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tintouin
noun, masculine
noise in the ears; fuss
tinée
noun, feminine
shedload, pile, stack
tiot
noun, masculine
child
tiot
adjective
small
tipeu
adjective
small
tipex
noun, masculine
correction fluid; correction tape
tippex
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of tipex
tipule
noun, feminine
crane fly
tique
noun, feminine
tick (animal)
tiquer
verb
to bat an eyelid; to crib-bite, to practice cribbing
tiquette
noun, feminine
ticket, receipt
tir
noun, masculine
shot, shooting (of a weapon); shooting (sport); shooting range; blasting (in mines)
tir ami
noun, masculine
friendly fire
tir de barrage
noun, masculine
barrage fire, barrage (heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them); violent attack against something or someone, intended to thwart them
tir de semonce
noun, masculine
warning shot
tir de sommation
noun, masculine
warning shot
tir à l'arc
noun, masculine
archery (practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow)
tirade
noun, feminine
tirade
tirage
noun, masculine
pulling (action of pulling); drawing (drawing of lots); printing (putting symbols on a newspaper); circulation (number of copies sold of e.g. a newspaper); draw (selection by chance, e.g. for deciding opponents in a sport competition)
tirage au sort
noun, masculine
lots drawing, drawing of lots; raffle
tiraglière
noun, masculine
a former type of infantryman
tiraillement
noun, masculine
pulling, tugging; rumbling, growling (of the stomach)
to pull, to tug; to tear somebody in two, to make somebody hesitate; to skirmish
tiraillé
adjective
torn (between two choices)
tiramisu
noun, masculine
tiramisu (dessert)
tirant
noun, masculine
draft, draught; drawstring
tirant d'air
noun, masculine
air draught
tirant d'eau
noun, masculine
draught
tire
noun, feminine
verbal noun of tirer; pulling, drawing; taffy, especially maple taffy; car; route
tire
noun, masculine
tire, tyre (of a car, truck, etc)
tire-au-flanc
noun, masculine
a shirker, a skiver, a slacker
tire-bouchon
noun, masculine
corkscrew (to pull corks out of bottles)
Pre-1990 spelling of tirebouchonner.
tire-fesse
noun, masculine
ski lift, surface lift, platter lift, button lift, platter pull
tire-fond
noun, masculine
eyebolt; a large wood screw; (rail transport) wood screw attaching a chair to a cross-tie; a threaded rod used as part of a bullet extractor
tire-lait
noun, masculine
breast pump
to take a spiralling shape evocative of a corkscrew
tirelire
noun, feminine
piggy bank; head; gash, vulva
tirer
verb
to draw, drag, pull; to shoot; to draw (conclusions), to consider (consequences); to leave a place; to set free, to deliver
to clear up; shed light on; to set straight
to slack off, to loaf around, to bum around
to draw lots
to pull someone's bacon out of the fire, to pull someone's fat out of the fire (to get someone out of a bad situation); to get out of a bind
to pull someone's bacon out of the fire, to pull someone's fat out of the fire (to get someone out of a bad situation); to get out of a bind
to have one's cake and eat it too
to chase rainbows, to build castles in the air, to reach for the stars, to shoot for the moon, to aim too high (to make overly ambitious plans)
to drag on, to be protracted
to take all the credit, to take more than one's share
to sulk, to pout, to be in a huff
to stick one's tongue out
to sound the alarm, to raise the alarm, to set alarm bells ringing
to sulk, to pout, to be in a huff
to scrape by, to live from hand to mouth, to feel the pinch, to have trouble to make ends meet, not to have enough to live
obsolete spelling of tirer le diable par la queue
to photograph
to pull the strings, to be in control, to take the decisions; to be behind a conspiracy or scheme
to pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire (to do someone else's difficult work)
to tell off, to lecture, to give (someone) an earbashing, to straighten out; to catch heat, to catch hell
to worm something out of