pipe

pipe
A n
1 (conduit) (in building) tuyau m ; (underground) conduite f ; waste/gas pipe tuyau d'écoulement/de gaz ;
2 (for smoker) pipe f ; to smoke a pipe (habitually) fumer la pipe ; to have a pipe fumer une pipe ; to fill a pipe bourrer une pipe ;
3 Mus (on organ) tuyau m (d'orgue) ;
4 Mus (flute) chalumeau m ;
5 (birdsong) chant m ;
6 Naut sifflet m.
B pipes npl Mus cornemuse f.
C vtr
1 (carry) to pipe water into a house alimenter un foyer en eau ; oil is piped across/under/to le pétrole est transporté par canalisation à travers/sous/jusqu'à ; piped water eau courante ;
2 (transmit) diffuser [music] (to dans) ; music is piped throughout the store la musique est diffusée dans tout le magasin ;
3 (sing) [person] chanter [qch] d'une voix flûtée [tune] ;
4 (play) (on bagpipes) jouer [qch] sur sa cornemuse [tune] ; (on flute) jouer [qch] sur son chalumeau [tune] ;
5 Sewing passepoiler [cushion, collar] ; a cushion piped with pink un coussin avec un passepoil rose ;
6 Culin to pipe icing onto a cake décorer un gâteau ; to pipe sb's name on a cake décorer un gâteau du nom de qn ;
7 Naut siffler [order] ; to pipe sb aboard accueillir qn à bord au son du sifflet ; to pipe ‘all hands on deck’ siffler le rassemblement.
D vi siffler.
Phrasal verbs
■ pipe down ○ (quieten down) faire moins de bruit ; pipe down! tais-toi!
■ pipe in :
▶ pipe [sth] in, pipe in [sth] annoncer l'arrivée de [qch] au son d'une cornemuse [haggis, guests].
■ pipe up [voice] se faire entendre ; ‘it's me!’ she piped up ‘c'est moi!’ dit-elle d'une petite voix.

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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