What does tube in French mean?

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

The word tube in French means tube, hit, tube, tube, underground, case, full blast, at full blast, pipe wrench, Stillson wrench, stillson, one-hit wonder, shock tube, discharge tube, test tube, vacuum tube, pickup tube, neon tube, bronchial tube, capillary tube, cathode-ray tube, mailing tube, shipping tube, tube of glue, tube of toothpaste, Pitot tube, power tube, alimentary canal, electron tube, fluorescent tube, picture tube, neural tube, neural tube, photomultiplier tube, dip tube, pollen tube. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tube

tube

nom masculin (petit cylindre allongé rigide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les médicaments sont parfois conditionnés en tube.
Medicines are sometimes packaged in tubes.

hit

nom masculin (familier (chanson à succès) (song)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet artiste est doué, il enchaîne les tubes.
This artist is gifted; he gets one hit after another.

tube

nom masculin (emballage allongé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je dois acheter un tube de dentifrice.
I need to buy a tube of toothpaste.

tube, underground

nom masculin (vieilli (métro) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tu iras à la piscine en tube ou à vélo ?
Will you go to the pool by tube or by bike?

case

verbe transitif (garnir de tubes)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il tube le conduit de cheminée.

full blast, at full blast

locution adverbiale (figuré, familier (au maximum, complètement)

pipe wrench, Stillson wrench, stillson

nom féminin (clé à griffe, clé Stillson) (US)

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

one-hit wonder

nom masculin (vedette musicale éphémère)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
One-hit wonders? Scott McKenzie in 1967 with San Francisco.

shock tube

nom masculin (calculateur d'ondes de détonation) (engineering)

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

discharge tube

nom masculin (tube électrique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les tubes à décharge servent à réguler la tension électrique.

test tube

nom masculin (petit tube en verre) (science)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les chimistes utilisent des tubes à essais.

vacuum tube

nom masculin (composant électronique) (US, electronics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tube à vide est un amplificateur de signal.

pickup tube

nom masculin (transformateur d'image en signal) (television)

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

neon tube

nom masculin (tube d'éclairage au gaz Néon)

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

bronchial tube

nom masculin (cathéter pour les bronches) (anatomy)

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

capillary tube

nom masculin (tube très fin)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On parle de tube capillaire lorsque le liquide monte dans un tube, généralement très fin.

cathode-ray tube

nom masculin (tube d'écran télé)

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

mailing tube, shipping tube

nom masculin (enveloppe cylindrique)

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

tube of glue

nom masculin (flacon de colle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'ai besoin d'un tube de colle pour réparer mes chaussures.

tube of toothpaste

nom masculin (récipient pour dentifrice)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pense à acheter un tube de dentifrice si tu vas en course.

Pitot tube

nom masculin (système de mesure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tube de Pitot sert à mesurer la vitesse des fluides.

power tube

nom masculin (dispositif d'amplification) (amplifier)

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

alimentary canal

nom masculin (œsophage et intestins) (anatomy)

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

electron tube

nom masculin (tube à vide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tube électronique peut être utilisé comme amplificateur de signal.

fluorescent tube

nom masculin (type de lampe électrique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les grands bâtiments sont éclairés par tubes fluorescents.

picture tube

nom masculin (TV : tube à bombardement d'électrons) (television)

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

neural tube

nom masculin (tube à l'origine du système nerveux) (anatomy)

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

neural tube

nom masculin (système nerveux primitif)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tube neural désigne le système nerveux des embryons.

photomultiplier tube

nom masculin (détecteur de photons)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un tube photomultiplicateur permet la détection de photons.

dip tube

nom masculin (tube pour pomper un récipient)

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

pollen tube

nom masculin (botanique : tube conducteur des gamètes)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le tube pollinique est émis par un grain de pollen et permet de conduire les gamètes à l'ovule de la plante.

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