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Translate poltroons from English to French

Summary

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poltroon:
- couard; lâche; poltron; pleutre; bleu
Wiktionary:
- poltroon → lâche, pleutre, couard, dégonflé, poule-mouillée, couille molle, poltron

English

Detailed Translations for poltroons from English to French

poltroon:

poltroon [the ~] noun

the poltroon (coward; rookie; chicken; freshman; greenhorn; novice; dogs and cats; hare's foot)
le couard; le lâche; le poltron; le pleutre; le bleu
- couard [le ~] noun
- lâche [le ~] noun
- poltron [le ~] noun
- pleutre [le ~] noun
- bleu [le ~] noun

Translation Matrix for poltroon:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bleu	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie	beginner; bruise; contusion; dungarees; fresh man; freshman; greenhorn; newcomer; novice; overalls; rookie
couard	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie
lâche	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie
pleutre	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie
poltron	chicken; coward; dogs and cats; freshman; greenhorn; hare's foot; novice; poltroon; rookie	scaredy-cat
-	craven; recreant
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	coward
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bleu		blue
lâche		abstemious; bad; cheerless; clumsy; doltish; drab; dreary; dull; faint; feeble; frail; gawky; gloomy; grey; joyless; not very good; owlish; pale; poor; sad; sick; slackly; stiff; uneasy; ungenerously; unhandy; wan; weak; wooden

Related Words for "poltroon":

poltroons

Synonyms for "poltroon":

cowardly; fearful
craven; recreant; coward

Related Definitions for "poltroon":

characterized by complete cowardliness¹
an abject coward¹

Wiktionary Translations for poltroon:

poltroon

noun

an ignoble or arrant coward
- poltroon → lâche; pleutre; couard; dégonflé; poule-mouillée; couille molle; poltron

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University