Summary
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langue de bois:
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Wiktionary:
langue de bois → wooden language, hackneyed phrases, tired clichés, wooden tongue, waffle
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Wiktionary:
French
Detailed Translations for langue de bois from French to English
langue de bois: (*Using Word and Sentence Splitter)
- langue: language; speech; tongue; mastery of a language; command of a language
- de: ever since; off; from; out; to; on; upon; at; in; up; onto; of; on the side of
- dé: dice
- boire: booze; drink heavily; drink excessively; have too much to drink; drink; have a drink; finish; empty; drink up; quench one's thirst; pour out
- bois: timber; wood; timbre; forest; woodland; woods; forests; woodland ecosystem; forest biomes; antlers; horns
- boisé: afforested; overgrown; grown over; woody; wooded
Wiktionary Translations for langue de bois:
langue de bois
noun
langue de bois
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figure de rhétorique consistant à détourner la réalité par les mots ; travestissement de la réalité par des euphémismes.
- langue de bois → wooden language; hackneyed phrases; tired clichés
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vétérinaire|fr actinobacillose linguale, due à l'actinobacille w|Actinobacillus lignieresii, maladie des bovins et plus rarement des ovins.
- langue de bois → wooden tongue
noun
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speech or writing that is vague