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 Translation for 'slender' from English to French
ADJ   slender | slenderer | slenderest
SYNO lissom | lissome | lithe | ...
mince {adj}slender
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grêle {adj}slender
gracile {adj}slender
élancé {adj}slender
minime {adj} [chance]slender
délié {adj} [littéraire] [svelte, élancé]slender
svelte {adj} [personne, taille]slender [person, waist]
Fiction (Literature and Film)
littérat.F
Les Demoiselles de petite fortune
The Girls of Slender Means [Muriel Spark]
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi)
entom.T
œdipode {f} aigue-marine [Sphingonotus caerulans]
(slender) blue-winged grasshopper [Sphingonotus caerulans]
bot.T
oxalide {f} dressée [Oxalis stricta, syn. : O. coloradensis, O. europaea, O. florida, O. fontana, O. prostrata, Xanthoxalis stricta]
(slender) yellow wood-sorrel
bot.T
oxalide {f} dressée [Oxalis stricta, syn. : O. coloradensis, O. europaea, O. florida, O. fontana, O. prostrata, Xanthoxalis stricta]
(slender) yellow woodsorrel
zool.T
mangouste {f} flavescente [Galerella flavescens]
Angolan slender mongoose
zool.T
loris {m} mince gris [Loris lydekkerianus]
gray slender loris [Am.]
zool.T
loris {m} mince gris [Loris lydekkerianus]
grey slender loris [Br.]
zool.T
gecko {m} arboricole grêle [Hemiphyllodactylus typus, syn. : H. ceylonensis, H. typus typus, Lepidodactylus auranticus, L. crepuscularis, Ptyodactylus gracilis]
Indo-Pacific slender gecko
zool.T
loris {m} grêle [Loris tardigradus]
red slender loris
ichtyo.T
requin-chabot {m} élégant [Chiloscyllium indicum]
slender bamboo shark
bot.T
dactyle {m} d'Ascherson [Dactylis glomerata]
slender cock's-foot [grass species]
bot.T
salicorne {f} d'Europe [Salicornia europaea, syn. : S. annua, S. europaea var. herbacea, S. herbacea, S. obscura]
slender sea-grape
orn.T
cacatoès {m} nasique [Cacatua tenuirostris]
slender-billed corella
orn.T
courlis {m} à bec grêle [Numenius tenuirostris]
slender-billed curlew
orn.T
puffin {m} à bec mince [Ardenna tenuirostris, syn. : Puffinus tenuirostris]
slender-billed shearwater
orn.T
puffin {m} à bec grêle [Ardenna tenuirostris, syn. : Puffinus tenuirostris]
slender-billed shearwater
orn.T
vautour {m} à long bec [Gyps tenuirostris, syn. : Gyps indicus tenuirostris, Gyps indicus nudiceps]
slender-billed vulture
zool.T
écrevisse {f} turque [Astacus leptodactylus, syn. : Astacus leptodactylus, Potamobius leptodactylus]
slender-clawed crayfish
zool.T
écrevisse {f} à pattes grêles [Astacus leptodactylus, syn. : Astacus leptodactylus, Potamobius leptodactylus]
slender-clawed crayfish
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Translation for 'slender' from English to French

slender
mince {adj}

grêle {adj}

gracile {adj}

élancé {adj}

minime {adj} [chance]

délié {adj} [littéraire] [svelte, élancé]
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slender [person, waist]
svelte {adj} [personne, taille]

The Girls of Slender Means [Muriel Spark]
Les Demoiselles de petite fortunelittérat.F

