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 Translation for 'white elephant' from English to French
réalisation {f} coûteuse et peu rentablewhite elephant [fig.]
Partial Matches
zool.T
éléphant {m}
elephant
occup.
cornac {m}
elephant driver
zool.T
éléphant {m} marin
sea elephant
entom.T
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]
elephant hawkmoth
bot.T
renouée {f} du Japon [Fallopia japonica, syn. : Polygonum cuspidatum, P. reynoutria, Reynoutria japonica]
elephant ears
bot.T
renouée {f} à feuilles pointues [Fallopia japonica, syn. : Polygonum cuspidatum, P. reynoutria, Reynoutria japonica]
elephant ears
zool.T
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]
Indian elephant
zool.T
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]
Asian elephant
zool.T
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]
Asiatic elephant
zool.T
éléphant {m} de savane (d'Afrique) [Loxodonta africana]
African (bush) elephant
littérat.F
Mémoire d'éléphant [António Lobo Antunes]
Elephant's Memory
zool.T
éléphant {m} de forêt d'Afrique [Loxodonta africana cyclotis]
African forest elephant
entom.T
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]
elephant hawk moth
zool.T
éléphant {m} de savane (d'Afrique) [Loxodonta africana]
African savanna elephant
entom.T
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]
elephant hawk-moth
zool.T
pétrodrome {m} (à quatre orteils) [Petrodromus tetradactylus]
four-toed elephant shrew
zool.T
rat {m} à trompe tétradactyle [Petrodromus tetradactylus]
four-toed elephant shrew
zool.T
musaraigne-éléphant {f} à croupe dorée [Rhynchocyon chrysopygus]
golden-rumped elephant shrew
zool.T
rat {m} à trompe à croupe dorée [Rhynchocyon chrysopygus]
golden-rumped elephant shrew
entom.T
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]
large elephant (hawk-moth)
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Translation for 'white elephant' from English to French

white elephant [fig.]
réalisation {f} coûteuse et peu rentable

elephant
éléphant {m}zool.T
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elephant driver
cornac {m}occup.
sea elephant
éléphant {m} marinzool.T
elephant hawkmoth
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]entom.T
elephant ears
renouée {f} du Japon [Fallopia japonica, syn. : Polygonum cuspidatum, P. reynoutria, Reynoutria japonica]bot.T

renouée {f} à feuilles pointues [Fallopia japonica, syn. : Polygonum cuspidatum, P. reynoutria, Reynoutria japonica]bot.T
Indian elephant
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]zool.T
Asian elephant
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]zool.T
Asiatic elephant
éléphant {m} d'Asie [Elephas maximus]zool.T
African (bush) elephant
éléphant {m} de savane (d'Afrique) [Loxodonta africana]zool.T
Elephant's Memory
Mémoire d'éléphant [António Lobo Antunes]littérat.F
African forest elephant
éléphant {m} de forêt d'Afrique [Loxodonta africana cyclotis]zool.T
elephant hawk moth
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]entom.T
African savanna elephant
éléphant {m} de savane (d'Afrique) [Loxodonta africana]zool.T
elephant hawk-moth
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]entom.T
four-toed elephant shrew
pétrodrome {m} (à quatre orteils) [Petrodromus tetradactylus]zool.T

rat {m} à trompe tétradactyle [Petrodromus tetradactylus]zool.T
golden-rumped elephant shrew
musaraigne-éléphant {f} à croupe dorée [Rhynchocyon chrysopygus]zool.T

rat {m} à trompe à croupe dorée [Rhynchocyon chrysopygus]zool.T
large elephant (hawk-moth)
grand sphinx {m} de la vigne [Deilephila elpenor]entom.T
Usage Examples English
  • APT became the focus of a storm of negative press reporting, with every failure extensively reported on and continued claims that the entire project was a white elephant.
  • The seal of the province shows a white elephant, the royal symbol, recalling that Chiang Rai was founded by King Mengrai, according to legend because his elephant liked the place.
  • Anawrahta sent the monks and scriptures, and a white elephant as a present for Vijayabahu.
  • Naval commentators usually consider "Chakri Naruebet" to be less an aircraft carrier and more the world's largest and most expensive royal yacht, while the Thai media have nicknamed the ship "Thai-tanic", and consider her to be a white elephant.
  • The engine was installed in the TVR White Elephant, a prototype car built for Wheeler by John Ravenscroft.

  • Some modern works indicate that Abul-Abbas was albino – literally a white elephant – but the basis for the claim is wanting.
  • Moses opposed the idea, stating that the Long Island Motor Parkway had been "a white elephant for the last twenty years" and that it would need significant reconstruction to integrate it into the state parkway system.
  • It was code named "White Elephant No. 1" and it was to be the prototype for the government's premier "classified waste destructor".
  • In South Indian portrayals, Ayyappan images show him riding a tigress, but in some places such as Sri Lanka he is shown as riding a white elephant.
  • ... "belonging to Iravati") is a white elephant who carries the deity Indra.

  • Holiday groups use a gift exchange party game such as white elephant gift exchange for socializing and sharing gifts.
  • In the West, the term "white elephant", relating to an expensive burden that fails to meet expectations, was first used in the 17th century and became widespread in the 19th century.
  • The great Swedish white-elephant fortress of Karlsborg was built in the tradition of Vauban and intended as a reserve capital for Sweden, but it was obsolete before it was completed in 1869.
  • In his treatise "Politics", Aristotle cited the temple as an example of how tyrannies engaged the populace in great works for the state (like a white elephant) and left them no time, energy or means to rebel.
  • 1510 – 8 June 1516) was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X (born Giovanni de' Medici) at his coronation.

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