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" The cow ! It was the cow that puzzled me.
– La vache ! c’est en effet la vache qui m’embarrassait.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
A lovely white cow with red spots.
Une belle vache blanche, avec des taches rousses.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
An old man approached me leading a cow by a halter.
Un vieux s’est approché de moi, traînant sur ses talons une vache au bout d’un cordeau.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Did you hear the simpleton affirm that this cow is white and black?
Entendez-vous l’imbécile déclarer cette vache blanche et noire.
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
We initiated the manure applications down at the pool: a mix of one half-portion fresh grated parsley to two parts cow shit, heated over an outdoor burner sizzling on the porch.
Nous commençâmes les applications de fumier près de la piscine : une demi-portion de persil haché pour deux de bouse de vache, le tout réchauffé sur un réchaud d'extérieur grésillant sous la véranda.
Mingus, Sue / Tonight at noonMingus, Sue / Pour l'amour de Mingus
Pour l'amour de Mingus
Mingus, Sue
© 2003 Editions du Layeur
Tonight at noon
Mingus, Sue
© 2002 by Sue Graham Mingus
It is about twenty minutes before they get off again, and, at the next corner, they see a cow, and you have to leave the boat to chivy the cow out of their way.
Il se passe bien vingt minutes avant qu’elles ne repartent, mais, au premier tournant, elles aperçoivent une vache, et vous devez débarquer pour chasser le paisible animal de leur chemin.
Jerome, Jerome Klapka / Three Men in a BoatJerome, Jerome Klapka / Trois hommes dans le bateau
Trois hommes dans le bateau
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
Three Men in a Boat
Jerome, Jerome Klapka
suckler cow shall mean a cow belonging to a meat breed or born of a cross with a meat breed, and belonging to a herd intended for rearing calves for meat production,
"vache allaitante", une vache appartenant à une race à orientation "viande" ou issue d'un croisement avec une de ces races et faisant partie d'un troupeau qui est destiné à l'élevage des veaux pour la production de viande;
She believed herself capable of carving a minister out of a cow-herd.
Elle se croyait de force à tailler un ministre dans un vacher.
Zola, Emile / The Fortune of the RougonsZola, Emile / La Fortune des Rougon
La Fortune des Rougon
Zola, Emile
The Fortune of the Rougons
Zola, Emile
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
For the special, suckler cow and slaughter premiums, Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 2342/1999 provides for the possibility of paying producers an advance of a certain percentage of the aid amount.
Pour la prime spéciale, la prime à la vache allaitante et la prime à l'abattage, l'article 41 du règlement (CE) n° 2343/1999 prévoit la possibilité de verser au producteur une avance d'un certain pourcentage du montant de l'aide.
There were mulattoes, too, and negroes of a jetty blackness from the plantations of Louisiana, who had exchanged for this free, roving life the twisted "cow-skin" of the overseer.
C'étaient des mulâtres aussi, des nègres, noirs comme du jais, échappés des plantations de la Louisiane, et qui préféraient cette vie vagabonde aux coups du fouet sifflant du commandeur.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It is impossible to cut off the leg of a cow and sell it if only a small amount of cash is needed.
Il est impossible de couper la patte d'une vache et de la vendre lorsque l'on a seulement besoin d'un petit montant en espèces.
Helms, BrigitHelms, Brigit
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / THE WORLD BANK
© 2006 Les Éditions Saint-Martin inc.
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
lms, Brigit
Helms, Brigi
© 2012 CGAP: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor
© 2006 The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank
I turned my sentence over seven times in my mouth, then partly closing my eyelids, and rounding my arms, I uttered the following words in the most fluted voice possible: ' My well-beloved subjects, the cow is both black and white '"
Je tournai sept fois ma phrase dans la bouche ; puis fermant les paupières à demi, arrondissant les bras, je prononçai ces mots du ton le plus flûté possible : « Mes bien-aimés sujets, la vache est noire et blanche, le tout ensemble. »
Zola, Emile / Contes à NinonZola, Emile / Stories for Ninon
Stories for Ninon
Zola, Emile
Contes à Ninon
Zola, Emile
Then, hugging her brother, as she accompanied him to the garden, she whispered into his ear with a blush: 'I should so like a cow.'
Puis, se serrant contre son frère, l'accompagnant au jardin: - Je voudrais une vache, lui dit-elle à l'oreille, toute rougissante.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Like the shelter-house, it was a cow-shed in which the Almighty received the poor ones of the earth.
De même que l’abri, c’était l’étable, où Dieu recevait ses pauvres.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities Trilogy - LourdesZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Les Trois Villes - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities Trilogy - Lourdes
Zola, Emile
The doctor gaily got into his gig and exclaimed: 'All right, my dear, I will attend to your cow.
Le docteur monta gaiement dans son cabriolet, en disant: - C'est ça, je soignerai la vache...
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Zola, Emile
Abbe Mouret's Transgression
Zola, Emile
© BiblioBazaar, LLC

