What does grue in French mean?

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

The word grue in French means crane, crane, tart, whore, cool your heels, hang around, tower crane, white crane, common crane, Eurasian crane, sandhill crane, mobile crane. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word grue

crane

nom féminin (engin de levage) (machine)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour monter cela sur le toit de l'immeuble, il faudrait une grue.
To get that onto the roof of the building, we'll need a crane.

crane

nom féminin (échassier) (bird)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il n'y pas de grues en Amérique du sud.
There are no cranes in South America.

tart, whore

nom féminin (familier (fille de mauvaise vie) (prostitute: slang)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a des grues qui traînent dans ce quartier.
There are tarts hanging around this area.

cool your heels, hang around

locution verbale (attendre impatiemment)

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

tower crane

nom féminin (engin de levage) (lifting structure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il est courant de voir des grues à tour lever de lourdes charges sur le toit des immeubles.

white crane

nom féminin (race d'échassier) (bird)

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

common crane, Eurasian crane

nom féminin (grand oiseau migrateur gris) (wading bird: common name)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les grues cendrées vivent en Europe du Nord mais migrent en hiver.

sandhill crane

nom féminin (race d'échassier) (bird)

mobile crane

nom féminin (engin de chantier sur roues ou chenilles) (lifting device)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On se sert souvent d'une grue mobile pour poser le tablier d'un pont.

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