molosse

mɔlɔs

Definition

Definition of molosse - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

chien gardechien de grande taille utilisé pour garder les troupeaux

Le berger dressait son molosse pour protéger les moutons.

chien de garde

dogue

gardien brutalgardien au comportement brutal et menaçant

Ce molosse empêchait quiconque d'entrer dans le bâtiment.

cerbère

mammifère volant

TECH.

chauve-souris de très grande taille au museau renflé

TECH.

Le molosse volait dans la grotte à la recherche d'insectes.

métrique

Dated

pied de vers composé de trois syllabes longues

Dated

Le poète utilisa un molosse dans ce vers antique.

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Images of molosse

chien de grande taille utilisé pour garder les troupeaux
chauve-souris de très grande taille au museau renflé

Origin of molosse

grec, molossus (chien molosse)

Examples of molosse in a sentence

Un molosse impressionnant surveillait l'entrée du domaine.
Le molosse surveillait la porte avec férocité.
Un molosse patrouillait dans la cour la nuit.
Un molosse s'est accroché au plafond de la caverne.
Les scientifiques ont observé un molosse rare en forêt tropicale.
Le molosse apparaît rarement dans la poésie moderne.

Certains vers latins commencent par un molosse.

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English:mastiff, brute, ...
German:Molosser, Schlägertyp, ...
Italian:molosso, gorilla, ...
Spanish:mastín, matón, ...
Portuguese:cão de guarda, capanga, ...
Chinese:猛犬, 恶霸守卫, ...
Japanese:番犬, 乱暴な警備員, ...
Arabic:كلب حراسة ضخم, حارس متوحش, ...
Hebrew:מוֹלוֹס, בִּרְיוֹן, ...
Russian:молосс, амбал, ...
Ukrainian:молос, головоріз, ...
Catalan:mastí, goril.la, ...
Danish:molosser, bølle, ...
Dutch:molosser, reuzenhond, ...
Greek:μολοσσός, σκύλος-μπουλντόγκ, ...
Khmer:ឆ្កែយាមធំ, កំណាចយាម, ...
Korean:몰로스견, 거친 경비원, ...
Polish:owczarek, brutalny ochroniarz, ...
Portuguese (BR):cão de guarda, capanga, ...
Romanian:moloss, gorilă, ...
Swedish:mastiff, gorilla, ...
Thai:สุนัขพันธุ์โมลอส, ยามโหด, ...
Turkish:çoban köpeği, kaba bekçi, ...
Vietnamese:chó ngao, bảo vệ hung dữ, ...

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