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cash cow
vache à lait
sea cow
vache de mer

Word forms

cow

noun
SingularPlural
Common casecowcows
Possessive casecow'scows'

cow

verb
Basic forms
Pastcowed
Imperativecow
Present Participle (Participle I)cowing
Past Participle (Participle II)cowed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I cowwe cow
you cowyou cow
he/she/it cowsthey cow
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am cowingwe are cowing
you are cowingyou are cowing
he/she/it is cowingthey are cowing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have cowedwe have cowed
you have cowedyou have cowed
he/she/it has cowedthey have cowed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been cowingwe have been cowing
you have been cowingyou have been cowing
he/she/it has been cowingthey have been cowing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I cowedwe cowed
you cowedyou cowed
he/she/it cowedthey cowed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was cowingwe were cowing
you were cowingyou were cowing
he/she/it was cowingthey were cowing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had cowedwe had cowed
you had cowedyou had cowed
he/she/it had cowedthey had cowed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been cowingwe had been cowing
you had been cowingyou had been cowing
he/she/it had been cowingthey had been cowing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will cowwe shall/will cow
you will cowyou will cow
he/she/it will cowthey will cow
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be cowingwe shall/will be cowing
you will be cowingyou will be cowing
he/she/it will be cowingthey will be cowing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have cowedwe shall/will have cowed
you will have cowedyou will have cowed
he/she/it will have cowedthey will have cowed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been cowingwe shall/will have been cowing
you will have been cowingyou will have been cowing
he/she/it will have been cowingthey will have been cowing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would cowwe should/would cow
you would cowyou would cow
he/she/it would cowthey would cow
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be cowingwe should/would be cowing
you would be cowingyou would be cowing
he/she/it would be cowingthey would be cowing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have cowedwe should/would have cowed
you would have cowedyou would have cowed
he/she/it would have cowedthey would have cowed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been cowingwe should/would have been cowing
you would have been cowingyou would have been cowing
he/she/it would have been cowingthey would have been cowing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am cowedwe are cowed
you are cowedyou are cowed
he/she/it is cowedthey are cowed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being cowedwe are being cowed
you are being cowedyou are being cowed
he/she/it is being cowedthey are being cowed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been cowedwe have been cowed
you have been cowedyou have been cowed
he/she/it has been cowedthey have been cowed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was cowedwe were cowed
you were cowedyou were cowed
he/she/it was cowedthey were cowed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being cowedwe were being cowed
you were being cowedyou were being cowed
he/she/it was being cowedthey were being cowed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been cowedwe had been cowed
you had been cowedyou had been cowed
he/she/it had been cowedthey had been cowed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be cowedwe shall/will be cowed
you will be cowedyou will be cowed
he/she/it will be cowedthey will be cowed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been cowedwe shall/will have been cowed
you will have been cowedyou will have been cowed
he/she/it will have been cowedthey will have been cowed