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Translate caltrop from English to French

Summary

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caltrop:
- clou d'acier; piège; chausse-trape
Wiktionary:
- caltrop → tribule terrestre, centaurée chausse-trape, chardon étoilé, pied de corbeau, chausse-trape, tribule

English

Detailed Translations for caltrop from English to French

caltrop:

caltrop [the ~] nom

the caltrop (mantrap)
le clou d'acier
- clou d'acier [le ~] nom
the caltrop (mantrap)
le piège; la chausse-trape
- piège [le ~] nom
- chausse-trape [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for caltrop:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
chausse-trape	caltrop; mantrap
clou d'acier	caltrop; mantrap
piège	caltrop; mantrap	ambush; clamp; clip; cramp; cramp-iron; noose; pitfall; stag-evil; trap; trapping; trick
-	Centauria calcitrapa; Tribulus terestris; devil's weed; star-thistle; water chestnut; water chestnut plant

Synonyms for "caltrop":

devil's weed; Tribulus terestris; subshrub; suffrutex
water chestnut; water chestnut plant; aquatic plant; water plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant
star-thistle; Centauria calcitrapa; centaury

Related Definitions for "caltrop":

Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America¹
a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits¹
tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed¹

Wiktionary Translations for caltrop:

caltrop

noun

Tribulus terrestris
- caltrop → tribule terrestre
starthistle
- caltrop → centaurée chausse-trape; chardon étoilé
weaponry
- caltrop → pied de corbeau; chausse-trape

caltrop

noun

pièce de fer garnir de pointes qu’on jeter dans les gués, sur les routes, et où hommes et cheval s’enferrer.
- chausse-trape → caltrop; caltrap
plante
- tribule → caltrop

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University