patachon

pataʃɔ̃

Definition

Definition of patachon - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

diligence

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conducteur d'une diligence appelée patache

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Le patachon fouettait ses chevaux pour arriver à temps.

navigation

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marin servant à bord d'un navire léger appelé patache

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Le patachon hissa les voiles du petit navire.

bateau

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douanier naviguant sur un navire du service des douanes

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Le patachon contrôlait les marchandises des navires suspects.

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vie de patachon

mode de vie fait de plaisirs et de désordre

Il mène une vie de patachon depuis qu'il a hérité.

mener une vie de patachon

vivre dans la débauche et les excès

Il a mené une vie de patachon pendant ses années d'université.

Origin of patachon

français, patachon (conducteur de diligence)

Examples of patachon in a sentence

Un vieux patachon racontait ses aventures à l'auberge.
Le patachon surveillait la côte depuis le pont.
Un jeune patachon apprenait les nœuds marins.
Le patachon inspecte les cales du bateau marchand.
Plusieurs patachons patrouillaient sur le pont au lever du jour.

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English:stagecoach driver, patache sailor, ...
German:Patache-Kutscher, Patache-Matrose, ...
Italian:vetturino, marinaio della patache, ...
Spanish:patachón, aduanero que trabaja a bordo de un barco de aduanas, ...
Portuguese:condutor de patache, marinheiro de patache, ...
Chinese:马车夫, 小型船水手, ...
Japanese:御者, パタッシュ船の船員, ...
Arabic:سائق العربة, بحار على الباتاش, ...
Hebrew:נַהַג פָּטָשׁ, מַלָּח בְּסִפְנַת פָּטַשׁ, ...
Russian:кучер паташа, паташон, ...
Ukrainian:кучер паташа, паташник, ...
Catalan:pataixó, mariner de pataixó, ...
Danish:diligencekusk, sømand på en patache, ...
Dutch:koetsier van een patache, patachematroos, ...
Greek:αμαξάς, παταχονιέρης, ...
Khmer:អ្នកបើករទេះប៉ាតាស, នាវិកលើនាវាប៉ាតាស, ...
Korean:마차 운전사, 파타슈 선원, ...
Polish:woźnica dyliżansu, marynarz na patache, ...
Portuguese (BR):condutor de patache, marinheiro de patache, ...
Romanian:vizitiu de patache, patachon, ...
Swedish:diligenskusk, sjöman, ...
Thai:สารถีรถม้าปาตาช, ลูกเรือปาตาช, ...
Turkish:faytoncu, patache denizcisi, ...
Vietnamese:người đánh xe patache, thủy thủ trên tàu patache, ...

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Definition of patachon - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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