What does graisse in French mean?

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

The word graisse in French means fat, fat, grease, grease, lubricate, moisturize, get grease on, put grease on, put in bold, put in bold type, animal fat, goose fat, cooking juices, unsaturated fat, saturated fat, vegetable fat, flab, bad fat, Move your fat bum!. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word graisse

fat

nom féminin (tissu adipeux) (bodily substance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Certains animaux font des réserves de graisse pour passer l'hiver. Je fais beaucoup de sport dans l'espoir de perdre de la graisse et de prendre des muscles.
Some animals build up fat reserves to get through the winter.

fat

nom féminin (Cuisine : matière grasse) (cookery)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si mes pommes de terre sont si bonnes, c'est que je les ai fait cuire dans de la graisse de canard.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. It's going to take me ages to clean the grease off this pan!

grease

nom féminin (lubrifiant) (lubricant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je vais mettre un peu de graisse sur ton dérailleur et il devrait mieux marcher après ça.
I'll put a little grease on your derailleur and it should work better after that.

grease

verbe transitif (enduire de graisse)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Pour protéger le cuir de la pluie, il faut le graisser.

lubricate

verbe transitif (lubrifier)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La garagiste se charge de graisser la voiture.

moisturize

verbe transitif (rendre gras)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il s'agit d'une crème spéciale pour graisser les mains.

get grease on, put grease on

verbe transitif (salir de graisse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
En réparant le moteur de la voiture, Pierre a graissé sa chemise.

put in bold, put in bold type

verbe transitif (mettre en caractère gras)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Après relecture, nous décidons de graisser les sous-titres.

animal fat

nom féminin (graisse issue de tissu d'animal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On utilise la graisse animale pour faire des biocarburants.

goose fat

nom féminin (matière grasse d'oie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Dans le Périgord, on aime cuisiner ses pommes de terre avec de la graisse d'oie.

cooking juices

nom féminin (corps gras d'après cuisson)

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

unsaturated fat

nom féminin (graisse favorable à la santé)

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

saturated fat

nom féminin (graisse néfaste à la santé)

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

vegetable fat

nom féminin (corps gras d'origine végétale)

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

flab

nom féminin (graisse superflue)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Marie essaie de se débarrasser de sa mauvaise graisse en reprenant le sport.

bad fat

nom féminin (nutrition : graisse de mauvaise qualité)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les produits industriels utilisent souvent de mauvaises graisses.

Move your fat bum!

interjection (familier (Déplace-toi !) (UK, colloquial)

(interjection: Exclamation--for example, "Oh no!" "Wow!")

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