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Translate quarries from English to French

Summary

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quarries:
- mines; fosses; carrières
quarry:
- carrière
Wiktionary:
- quarry → carrière, proie, curée
- quarry → carrière

English

Detailed Translations for quarries from English to French

quarries:

quarries [the ~] nomen

the quarries (mines)
la mines; la fosses; la carrières
- mines [la ~] nomen
- fosses [la ~] nomen
- carrières [la ~] nomen
the quarries (stone pits)
la carrières
- carrières [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for quarries:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
carrières	mines; quarries; stone pits
fosses	mines; quarries	mine shafts
mines	mines; quarries	mine shafts

Related Words for "quarries":

quarry

quarry:

quarry [the ~] nomen

the quarry (stone pit)
la carrière
- carrière [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for quarry:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
carrière	quarry; stone pit	ditch; furrow; groove; mine; path of life; pit; slit; trench
-	fair game; pit; prey; stone pit; target

Related Words for "quarry":

quarries

Synonyms for "quarry":

prey; target; fair game; victim
pit; stone pit; excavation
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna
exploit; tap

Related Definitions for "quarry":

animal hunted or caught for food¹
a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate¹
- a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit'¹
a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence¹
extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry¹
- quarry marble¹

Wiktionary Translations for quarry:

quarry

noun

site for mining stone
- quarry → carrière
animal which is hunted
- quarry → proie

quarry

noun

endroit d’où extraire des matériaux de construction (pierres, sable, minéraux non métalliques), par opposition aux mines.
- carrière → quarry; gravel pit
Portion de bête que l’on donne aux chiens
- curée → quarry
Traductions à trier suivant le sens
- proie → prey; capture; quarry

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• quarry	→ carrière	↔ Steinbruch — Tagbau für die Gewinnung von Steinen

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University