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duck:
- canard; cane
- plonger en avant; s'enfouir; s'enfoncer dans
Wiktionary:
- duck → cane, canard
- duck → baisser, plonger, esquiver, parer, éviter
- duck → éviter, canard, cane, esquiver

English

Detailed Translations for ducks from English to French

duck:

duck [the ~] noun

the duck
le canard; la cane
- canard [le ~] noun
- cane [la ~] noun

to duck verb (ducks, ducked, ducking)

to duck (dive; plunge)
plonger en avant; s'enfouir; s'enfoncer dans
- plonger en avant verb
- s'enfouir verb
- s'enfoncer dans verb

Conjugations for duck:

present

duck
duck
ducks
duck
duck
duck

simple past

ducked
ducked
ducked
ducked
ducked
ducked

present perfect

have ducked
have ducked
has ducked
have ducked
have ducked
have ducked

past continuous

was ducking
were ducking
was ducking
were ducking
were ducking
were ducking

future

shall duck
will duck
will duck
shall duck
will duck
will duck

continuous present

am ducking
are ducking
is ducking
are ducking
are ducking
are ducking

subjunctive

be ducked
be ducked
be ducked
be ducked
be ducked
be ducked

diverse

duck!
let's duck!
ducked
ducking

1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for duck:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
canard	duck	banter; false rumour; gag; jest; joke; pleasantry; prank; quip; witticism; witty remark
cane	duck
-	duck's egg
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
plonger en avant	dive; duck; plunge
s'enfoncer dans	dive; duck; plunge	dive; dive into the water
s'enfouir	dive; duck; plunge	dive; dive into the water
-	dip; douse
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	canvas

Related Words for "duck":

ducking, ducks

Synonyms for "duck":

anseriform bird
duck's egg; score
poultry
fabric; cloth; material; textile
move
dive; plunge; plunk
dip; douse; dunk; souse
hedge; fudge; evade; put off; circumvent; parry; elude; skirt; dodge; sidestep; avoid

Related Definitions for "duck":

small wild or domesticated web-footed broad-billed swimming bird usually having a depressed body and short legs¹
a heavy cotton fabric of plain weave; used for clothing and tents¹
flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)¹
(cricket) a score of nothing by a batsman¹
to move (the head or body) quickly downwards or away¹
- Before he could duck, another stone struck him¹
submerge or plunge suddenly¹
dip into a liquid¹

Wiktionary Translations for duck:

duck

noun

female duck
- duck → cane
aquatic bird of the family Anatidae
- duck → canard

verb

to lower in order to prevent it from being struck by something
- duck → baisser
to lower into the water
- duck → plonger
to lower the head or body
- duck → esquiver

duck

noun

Oiseau
- canard → duck

verb

éviter adroitement.
- esquiver → duck; dodge; eschew; slip away
Traductions à trier suivant le sens
- parer → parry; adorn; decorate; ornament; bedeck; embellish; avoid; evade; dodge; duck; shirk; sidestep; steer clear of; avert
Échapper à
- éviter → avoid; evade; elude; circumvent; dodge; duck; shirk; sidestep; steer clear of; avert

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• duck	→ éviter	↔ vermijden — trachten te ontwijken
• duck	→ canard; cane	↔ Ente — kleinerer Wasservogel aus der Familie der Entenvögel (Anatidae), speziell
• duck	→ canard; cane	↔ Ente — unzählbar: Ente(n)^[1] als Speise
• duck	→ esquiver	↔ abtauchen — (intransitiv) Boxen: einem Boxhieb nach unten ausweichen

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