floor

floor
floor
A n
1 (of room) (wooden) plancher m, parquet m ; (stone) sol m ; (of car, lift) plancher m ; dance floor piste f de danse ; to polish the floor cirer le parquet ; to fall/sit/sleep on the floor tomber/s'asseoir/coucher par terre ; to take the floor [dancer] se lancer sur la piste de danse ;
2 (of sea, tunnel, valley) fond m ; the forest floor le tapis forestier ;
3 (of Stock Exchange) parquet m ; (of debating Chamber) auditoire m ; (of factory) atelier m ; questions from the floor des questions de l'auditoire ; to have/hold/take the floor avoir/garder/prendre la parole ; the floor is yours la parole est à vous ; to be elected from the floor être élu à vote ouvert ;
4 (storey) étage m ; on the first floor GB au premier étage ; US au rez-de-chaussée ; the top floor le dernier étage ; ground floor, bottom floor GB rez-de-chaussée m ; we're six floors up (on the sixth storey) nous sommes au sixième étage ; (six storeys above this storey) nous sommes six étages plus haut ;
5 Fin (of prices, charges) plancher m (on sur).
B vtr
1 (in cement) faire le sol de ; (in wood) mettre un plancher dans [room] ; an oak-floored room une pièce avec un parquet de chêne ;
2 (knock over) terrasser [attacker, boxer] ;
3 fig (silence) réduire [qn] au silence [person, critic] ; (stump) [question] décontenancer [candidate] ; the news floored me la nouvelle m'a laissé sans voix ;
4 ○ US Aut appuyer à fond sur [accelerator] ; to floor it ○ appuyer sur le champignon ○ .
Idioms
to wipe the floor with sb battre [qn] à plates coutures ; to cross the floor changer de camp.

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