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Translate chaff from English to French

Summary

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chaff:
- balle; paille; taquinerie
Wiktionary:
- chaff → balle, paillette
- chaff → balle

English

Detailed Translations for chaff from English to French

chaff:

chaff [the ~] noun

the chaff
la balle; la paille
- balle [la ~] noun
- paille [la ~] noun
the chaff (teasing; bantering; rallying; nagging)
la taquinerie
- taquinerie [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for chaff:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
balle	chaff	bale; ball; bullet; pellet; puppet; toy
paille	chaff	straw
taquinerie	bantering; chaff; nagging; rallying; teasing	prank; roguish trick
-	husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	banter; jolly; josh; kid

Related Words for "chaff":

chaffs

Synonyms for "chaff":

husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble; plant material
foil
kid; jolly; josh; banter; tease; razz; rag; cod; tantalize; tantalise; bait; taunt; twit; rally; ride

Related Definitions for "chaff":

foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure¹
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds¹
be silly or tease one another¹

Wiktionary Translations for chaff:

chaff

noun

inedible parts of grain plant
- chaff → balle

chaff

noun

lamelle de métal, brillante, mince, percée au milieu, ordinairement ronde, et qu’on applique sur une étoffe pour l’orner.
- paillette → chaff; rope

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• chaff	→ balle	↔ kaf — de vliezen rondom de graankorrels
• chaff	→ balle	↔ Kaff — norddeutsch: Spreu
• chaff	→ balle	↔ Spreu — Dreschabfälle des Getreides aus Spelzen, Grannen und entkörnten Ährchen, die als Viehfutter verwendet werden

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University