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ditches:
- rigoles; fossés
ditch:
- fossé; fissure; creux; fente; carrière; sillon; chenal; passe
Wiktionary:
- ditch → sécher, faire l'école buissonnière, abandonner, larguer, débarrasser, laisser tomber
- ditch → tranchée, rigole, fossé
- ditch → fossé, plaquer, laisser tomber

English

Detailed Translations for ditches from English to French

ditches:

ditches [the ~] noun

the ditches
la rigoles; le fossés
- rigoles [la ~] noun
- fossés [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for ditches:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
fossés	ditches	castle-moats
rigoles	ditches

Related Words for "ditches":

ditch

ditch:

ditch [the ~] noun

the ditch (groove; slit; trench)
la fossé; la fissure; le creux; la fente; la carrière; le sillon
- fossé [la ~] noun
- fissure [la ~] noun
- creux [le ~] noun
- fente [la ~] noun
- carrière [la ~] noun
- sillon [le ~] noun
the ditch (trench)
le fossé
- fossé [le ~] noun
the ditch (channel; groove; fairway; lane)
le chenal; la passe
- chenal [le ~] noun
- passe [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for ditch:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
carrière	ditch; groove; slit; trench	furrow; groove; mine; path of life; pit; quarry; stone pit
chenal	channel; ditch; fairway; groove; lane	estuary; passage to the sea; tidal inlet; tidal outlet
creux	ditch; groove; slit; trench	cavity; channel groove; emptyness; hole; hollow; hollowness
fente	ditch; groove; slit; trench	cleft; crack; cranny; crevice; fissure; furrow; gap; groove; gully; nicks; notch; notches; opening; recess; scores; slash; slit; slot; space; split; trench
fissure	ditch; groove; slit; trench	crack; cracking; cracks; cranny; crash; crevice; fissure; flaw; opening; recess; space; splits
fossé	ditch; groove; slit; trench	castle-moat; fortification canal; fortress; furrow; groove; moat; mote; rampart; stronghold
passe	channel; ditch; fairway; groove; lane	estuary; passage to the sea; passe-partout; tidal inlet; tidal outlet
sillon	ditch; groove; slit; trench	cleft; facial line; fissure; furrow; gap; groove; gully; line; notch; slot; split; trench; wrinkle
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	chuck; dump; trench
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	drain; trench; trench dike
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
creux		being unable to see; blind; deep; deep-seated; empty; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; idle; meaningless; profound; sunken

Related Words for "ditch":

ditches

Synonyms for "ditch":

Related Definitions for "ditch":

a long narrow excavation in the earth¹
any small natural waterway¹
cut a trench in, as for drainage¹
- ditch the land to drain it¹
crash or crash-land¹
- ditch a car¹
- ditch a plane¹
make an emergency landing on water¹
sever all ties with, usually unceremoniously or irresponsibly¹
throw away¹
forsake¹
- ditch a lover¹

Wiktionary Translations for ditch:

ditch

verb

to play hookey
- ditch → sécher; faire l'école buissonnière
to abandon
- ditch → abandonner; larguer; débarrasser; laisser tomber

noun

trench
- ditch → tranchée; rigole; fossé

ditch

noun

fosse creusée pour enfermer, ou pour faire écouler les eaux
- fossé → ditch

verb

Ne pas aller en cours ou à l’école quand cela est obligatoire
- sécher → ditch; play truant; play hookey

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• ditch	→ fossé	↔ Graben — allgemein: länglicher Erdaushub
• ditch	→ plaquer; laisser tomber	↔ jemandem den Laufpass geben — die Beziehungen zu jemandem beenden

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University