Translation for 'whistle' from English to French

to whistle (sth.)

siffler (qc.)

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whistle [sound]

sifflement {m} [de personne, train, projectile]

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whistle

sifflet {m}

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to whistle at sb.

siffler qn. [interpeller]

to whistle Dixie [Am.] [idiom]

construire des châteaux en Espagne [loc.] [fig.]

to whistle for sth.

siffler qc. [chien]

to whistle up sth. [coll.] [find]

dégoter qc. [fam.]

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whistle-blower

dénonciateur {m} [de coupable]

whistle-blower [female]

dénonciatrice {f} [de coupable]

wolf whistle [coll.]

sifflement {m} [au passage d'une femme]

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to blow a whistle

siffler

to wet one's whistle [coll.]

se rincer la dalle [fam.]cuis.

se rincer le gosier [fam.]cuis.

s'humecter le gosier [fam.]cuis.

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half-time whistle

coup {m} de sifflet de mi-tempssport

whistle-blowing website [Wikileaks etc.]

site {m} de révélations.internet

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Go whistle for it! [fig.] [idiom]

Tu peux toujours te brosser ! [fam.] [loc.]

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to give a wolf whistle [idiom]

donner un coup de sifflet approbateur

donner un coup de sifflet d'admiration

to whistle through the air

siffler [projectile]armesmil.

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You can whistle for it! [idiom]

Tu peux toujours courir ! [loc.]

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to give a whistle of admiration

émettre un sifflement admiratif

to spoil the play with too much whistle [of a referree]

gâcher le jeu par de trop nombreux coups de sifflet [de l'arbitre]sport

• The low whistle, a derivative of the common tin whistle, is also popular, although some musicians find it less agile for session playing than the flute or the ordinary D whistle.
• The Whistle blower Week is the name given to a series of events in Washington, D.C.
• At one point in the 1960s, packages of the Cap'n Crunch breakfast cereal included a free gift: a small whistle that, by coincidence, generated a 2600 Hz tone when one of the whistle's two holes was covered.
• Modern whistle boards in the UK comprise a white circular sign bearing a letter "W".
• To obtain a whistle a device was put on top of the exhaust to use the flow of exhaust gases as the whistle air.

• Although the steam engine, and its whistle, have been replaced by gasoline and diesel engines, the whistle codes are still used in many current logging operations.
• To protect whistle-blowers, civil society organizations have been engaged in a number of advocacy to ensure that people who blow whistle are protected.
• The Long Eddy Point Lighthouse is also known as "The Whistle", which was the nickname given to the original 1874 steam whistle.
• This is a list of tin whistle players, people known for playing the tin whistle.
• Damariscotta is the only known whistler in the world who performs the 'double whistle' where she is able to whistle two different notes simultaneously.

• The whistle position is not at all like that of a standard whistle (diagram).
• More often than not a whistle is used in the pool leisure facility (public and private), the following signals are used by some lifeguards with a whistle (Note: it is always important to remember that each facility may have their own standards and procedures for their whistle protocol).
• The Hancock air whistle was a railroad whistle intended for use on North American diesel locomotives in place of the standard air horn.
• Staff members wear a silver whistle chain with whistle affixed to the BDU blouse and tucked into the left pocket.