Translation for 'bow' from English to French

to bow [make a gesture of greeting]

s'incliner

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bow

arc {m}

inclination {f} du corps

révérence {f} [d'homme]

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bow [Am.] [Aus.] [rainbow trout]

truite {f} arc-en-ciel [Oncorhynchus mykiss]cuis.ichtyo.T

bow [for a violin]

archet {m}mus.

bow [of a ribbon; for decoration]

nœud {m} [pour orner et lier]

bow [position on a rowing boat] [also: bowman, bowperson]

nageur {m} de têtesport

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to bow down

se prosterner

courber le dos [fig.]

courber la tête [fig.]

courber le front [fig.]

to bow to sb.

s'incliner devant qn.

faire la révérence à qn. [homme]

to bow to sb./sth. [submit]

se prosterner devant qn./qc. [fig.]

to bow to sth. [e.g. an argument]

se rendre à qc. [argument, avis]

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(hair) bow

catogan {m} [ruban]vêt.

(low) bow

courbette {f}

bow resin [bow rosin]

colophane {f}mus.

bow tie

nœud {m} papillonvêt.

nœud-papillon {m}vêt.

bow wave

vague {f} de prouenaut.

vague {f} d'étravenaut.

bulbous bow

buble {m} d'étraveingén.naut.

dickie bow [coll.] [bow tie]

nœud-papillon {m}vêt.

violin bow

archet {m} de violonmus.

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to bow and scrape

faire antichambre [fig.]

to bow and scrape [idiom]

courber l'échine [loc.]

to bow down before sb.

se prosterner devant qn.

to bow down to sb.

se soumettre à qn.

to bow one's head

incliner la tête

to bow the strings­

frotter les cordesmus.

to bow to necessity

se plier à des exigences

to bow to pressure

céder à la pression

to bow to sth, [accept]

s'incliner devant qc.

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to bend a bow back

tendre un arcarmeshist.sport

bander un arcarmeshist.sport

to bow and scrape (to sb.) [fig.]

faire des courbettes (devent qn.) [fig.]

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to do up a bow tie

faire un nœud papillonvêt.

to do up one's bow tie

faire son nœud papillonvêt.

to have more than one string to one's bow [idiom]

avoir plus d'une corde à son arc [loc.]

to shoot with a bow and arrow

tirer à l'arcarmessport

• An effect sometimes used for humorous effect by string players, “chewing” is performed by loosening the bow hair and placing the bow, bow hair side up, against the back of the instrument.
• One variety of cable-backed bow is the Penobscot bow or Wabenaki bow, invented by Frank Loring (Chief Big Thunder) about 1900.
• In vernacular speech, the bow is occasionally called a "fiddlestick". Bows for particular instruments are often designated as such: "violin bow", "cello bow", and so on.
• The hand that holds the bow is referred to as the "bow hand" and its arm the "bow arm".
• François Xavier Tourte (1747 – 25 April 1835) was a French bow maker who made a number of significant contributions to the development of the bow of stringed instruments, and is considered to be the most important figure in the development of the modern bow.

• The speed with which the "spiccato" is performed depends on bow placement.
• Second Bow (2) - the next nearest the bow, their oar is on the opposite side to the bow rower's and these two rowers comprise the bow pair.
• Bow harps, a type of arched harp, form a half-oval or half-circle shape without sharp angles.
• The depth of the bow performed by an individual changes the meaning of the bow.
• The "Guardião" is equipped with a vertically aligned "axe bow".

• The large bulbous bow likely contains a bow sonar; the Type 055 may mount a larger bow sonar than previous Chinese surface combatants.
• Bows are also made from other materials, such as carbon fibre—stronger than wood—and fiberglass (often used to make inexpensive, lower-quality student bows).