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Summary

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figurehead:
- figure de proue
figure-head:
- mannequin
Wiktionary:
- figurehead → figure de proue, prête-nom
- figurehead → figure de proue

English

Detailed Translations for figurehead from English to French

figurehead:

figurehead [the ~] noun

the figurehead
la figure de proue
- figure de proue [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for figurehead:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
figure de proue	figurehead
-	front; front man; nominal head; straw man; strawman

Related Words for "figurehead":

figureheads

Synonyms for "figurehead":

front man; front; nominal head; straw man; strawman; deceiver; cheat; cheater; trickster; beguiler; slicker
figure

Related Definitions for "figurehead":

figure on the bow of some sailing vessels¹
a person used as a cover for some questionable activity¹

Wiktionary Translations for figurehead:

figurehead

noun

carved figure on the prow of a sailing ship
- figurehead → figure de proue

figurehead

noun

Sculpture à l’avant d’un navire
- figure de proue → figurehead
Celui qui prête son nom dans quelque acte où le véritable contractant ne vouloir point paraître.
- prête-nom → front person; figurehead; cover name

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• figurehead	→ figure de proue	↔ Aushängeschild — übertragen: Mensch oder Objekt, welches vorbildlich für eine übergeordnete Gruppe stehen soll

figure-head:

figure-head [the ~] noun

the figure-head (lay figure; dummy; mannequin; puppet)
le mannequin
- mannequin [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for figure-head:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
mannequin	dummy; figure-head; lay figure; mannequin; puppet	beautiful girl; doll; dress-model; dummy; manequin; mannequin; marionette; model; pretty girl; puppet; tailor's dummy; window dummy

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University