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WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| bush n | vulgar, informal (woman's pubic hair) | pubis nm |
| | (très familier, vulgaire) | touffe nf |
| | Does she shave her bush? |
| | Elle se rase le pubis ? |
| bush n | (engineering: bearing) (Génie mécanique) | palier à douille nm |
bush,
ivy bush n | archaic (ivy decoration at tavern) | lierre décoratif nm |
| | An ivy bush atop a pole indicated the presence of a tavern. |
bush,
bush lot n | Can (land used for timber) | zone forestière nf |
| | Most of the land had been cleared for crops, but there were still a few bush lots here and there to provide firewood for the winter. |
| | La plupart des terres a été dégagée pour les récoltes, mais il y avait encore quelques zones forestières pour fournir du bois de chauffage pour l'hiver. |
| bush n | (thicket) | buisson nm |
| | Wear long sleeves when you prune the bush; there are lots of thorns. |
| | Porte des manches longues quand tu tailles ce buisson : il est plein d'épines. |
| bush⇒ vi | (grow bushy) | pousser en broussaille vi |
| | My tomato plants are starting to bush; they should produce lots of fruit. |
| bush [sth]⇒ vtr | (cover [sth] with bushes) | couvrir de buissons vtr |
| | We should bush the motorcycle to camouflage it. |
| | On devrait couvrir les motos de buissons pour les camoufler. |
Formes composées
bush | bushed |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2026:
| A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. expr | (Don't risk what you have.) | Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras. expr |
| | I'm told I can do better if I keep looking for opportunities, but I'll stay at this job for now; after all, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. |
beat around the bush,
also UK: beat about the bush v expr | figurative (avoid getting to the point) (figuré, familier) | tourner autour du pot loc v |
| | Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason! |
| | Arrête de tourner autour du pot et donne-moi la vraie raison ! |
beating around the bush,
beating about the bush n | (not getting to the point) (figuré, familier) | tourner autour du pot loc v |
| | All this beating around the bush is starting to annoy me; just say yes or no! |
blackberry,
blackberry bush n | (shrub that bears blackberries) (arbuste) | mûrier nm |
| | | ronce nf |
| | There are blackberries near the back of the orchard. |
| | Il y a des mûriers vers le fond du verger. |
blueberry,
blueberry bush n | (bush that bears blueberries) (arbuste) | myrtillier nm |
| | The plants by the fence aren't raspberries, they're blueberries. |
| | Les plantes le long de la barrière ne sont pas des framboisiers, mais des myrtilliers. |
| burning bush n | (Bible: in Book of Exodus) (Bible) | buisson ardent nm |
| bush baby n | (African mammal) (mammifère africain) | galago nm |
| bush clover n | (flowering plant) | trèfle du Japon nm |
bush jacket,
safari jacket n | (shirtlike jacket) (veste) | saharienne nf |
| bush league n | (minor-league baseball) (Sports) | ligue mineure nf |
bush league,
bush-league adj | US, figurative (amateurish) | d'amateur loc adj |
| Note: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective that precedes the noun |
| bush meals npl | (native Australian foods) | plats aborigènes nmpl |
bush pig,
bushpig,
boschvark,
bosvark n | (wild pig: Africa) (animal africain) | potamochère nm |
| Note: This refers to a genus of wild pig, which includes several species with individual names. |
| bush pilot | (small aircraft pilot) | pilote de brousse nmf |
| bush plane n | (for remote areas) | avion de cabotage, avion de brousse |
| | A bush plane is sometimes the only means of getting to remote locations. |
| | Un avion de cabotage est parfois le seul moyen d'accéder à des lieux isolés. |
| bush telegraph n | informal, figurative (rural communication) | téléphone de brousse nm |
| bush telegraph n | informal, figurative (gossip) | téléphone arabe nm |
| | | bouche à oreille nm |
bushfood,
bush tucker n | (Australian native foods) (nourriture australienne) | nourriture du bush nf |
| butterfly bush n | (flowering plant: buddleia) | arbre aux papillons,
arbre à papillons nm |
| caper bush n | (plant with edible buds and berries) (arbuste) | câprier nm |
dittany,
gas plant,
burning bush,
fraxinella n | (aromatic herb) (herbe) | flaxinelle nf |
| | (herbe) | dictame nm |
| go bush v expr | AU, informal (go wild) | se déchaîner⇒ v pron |
guelder rose,
cranberry bush,
snowball bush n | (shrub) | viorne aubier, rose de Gueldre nf |
highbush cranberry,
cranberry bush,
cranberry tree n | US (bush bearing red berries) (plante) | viorne trilobée nf |
mountain laurel,
calico bush n | (North American laurel) | laurier des montagnes, laurier d'Amérique nm |
rosebush,
rose bush n | (tree bearing roses) | rosier nm |
| strawberry bush n | (variety of shrub) | fusain d'Amérique nm |
tree poppy,
bush poppy n | (flowering shrub: California) (pavot) | dendromecon rigida nm |
without beating around the bush,
without beating about the bush adv | informal (in a straightforward way) (figuré, familier) | ne pas y aller par quatre chemins loc v |
| | He told me right away what he thought, without beating about the bush. |