bretter

bʁete

Definition

Definition of bretter - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

dentelure

tr.

TECH.

tailler en créant des dentelures sur pierre ou bois

tr.

TECH.

L'artisan brette soigneusement le rebord de la sculpture en marbre.

créneler

denteler

scier

querelle

intr.

Dated

chercher querelle comme un bretteur

intr.

Dated

Il brettait sans cesse avec ses voisins au moindre désaccord.

bagarrer

chercher noise

provoquer

lenteur

intr.

Rare

CAN

prendre son temps de façon excessive pour agir

intr.

Rare

CAN

Arrête de bretter et dépêche-toi de finir ton travail !

flâner

lambiner

traîner

sculpture

tr.

TECH.

dégrossir la terre avec un outil denté en sculpture

tr.

TECH.

Le sculpteur brette l'argile pour préparer sa future œuvre.

dégrossir

modeler

tailler

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Origin of bretter

allemand, Bretter (planches)?

Examples of bretter in a sentence

L'apprenti apprend à bretter le bois pour former un motif régulier.
Il aime bretter sur les réseaux sociaux avec des inconnus.
Cesse de bretter pour un mot de travers, ce n’est pas sérieux.
Il a encore breté toute la matinée avant de prendre une décision.
On n’a pas le temps de bretter, le train part dans dix minutes.
Le professeur nous apprend à bretter correctement la terre avant le moulage.

Elle a passé la matinée à bretter le buste pour faire ressortir les volumes.

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English:notch, pick fights, ...
German:zacken, streiten wie ein Fechter, ...
Italian:dentellare, fare il duellante, ...
Spanish:hacer dentados, buscar pelea, ...
Portuguese:entalhar, arranjar brigas, ...
Chinese:刻出锯齿, 挑衅, ...
Japanese:ギザギザに削る, 喧嘩腰で絡む, ...
Arabic:سنن, تشاجر, ...
Hebrew:לְשַׁנֵּן, לְחַפֵּשׂ רִיב כְּמוֹ לּוֹחֵם חֶרֶב, ...
Russian:делать насечки, задираться, ...
Ukrainian:зубцювати, шукати сварки, ...
Catalan:dentellar, buscar brega, ...
Danish:fortakke, provokere, ...
Dutch:kartelen, ruzie zoeken, ...
Greek:σκαλίζω οδοντωτά, καβγαδίζω, ...
Hungarian:fogazott mintát faragni, kötekedni, ...
Khmer:ឆ្លាក់, រករឿងឈ្លោះ, ...
Korean:톱니 모양으로 다듬다, 시비를 걸다, ...
Polish:wycinać ząbkowania, szukać zwady, ...
Portuguese (BR):entalhar, arrumar briga, ...
Romanian:a dantela, a căuta ceartă, ...
Swedish:nagga, gräla, ...
Thai:ตัดให้เกิดรอยหยัก, หาเรื่องทะเลาะ, ...
Turkish:dişli yontmak, kavga çıkarmak, ...
Vietnamese:tạo răng cưa, gây gổ, ...

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