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 Translation for 'powder' from English to French
NOUN1   a powder | powders
NOUN2   powder | -
VERB   to powder | powdered | powdered
powdering | powders
SYNO gunpowder | powder | pulverisation | ...
poudre {f}powder
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2 Words: Nouns
cosm.
poudre {f}
(face) powder
cosm.
poudrier {m}
(powder) compact
cuis.
levure {f} chimique
baking powder
cuis.
poudre {f} à lever
baking powder
cuis.
poudres {f.pl} levantes
baking powder
cuis.
poudre {f} à pâte [can.]
baking powder
poudre {f} blanchissantebleaching powder
cuis.
poudre {f} de piment
chili powder [Am.]
cuis.
poudre {f} de piment
chilli powder [Br.]
chim.
poudre {f} de nettoyage
cleaning powder
chim.
poudre {f} de nettoyage
cleansing powder
cuis.
clous {m.pl} de girofle moulu
clove powder
cuis.
clous {m.pl} de girofle en poudre
clove powder
café {m} en poudrecoffee powder
cuis.
poudre {f} de curry
curry powder
cosm.
poudre {f} de riz
face powder
chim.
poudre {f} fulminante
fulminating powder
chim.
acétate {m} de plomb(II) [C4H6O4Pb]
Goulard's powder
alim.cuis.
lait {m} en poudre
milk powder
alim.cuis.
farine {f} de lait [vieilli]
milk powder
armes
résidus {m.pl} de tir <RT>
powder burns
cuis.
saupoudreuse {f}
powder dispenser
bac {m} à poudre [lave-linge]powder drawer [in washing machine]
hist.
baril {m} de poudre
powder keg
poudrière {f} [fig.]powder keg [situation]
armesnaut.
soute {f} aux poudres
powder magazine
cosm.
houppette {f}
powder puff
cosm.
houppette {f} à poudre
powder puff
cosm.
houppe {f} [à poudre]
powder puff
toilettes {f.pl} pour damespowder room {sg}
unverified
météo.
poudreuse {f}
powder snow
météo.
neige {f} poudreuse
powder snow
météo.
peuf {f} [suisse] [savoyard] [neige poudreuse]
powder snow
cosm.
talc {m} [poudre]
talcum powder <talc>
alim.cuis.
vanille {f} en poudre
vanilla powder
lessive {f} [produit pour laver le linge]washing powder
cuis.
petit-lait {m} en poudre
whey powder
3 Words: Others
en poudre {adv}in powder form
3 Words: Verbs
réduire qc. en poudreto crush sth. to powder
aller aux toilettes to powder one's nose [coll.] [of a woman, to go to the lavatory] [idiom]
décamper [fam.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
se défiler [fam.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
mettre les bouts [loc.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
se faire la paire [loc.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
prendre la clé des champs [loc.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
prendre la poudre d'escampette [fam.]to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
(se) faire la belle [loc.]to take a powder [Am.] [idiom]
3 Words: Nouns
alim.cuis.
lait {m} en poudre
dried milk (powder)
alim.cuis.
farine {f} de lait [vieilli]
dried milk (powder)
alim.
lait {m} écrémé en poudre
skim milk powder <SMP> [Am.] [Aus.]
alim.
lait {m} écrémé en poudre
skimmed milk powder <SMP>
alim.
lait {m} en poudre écrémé
skimmed milk powder <SMP>
alim.
lactosérum {m} doux en poudre
sweet whey powder
4 Words: Verbs
moudre qc.to grind sth. to a powder
être paré [loc.]to keep one's powder dry [idiom]
5+ Words: Verbs
cuis.
rouler des truffes dans du cacao
to roll truffles in cocoa powder
Fiction (Literature and Film)
littérat.myth.F
poudre {f} de cheminette [Objet magique de Harry Potter]
floo powder
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Translation for 'powder' from English to French

powder
poudre {f}

(face) powder
poudre {f}cosm.
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(powder) compact
poudrier {m}cosm.
baking powder
levure {f} chimiquecuis.

poudre {f} à levercuis.

poudres {f.pl} levantescuis.

poudre {f} à pâte [can.]cuis.
bleaching powder
poudre {f} blanchissante
chili powder [Am.]
poudre {f} de pimentcuis.
chilli powder [Br.]
poudre {f} de pimentcuis.
cleaning powder
poudre {f} de nettoyagechim.
cleansing powder
poudre {f} de nettoyagechim.
clove powder
clous {m.pl} de girofle moulucuis.

