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albatross:
- Wiktionary:
  albatross → albatros
  albatross → albatros
- Synonyms for "albatross":
  millstone; hindrance; hinderance; deterrent; impediment; balk; baulk; check; handicap
  mollymawk; pelagic bird; oceanic bird

English

Detailed Translations for albatross from English to French

albatross:

Translation Matrix for albatross:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	millstone; mollymawk

Synonyms for "albatross":

millstone; hindrance; hinderance; deterrent; impediment; balk; baulk; check; handicap
mollymawk; pelagic bird; oceanic bird

Related Definitions for "albatross":

large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight¹
(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps¹
- she was an albatross around his neck¹

Wiktionary Translations for albatross:

albatross

noun

seabird
- albatross → albatros

albatross

noun

zoologie|nocat=1 genre d’oiseaux palmipèdes, de la famille des longipenne, qui habiter les mers australes et qui être très voraces.
- albatros → albatross
golf|fr performance d’un joueur ou d’une joueuse qui réussit trois coups sous le par.
- albatros → albatross

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• albatross	→ albatros	↔ albatros — een grote zeevogel met lange vleugels
• albatross	→ albatros	↔ Albatros — Golf: drei Schläge weniger als das PAR an einem Loch
• albatross	→ albatros	↔ Albatros — Zoologie: Vogel aus der Familie Diomedeidae (Albatrosse)

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