What does combinaison in French mean?

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

The word combinaison in French means combination, combination, suit, slip, jumpsuit, scheme, ploy, subterfuge, stratagem, wetsuit, hazmat suit, ski suit, overalls, linear combination, spacesuit. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word combinaison

combination

nom féminin (suite de signes ordonnée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour ouvrir un coffre-fort, il faut connaître la combinaison.
To open a safe, you have to know the combination.

combination

nom féminin (mélange)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Son tempérament est une combinaison de douceur et de dureté.
His temperament is a combination of gentleness and firmness.

suit

nom féminin (vêtement de travail ou de sport)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les plâtriers et les peintres portent des combinaisons blanches.
Plasterers and painters wear white overalls.

slip

nom féminin (sous-vêtement féminin) (underwear)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Rebecca portait sous sa robe une combinaison de soie rose.
Rebecca was wearing a pink silk slip beneath her dress.

jumpsuit

nom féminin (vêtement féminin) (clothing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Isabelle portait une magnifique combinaison bleue à la cérémonie.

scheme, ploy, subterfuge, stratagem

nom féminin (calcul, manigance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il a utilisé toutes les combinaisons possibles pour obtenir ce poste.
He used all possible ploys to get that job.

wetsuit

nom féminin (équipement, tenue)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La combinaison de plongée est un vêtement isothermique porté par les adeptes de plongée sous-marine.

hazmat suit

nom féminin (habit protégeant de [qch])

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

ski suit

nom féminin (tenue pour le ski)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les enfants ont enfilé leur combinaison de ski avant de s'élancer sur les pistes.

overalls

nom féminin (vêtement allant des pieds au cou) (UK)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")

linear combination

nom féminin (concept algébrique)

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

spacesuit

nom féminin (vêtement pour le vide intersidéral)

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

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