clous {m.pl} de girofle en poudrecuis.
coffee powder
café {m} en poudre
curry powder
poudre {f} de currycuis.
face powder
poudre {f} de rizcosm.
fulminating powder
poudre {f} fulminantechim.
Goulard's powder
acétate {m} de plomb(II) [C4H6O4Pb]chim.
milk powder
lait {m} en poudrealim.cuis.

farine {f} de lait [vieilli]alim.cuis.
powder burns
résidus {m.pl} de tir <RT>armes
powder dispenser
saupoudreuse {f}cuis.
powder drawer [in washing machine]
bac {m} à poudre [lave-linge]
powder keg
baril {m} de poudrehist.
powder keg [situation]
poudrière {f} [fig.]
powder magazine
soute {f} aux poudresarmesnaut.
powder puff
houppette {f}cosm.

houppette {f} à poudrecosm.

houppe {f} [à poudre]cosm.
powder room {sg}
toilettes {f.pl} pour dames
powder snow
unverified poudreuse {f}météo.

neige {f} poudreusemétéo.

peuf {f} [suisse] [savoyard] [neige poudreuse]météo.
talcum powder <talc>
talc {m} [poudre]cosm.
vanilla powder
vanille {f} en poudrealim.cuis.
washing powder
lessive {f} [produit pour laver le linge]
whey powder
petit-lait {m} en poudrecuis.

in powder form
en poudre {adv}

to crush sth. to powder
réduire qc. en poudre
to powder one's nose [coll.] [of a woman, to go to the lavatory] [idiom]
aller aux toilettes
to take a powder [Am.] [coll.] [idiom]
décamper [fam.]

se défiler [fam.]

mettre les bouts [loc.]

se faire la paire [loc.]

prendre la clé des champs [loc.]

prendre la poudre d'escampette [fam.]
to take a powder [Am.] [idiom]
(se) faire la belle [loc.]

dried milk (powder)
lait {m} en poudrealim.cuis.

farine {f} de lait [vieilli]alim.cuis.
skim milk powder <SMP> [Am.] [Aus.]
lait {m} écrémé en poudrealim.
skimmed milk powder <SMP>
lait {m} écrémé en poudrealim.

lait {m} en poudre écréméalim.
sweet whey powder
lactosérum {m} doux en poudrealim.

to grind sth. to a powder
moudre qc.
to keep one's powder dry [idiom]
être paré [loc.]

to roll truffles in cocoa powder
rouler des truffes dans du cacaocuis.

floo powder
poudre {f} de cheminette [Objet magique de Harry Potter]littérat.myth.F
Usage Examples English
  • A compact (also powder box, powder case and flapjack) is a cosmetic product.
  • In medieval times patients could buy mummy juice (powder made of oversea mummies mixed with liquid), burnt hedgehogs powder, burnt bees, bat powder, snakeskin potion and unicorn horn powder for treatments.
  • A black powder substitute is a replacement for black powder used in muzzleloading and cartridge firearms.
  • The drawings in five different colours on the sacred ground are white (white mud), red (mix of lime powder and turmeric powder), green (green leaves powder), yellow (turmeric powder) and black (roasted and powdered paddy husk).
  • Most of the "salutes" are made with flash powder. Flash powder has a very fast burn rate, unlike black powder.

  • His company, T J Edmonds Limited, produced custard powder, egg powder and self-raising flour in addition to baking powder.
  • Powder is either the pure drug by itself (talcum powder), or is made of the drug mixed in a carrier such as corn starch or corn cob powder (Zeosorb AF - miconazole powder).
  • For cosmetics in powder form, use brushes to brush off the powder and for the powder remains, pretreat with stain remover or liquid laundry detergent with hot water.
  • His son, Alfred Frederick Bird, continued the work of his father. Bird junior went on to invent egg substitute powder in 1890, blancmange powder and jelly powder.
  • Powder Deaerators (also powder compactor or powder densifier) are working apparatuses for deaerating and compacting of dry, fine-grained powders.

  • An earlier Hercules Powder Company was formed in 1882 by DuPont and Laflin & Rand Powder Company.
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