Definition: un bec
beak, bill; nib of a pen; spout, (inf) - mouth
Le bec de ce type d'oiseau est jaune - This type of bird's beak is yellow.
J'ai cassé le bec de la théière - I broke the teapot's spout.
Ferme ton bec ! - Shut your mouth!
Related: un coup de bec - peck, cutting remark; clore/clouer le bec à qqun - to shut someone up; tomber sur un bec (inf) - to hit a snag, to come unstuck; être/rester le bec dans l'eau (inf) - to be left high and dry / in the lurch; défendre qqch bec et ongles - to fight tooth and nail for something
un bec Bunsen - Bunsen burner; un bec fin (inf) - gourmet; un bec de gaz - lamppost, gaslamp; une prise de bec - row, falling out
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beak, bill; nib of a pen; spout, (inf) - mouth
Le bec de ce type d'oiseau est jaune - This type of bird's beak is yellow.
J'ai cassé le bec de la théière - I broke the teapot's spout.
Ferme ton bec ! - Shut your mouth!
Related: un coup de bec - peck, cutting remark; clore/clouer le bec à qqun - to shut someone up; tomber sur un bec (inf) - to hit a snag, to come unstuck; être/rester le bec dans l'eau (inf) - to be left high and dry / in the lurch; défendre qqch bec et ongles - to fight tooth and nail for something
un bec Bunsen - Bunsen burner; un bec fin (inf) - gourmet; un bec de gaz - lamppost, gaslamp; une prise de bec - row, falling out
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