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Detailed Translations for hollow from English to French

hollow:

hollow [the ~] noun

  1. the hollow (hole; cavity)
    le trou; la fosse; le creux; la cavité
  2. the hollow (niche; cavity; alcove)
    la niche; la cavité; la tanière; le compartiment; la caverne
  3. the hollow (hollow in the dunes; dip; valley)
  4. the hollow (sinking in; prolapse; sinking; subsidence; going under)

Translation Matrix for hollow:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
affaissement going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence bulge; caving in; collapse; collapsing; decline; sag
caverne alcove; cavity; hollow; niche burrow; cave; cavern; cavity; compartment; grotto; niche
cavité alcove; cavity; hole; hollow; niche cavity; compartment; emptyness; hollowness; niche
compartiment alcove; cavity; hollow; niche bucket; cavity; compartment; data compartment; niche
creux cavity; hole; hollow channel groove; ditch; emptyness; groove; hollowness; slit; trench
cuvette dip; hollow; hollow in the dunes; valley barrel; bucket; butt; cask; coal-scuttle; drum; ewer; hold; jug; pail; pan; sink; tub; vat; vessel; wash-hand basin; washbasin; water jug
cuvette dans les dunes dip; hollow; hollow in the dunes; valley
fosse cavity; hole; hollow burial pit; burial place; crypt; furrow; grave; groove; mine; mineshaft; pit; quill; resting-place; tomb; vault
niche alcove; cavity; hollow; niche alcove; box; cage; carton; cavity; compartment; depository; dog kennel; doghouse; kennel; niche; pen; pig-sty; prank; rabbit-hutch; roguish trick; storeroom; storing space; trick
tanière alcove; cavity; hollow; niche cavity; compartment; niche
tassement de terrain going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence
trou cavity; hole; hollow air channel; air duct; air hole; back of beyond; breach; coal-pits; eye; far corner; free hour; free period; hole; leak; leakage; middle of nowhere; odd hour; punch-mark; puncture; remote corner; vent hole; ventilating shaft
éboulement going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence collapsing
écroulement going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence bust-up; caving in; collapse; collapsing; crash; fall; falling down; sagging; slump; smash
- hole; holler
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- core out; dig; excavate; hollow out
AdjectiveRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- empty; vacuous
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- cavity; depression; dull; hole; housing; indentation; muffled; notch; recess
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
banal empty; hollow; idle; meaningless acceptable; average; banal; below the belt; coarse; common; commonplace; crude; current; futile; gross; infinitesimal; insignificant; little; meaningless; mediocre; minimal; minor; nasty; rotten; scant; seedy; shabby; slight; small; trifling; trite; trivial; unimportant; unmannerly; unremarkable; unsavory; unsavoury; vapid; vulgar
creux empty; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; idle; meaningless; sunken being unable to see; blind; deep; deep-seated; profound
enfoncé gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken deep; deep-seated; sunken
maigre gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; sunken bony; delicate; emaciated; fat-free; few; flimsy; lean; lightly built; lousy; low-fat; meager; meagre; miserable; parched; petite; poor; poverty stricken; puny; shabby; skinny; slender; slight; small-boned; spidery; spiky; thin; weedy
maigre comme un clou emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken bony; emaciated; gaunt
maigre comme un coucou emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken
maigre comme un échalas emaciated; gaunt; haggard; hollow; hollow-eyed; starved; sunken
vide de sens empty; hollow; idle; meaningless aimless; idle; meaningless; mindless; pointless; purposeless; senseless; unusable; useless

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Related Definitions for "hollow":

  1. devoid of significance or point1
    • a hollow victory1
  2. as if echoing in a hollow space1
    • the hollow sound of footsteps in the empty ballroom1
  3. not solid; having a space or gap or cavity1
    • a hollow wall1
    • a hollow tree1
    • hollow cheeks1
    • his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year1
  4. a depression hollowed out of solid matter1
  5. a small valley between mountains1
    • he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians1
  6. a cavity or space in something1
    • hunger had caused the hollows in their cheeks1
  7. remove the interior of1
  8. remove the inner part or the core of1

Wiktionary Translations for hollow:

hollow
adjective
  1. without substance
  2. having an empty space inside
hollow
noun
  1. cavité, concavité, trou.
  2. action d’enfoncer, de s’enfoncer ou résultat de cette action.
  3. litt|fr vallée étroite, espace de terre resserrer entre deux coteaux.
  4. Petite vallée, espace de terre resserrer entre deux coteaux.
adjective
  1. Qui présente une cavité, un trou intérieur.
  2. Qui ne contenir rien ; qui est totalement dépourvoir de.

Cross Translation:
FromToVia
hollow creux hohl — ohne Inhalt
hollow creux; étouffé hohl — dumpf, dunkel klingend
hollow creux hohl — nach innen gebogen, eine Mulde bildend

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