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Summary

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handful:
- casse-pieds; importun; gêneur; importune; gêneuse
Wiktionary:
- handful → poignée, manipule
- handful → poignée

English

Detailed Translations for handful from English to French

handful:

handful [the ~] nomen

the handful (nuisance; pain in the neck; bore; troublemaker; pest)
le casse-pieds; l'importun; le gêneur; l'importune; la gêneuse
- casse-pieds [le ~] nomen
- importun [le ~] nomen
- gêneur [le ~] nomen
- importune [la ~] nomen
- gêneuse [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for handful:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
casse-pieds	bore; handful; nuisance; pain in the neck; pest; troublemaker	bore; bugger; creep; nag; pain in the ass; pain in the neck; yellowbelly
gêneur	bore; handful; nuisance; pain in the neck; pest; troublemaker
gêneuse	bore; handful; nuisance; pain in the neck; pest; troublemaker
importun	bore; handful; nuisance; pain in the neck; pest; troublemaker
importune	bore; handful; nuisance; pain in the neck; pest; troublemaker
-	fistful; smattering
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
importun		annoying; awkward; bothersome; delicate; disagreeable; exacting; hindrance-causing; ill-timed; incompetent; inconvenient; insistent; intrusive; obtrusive; pushy; undesirable; unfit; unsuitable; unwanted

Related Words for "handful":

handfuls

Synonyms for "handful":

smattering; small indefinite quantity; small indefinite amount
fistful; containerful

Related Definitions for "handful":

the quantity that can be held in the hand¹
a small number or amount¹
- only a handful of responses were received¹

Wiktionary Translations for handful:

handful

noun

small quantity
- handful → poignée
breadth of hand
- handful → manipule
amount held in hand
- handful → poignée

handful

noun

Quantité de matière qu’on peut prendre dans une main.
- poignée → handful; fistful
Petit nombre de personnes ou de choses.
- poignée → handful

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• handful	→ poignée	↔ Handvoll — eine kleine Menge, die in eine hohle Hand passt

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¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University