouring under the illusion that he's going to be offered the post

il se fait l'illusion or il s'imagine qu'on va lui offrir la place

III.labour Brit, labor Am [Brit ˈleɪbə, Am ˈleɪbər]

a labour of love

une tâche demandant beaucoup de passion

a labour of Hercules

un travail de Romain or de titan

to labour the point

insister lourdement

device [Brit dɪˈvʌɪs, Am dəˈvaɪs] SUBST

1. device (household):

device

appareil m

2. device TECH:

device

dispositif m

a device for measuring/to measure

un dispositif pour mesurer

3. device (system):

device

système m

security device

système m de sécurité

security device

dispositif m de sécurité

4. device COMPUT:

device

périphérique m

5. device:

device, a. explosive device, incendiary device (bomb)

engin m explosif

6. device übtr:

device (means) (gen)

moyen m (for doing, to do de or pour faire)

device WIRTSCH

mesure f (for doing, to do pour faire)

7. device LIT:

device

procédé m

8. device HERALD:

device

emblème m

to be left to one's own devices

être laissé à soi-même

to leave sb to their own devices

laisser qn se débrouiller tout seul

labour-saving device im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für labour-saving device im Englisch»Französisch-Wörterbuch

I.saving SUBST

1. saving (economy):

saving

économie f

to live off one's savings

vivre sur ses économies

2. saving (rescue):

saving

sauvetage m

to be the saving of sb

être le salut de qn

II.saving PRÄP

saving

sauf

labor [Am ˈleɪbɚ] SUBST Am, Aus

labor → labour

Siehe auch: labour

I.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] SUBST

1. labour (work) a. MED:

labour

travail m

2. labour no Pl (workers):

labour

main-d'œuvre f

Wendungen:

labours of Hercules

travaux mpl d'Hercule

II.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VERB intr

1. labour (work hard):

labour

travailler dur

2. labour (do with effort):

labour

peiner

to labour at [or on] sth

peiner sur qc

to labour for sth

se donner de la peine pour qc

3. labour PSYCHO:

to labour under a delusion/the illusion that ...

se faire des illusions/s'imaginer que ...

III.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VERB trans

labour

s'étendre sur

Wendungen:

to labour a point

insister lourdement

I.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] SUBST

1. labour (work) a. MED:

labour

travail m

2. labour no Pl (workers):

labour

main-d'œuvre f

Wendungen:

labours of Hercules

travaux mpl d'Hercule

II.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VERB intr

1. labour (work hard):

labour

travailler dur

2. labour (do with effort):

labour

peiner

to labour at [or on] sth

peiner sur qc

to labour for sth

se donner de la peine pour qc

3. labour PSYCHO:

to labour under a delusion/the illusion that ...

se faire des illusions/s'imaginer que ...

III.labour [ˈleɪbəʳ, Am -bɚ] VERB trans

labour

s'étendre sur

Wendungen:

to labour a point

insister lourdement

device [dɪˈvaɪs] SUBST

1. device (mechanism):

device

machine f

2. device (method):

device

moyen m

a literary/rhetorical device

un outil littéraire/rhétorique

3. device (bomb):

device

bombe f

4. device COMPUT:

device

périphérique m

Wendungen:

to leave sb to their own devices

laisser qn se débrouiller seul

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

They were used as a labour-saving device on farms, and allowed the farmer to accomplish much more than he was previously able to do.

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Prior to this, commercially made soap was bought in long bars, an early labour-saving device for the housewife.

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These were popular with hairdressers as a labour-saving device, and with manufacturers, as they were only used once and some 20 would be used for a head of hair.

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