What does cerveau in French mean?

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

The word cerveau in French means brain, head, mastermind, great mind, be a pea-brain, be a bird-brain, have a brain the size of a pea, think with your penis, think with your d***, deranged, disturbed, brainwashing, head cold, brain tumor. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cerveau

brain

nom masculin (organe)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le cerveau se trouve dans la boîte crânienne.
The brain is located inside the cranium.

head

nom masculin (siège de la pensée) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon cœur me dit d'aller déclarer mon amour à Julie, mais mon cerveau me dit de ne pas le faire.
My heart tells me to go and declare my love to Julie, but my head tells me not to.

mastermind

nom masculin (figuré (chef)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On a retrouvé le cerveau du réseau de trafiquants.
We have found the mastermind behind the trafficking network.

great mind

nom masculin (figuré (personne intelligente)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce type, c'est un cerveau : il est astrophysicien et sait parler 10 langues couramment !
This guy is a great mind: he is an astrophysicist and is fluent in 10 languages!

be a pea-brain, be a bird-brain

locution verbale (être idiot)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mon cousin a un petit pois à la place du cerveau et ne raconte que des bêtises.

have a brain the size of a pea

locution verbale (familier, péjoratif (être idiot)

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

think with your penis, think with your d***

locution verbale (familier, péjoratif (ne pas résister à ses pulsions sexuelles) (vulgar, figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

deranged, disturbed

locution adjectivale (un peu fou)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

brainwashing

nom masculin (sorte de torture psychologique)

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

head cold

nom masculin (rhume) (illness)

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

brain tumor

nom féminin (tumeur cérébrale) (US)

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

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