What does boue in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word boue in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use boue in French.

The word boue in French means mud, sludge, mud bath, activated sludge, sludge, sediment, drilling mud, drilling fluid, mudslide, mudguard, mudflap, drag 's name through the mud. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word boue

mud

nom féminin (terre mouillée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après la pluie, il y a de la boue dans le chemin de terre.
After the rain there is mud on the dirt road.

sludge

nom féminin (déchet)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les boues d'épuration peuvent être compostées.
Sewage sludge can be composted.

mud bath

nom masculin (traitement thermal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

activated sludge

nom féminin (boue d'épuration biologique) (waste treatment)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

sludge, sediment

nom féminin (canal : résultat de drague) (waterway)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La boue de curage des canaux portuaires était autrefois utilisée comme engrais.

drilling mud, drilling fluid

nom féminin (résidu de forage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mudslide

nom féminin (mouvement de terrain humide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

mudguard

nom masculin invariable (protection sur un véhicule)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Malgré ses garde-boue, le dos de ce cycliste est couvert de boue.

mudflap

nom masculin invariable (dispositif anti boue)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il faudrait changer ce pare-boue.

drag 's name through the mud

locution verbale (figuré (dire du mal de [qqn]) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

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