(slender) blue-winged grasshopper [Sphingonotus caerulans]
œdipode {f} aigue-marine [Sphingonotus caerulans]entom.T
(slender) yellow wood-sorrel
oxalide {f} dressée [Oxalis stricta, syn. : O. coloradensis, O. europaea, O. florida, O. fontana, O. prostrata, Xanthoxalis stricta]bot.T
(slender) yellow woodsorrel
oxalide {f} dressée [Oxalis stricta, syn. : O. coloradensis, O. europaea, O. florida, O. fontana, O. prostrata, Xanthoxalis stricta]bot.T
Angolan slender mongoose
mangouste {f} flavescente [Galerella flavescens]zool.T
gray slender loris [Am.]
loris {m} mince gris [Loris lydekkerianus]zool.T
grey slender loris [Br.]
loris {m} mince gris [Loris lydekkerianus]zool.T
Indo-Pacific slender gecko
gecko {m} arboricole grêle [Hemiphyllodactylus typus, syn. : H. ceylonensis, H. typus typus, Lepidodactylus auranticus, L. crepuscularis, Ptyodactylus gracilis]zool.T
red slender loris
loris {m} grêle [Loris tardigradus]zool.T
slender bamboo shark
requin-chabot {m} élégant [Chiloscyllium indicum]ichtyo.T
slender cock's-foot [grass species]
dactyle {m} d'Ascherson [Dactylis glomerata]bot.T
slender sea-grape
salicorne {f} d'Europe [Salicornia europaea, syn. : S. annua, S. europaea var. herbacea, S. herbacea, S. obscura]bot.T
slender-billed corella
cacatoès {m} nasique [Cacatua tenuirostris]orn.T
slender-billed curlew
courlis {m} à bec grêle [Numenius tenuirostris]orn.T
slender-billed shearwater
puffin {m} à bec mince [Ardenna tenuirostris, syn. : Puffinus tenuirostris]orn.T

puffin {m} à bec grêle [Ardenna tenuirostris, syn. : Puffinus tenuirostris]orn.T
slender-billed vulture
vautour {m} à long bec [Gyps tenuirostris, syn. : Gyps indicus tenuirostris, Gyps indicus nudiceps]orn.T
slender-clawed crayfish
écrevisse {f} turque [Astacus leptodactylus, syn. : Astacus leptodactylus, Potamobius leptodactylus]zool.T

écrevisse {f} à pattes grêles [Astacus leptodactylus, syn. : Astacus leptodactylus, Potamobius leptodactylus]zool.T
Usage Examples English
  • "Remingtonocetus" had four working and usable limbs, a slender whale-like body with long tail and slender, hydrodynamic head.
  • "Draba albertina" is a species of flowering plant in the mustard family known as the Arc dome draba, slender draba or slender whitlow-grass.
  • The West African slender-snouted crocodile ("Mecistops cataphractus"), or slender-snouted crocodile, is a critically endangered species of African crocodile.
  • California slender salamanders have demonstrated an ability to survive in some urban and suburban environments.
  • " ("slender with slender and broad with broad") rule.

  • The slender sea pen stands upright in fine sediments.
  • The epithet "tenera" is from the Latin meaning 'slender', referring to the long, slender leaves.
  • As nematoceran flies, adult gnats have antennae with at least six segments that are often long and slender. They are generally slender-bodied with long and narrow wings.
  • The species name refers to the relatively slender uncus and is derived from Latin "angustus" (meaning slender).
  • The species name refers to the slender, hooked bristle of the sacculus and is derived from Latin "gracilis" (meaning slender, thin).

  • Colonies are bilateral, long and slender to very slender. The colony axis is noticeable and present throughout.
  • The species name is derived from the Latin "subtilis" (meaning thin, slender, acute) in reference to the elongate, slender, caudal lobe of the male gnathos.
  • The species name is derived from the Latin "petilus" (thin, slender) in reference to the unusually slender form of the male valvae, socii, and exogenous cornuti.
  • The shell is slender, fawn coloured, unspotted, and marked by slender crowded, transverse, convex ribs with the interstices deeply cancellated.
  • The spreading slender shrub typically grows to [...] in height with an erect to spreading nature usually with a slender to straggly habit.

  • (slender "ng") from both the laminal alveolo-palatal nasal ("lenis") [...] (slender "nn") and the apical palatalized alveolar nasal ("fortis") [...] (slender "n"), nonetheless most modern Irish speakers may either merge the latter two or depalatalize the apical palatalized consonant.
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