Translation for 'sharp' from English to French

sharp

coupant {adj}

acéré {adj}

tranchant {adj}

bien aiguisé {adj}

incisif {adj} [instrument]

sec {adj} [traits, bruit]

piquant {adj} [aiguille, clou]

affilé {adj} [couteau, esprit]

aigre {adj} [fig.] [paroles, ton]

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sharp [abrupt]

brusque {adj}

sharp [clever]

futé {adj}

sharp [coll.] [stylish]

stylé {adj} [très chic]

sharp [curve, bend]

serré {adj} [virage]trafic

sharp [judgement, quick-witted person]

vif {adj}

sharp [pencil]

bien taillé {adj}

sharp [pointed]

pointu {adj}

sharp [sharpened]

affûté {adj}

sharp [sound]

net {adj}

sharp [tart]

suret {adj} [pomme, goût]cuis.

sharp [taste, flavour]

aigrelet {adj}

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A sharp

la {m} dièsemus.

sharp <#>

dièse {m} <#>mus.

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sharp-featured [face]

aux traits anguleux {adj} [visage]

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(sharp) increase

poussée {f} [de prix]fin.

C sharp

do {m} dièsemus.

D sharp

ré {m} dièsemus.

F sharp

fa {m} dièsemus.

G sharp

sol {m} dièsemus.

sharp bend

coude {m} [courbe]trafic

sharp person

futé {m}

sharp person [female]

futée {f}

sharp practice

maquignonnage {m} [fig.] [péj.]

magouilles {f.pl} financièresfin.

sharp rebuke

admonestation {f}

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to not be sharp [e.g. knife]

être émousséoutil.

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at eight o'clock sharp

à huit heures précises {adv}

at twelve o'clock sharp

à midi pile {adv}

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to bring sth. into sharp focus [idiom]

faire passer qc. au premier plan [loc.]

to give sth. a sharp tap

donner un coup sec à qc.

to have a sharp tongue [idiom]

avoir la langue bien affilée [loc.]

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to come in for sharp criticism

faire l'objet de vives critiques

to say in a sharp tone of voice

dire d'un ton pointu

to smooth out the sharp edges

arrondir les angles [fig.]

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sharp-shinned hawk

épervier {m} brun [Accipiter striatus]orn.T

sharp-tailed ibis

ibis {m} à queue pointue [Cercibis oxycerca]orn.T

• Waveriders generally have sharp noses and sharp leading edges on their wings.
• In 1995, sharp-tailed sparrows were divided into two separate species: the Nelson's sharp-tailed sparrow ("Ammodramus nelsoni") and the saltmarsh sharp-tailed sparrow ("Ammodramus caudacutus").
• The name of Aguçadoura derives from "petra aguzadoira" (sharp stone or stone to sharp farming tools).
• A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon.
• Not to be confused with similar condition (Avoidance behavior) the Visual looming syndrome, where the patient does not fear sharp items, but feels pain or discomfort at gazing upon sharp objects nearby.

• Birch bark can be cut with a sharp knife, and worked like cardboard. For sharp bending, the fold should be scored (scratched) first with a blunt stylus.
• The second movement from Charles-Valentin Alkan's "Grande sonate 'Les quatre âges, subtitled "Quasi-Faust", is also in D-sharp minor (but ends in F-sharp major), and modulates into even sharper keys along the way, some even being theoretical keys, such as G-sharp major and D-sharp major.
• The section is in F-sharp minor, with the theme appearing in plain chords and underpinned by the sonority C-sharp–F-sharp–C-sharp nearly throughout.
• The key signature features five sharps, normally indicating a B major or G-sharp minor scale.
• "Delma nasuta", also known as sharp-snouted delma or sharp-snouted legless lizard, is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family endemic to Australia.

• Sharp power often has a digital element to it. In particular Chinese exercises in sharp power are carried out almost entirely online.
• The forest sharp-tailed snake is not as widespread as its relative "Contia tenuis" (the sharp-tailed snake).
• "Canthigaster rostrata", commonly known as the Caribbean sharp-nose puffer, is a pufferfish from the Western Central Atlantic.
• nor sharp (...), double-flat [...] , double-sharp [...] , triple-flat or triple-sharp.