duck – English-français Translations in WikDict

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duck noun /dʊk/ , /dʌk/
An aquatic bird of the family Anatidae, having a flat bill and webbed feet.	canard, cane
(uncountable) The flesh of a duck used as food.	canard
Specifically, an adult female duck; contrasted with drake and with duckling.	cane, canard femelle, canard

duck verb /dʊk/ , /dʌk/
(transitive, figurative) To evade doing something.	esquiver
(intransitive) To quickly lower the head or body, often in order to prevent it from being struck by something. (transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.	baisser, esquiver
(intransitive) To go under the surface of water and immediately reappear; to plunge one's head into water or other liquid.	plonger

lame duck: boulet, canard boiteux
mandarin duck: canard mandarin
Donald Duck: Donald Duck, Donald
tufted duck: fuligule morillon, morillon
ferruginous duck: fuligule nyroca
harlequin duck: arlequin plongeur, canard arlequin, garrot arlequin
Muscovy duck: canard musqué, canard de Barbarie
long-tailed duck: harelde kakawi
if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck: si ça ressemble à un canard, si ça nage comme un canard et si ça cancane comme un canard, c’est qu’il s’agit sans doute d’un canard

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