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chemin de fer

Meaning of "chemin de fer" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHEMIN DE FER

French: railway, referring to the fast tempo of the game.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHEMIN DE FER

ʃəˈmæn də ˈfɛə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHEMIN DE FER

noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chemin de fer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHEMIN DE FER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chemin de fer

Chemin de fer is a French phrase meaning "railroad" or "the railway". Chemin de fer may refer to: ▪ Chemin-de-fer, the original version of the card game baccarat when it was introduced to France ▪ Le chemin de fer, Op. 27, an 1844 étude composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan ▪ Chemin de Fer, a play by Georges Feydeau ▪ Étude aux chemins de fer, a 1948 composition by Pierre Schaeffer constructed from railway sounds ▪ "Chemin de Fer", a poem by Elizabeth Bishop from North and South...

Definition of chemin de fer in the English dictionary

The definition of chemin de fer in the dictionary is a gambling game, a variation of baccarat.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHEMIN DE FER

affair · airfare · fair · fanfare · fare · fayre · fieldfare · forfair · funfair · lawfare · Mayfair · misfare · savoir-faire · thoroughfare · unfair · warfare · welfare · workfare

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHEMIN DE FER

chemical sympathectomy · chemical toilet · chemical warfare · chemical weapons · chemically · chemically dependent · chemicals · chemicking · chemiluminescence · chemiluminescent · chemiosmosis · chemiosmotic · chemise · chemisette · chemism · chemisorb · chemisorption · chemist · chemist´s · chemistries

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHEMIN DE FER

bank transfer · buffer · confer · differ · do-it-yourselfer · golfer · infer · lucifer · offer · on offer · prefer · refer · sniffer · special offer · subwoofer · suffer · surfer · transfer · wafer · woofer

Synonyms and antonyms of chemin de fer in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chemin de fer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHEMIN DE FER

Find out the translation of chemin de fer to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chemin de fer from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chemin de fer» in English.
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Translator English - Chinese

十一点
1,325 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Spanish

chemin de fer
570 millions of speakers
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English

chemin de fer
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

Chemin de Fer
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

محطة السكك الحديدية
280 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Russian

железку
278 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Portuguese

chemin de fer
270 millions of speakers
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চিমটি
260 millions of speakers
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Translator English - French

chemin de fer
220 millions of speakers
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Chemin de fer
190 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

シュマン·ドFER
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

chemin 드 선봉
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Javanese

Chemin de fer
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chemin de fer
80 millions of speakers
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Chemin de fer
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Marathi

केमिन डे फेर
75 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Turkish

Chemin De Fer
70 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
65 millions of speakers
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Chemin de fer
50 millions of speakers
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залізяку
40 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Romanian

chemin de fer
30 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
15 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
14 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
10 millions of speakers
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chemin de fer
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chemin de fer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHEMIN DE FER»

Discover the use of chemin de fer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chemin de fer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rapport Sur Le Chemin de Fer Établi Suivant Le Système ...
Et Sur La̕pplication de Ce Système Aux Chemins de Fer en Général Charles François Mallet. Ce sont les résultats de ce voyage que je vais consigner ici. J' yjoindrai un aperçu sur l'application du système atmosphérique aux chemins de fer ...
Charles François Mallet, 1844
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Promenades Sur Le Chemin de Fer
M. de W. ritait certes point l'immense faveurqu'on lui a faite malgré elle; Anvers n' a presque rien gagné à ce détour, si l'on con- . sidère qu'elle communique avec Gand par l'Escaut, et que ces deux villes échangent des transports de ...
M. de W., 1838
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Reading and Riding: Hachette's Railroad Bookstore Network in ...
Contract between the Chemin de fer de Paris a Orleans and MM. L. Hachette et Cie for the Bibliotheque des Chemins de Fer, 8 July 1852, CAMT 48 AQ3549. 7. The council discussed the matter of censorship again on 1 and 8 February 1856  ...
Eileen S. DeMarco, 2006
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Routledge Dictionnaire Technique Anglais
... mountain railroad n (AmEl, ~ mountain railway n (BrEl TRANSP chemin de fer de montagne à crémaillére m; - rail n RAIL crémaillére f, rail crémaillére m; rail denté m; TRANSP crémaillére/ - railroad n (AmEl (cf rack railwayl TRANSP chemin ...
Yves Arden, Neil Clements, 1994
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Across the Borders: Financing the World's Railways in the ...
... and was renamed Societe ottomane du chemin de fer de Damas-Hamas et Prolongements. It was this company that built most of the Syrian Railways/7 The concession of the Jaffa-Jerusalem Railway was initially granted in 1888 to another ...
Ralf Roth, Günter Dinhobl, 2008
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Elizabeth Bishop: Life and the Memory of it
Through the summer, she also worked on two relatively minor poems, "Chemin de Fer" and "Little Exercise," and the relatively major "Large Bad Picture." All three poems were published in the New Yorker in the spring of 1946; Elizabeth's  ...
Brett Candlish Millier, 1993
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Essays on International Law and Practice
... Paix avec la Turquie, signé à Sèvres le 10 août 1920, mais non encore ratifié, serait due par le Gouvernement Britannique à la Société du Chemin de Fer Ottoman de Jaffa à Jérusalem et Prolongements, le Gouvernement Britannique ayant, ...
Shabtai Rosenne, 2007
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Elizabeth Bishop: Her Poetics of Loss
Elizabeth Bishop, "Chemin de Fer" The title of Elizabeth Bishop's first volume of poetry could very well have found inspiration in Elizabeth Gaskell's novel North and South, which weaves together the opposing northern industrialist and ...
Susan McCabe, 2010
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Networks of Design: Proceedings of the 2008 Annual ...
Ponts et Chaussées, Clauses et conditions auxquelles sera concédée l' entreprise du chemin de fer d'Anvers à Liège, formant la première section de la route d'Anvers à Cologne. Brussels. Simons, P. & De Ridder, G. (March 1833). Mémoire à ...
Jonathan Glynne, Fiona Hackney, Minton, Viv, 2010
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Scarne on Card Games: How to Play and Win at Poker, ...
Chemin de Fer Gamblers call it Shimmy, it is a variation of the game Baccarat and it is a rich cousin of Black Jack. Most of this country's rug joints, or fashionable casinos, have a Shimmy table. The game's relative infrequency is due mainly to ...
John Scarne, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHEMIN DE FER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chemin de fer is used in the context of the following news items.
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ASK EMILY: Insured? Watch out for out-of-pocket costs
... 14 years old, my biggest concerns were pimples and whether I could con my mother into buying me a pair of the latest Chemin de Fer jeans. «The Bakersfield Californian, Jul 15»
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Undocumented migrants, King Lear in French and RFI feature in …
... by Julien Mabiala Bissila from Congo, who won the RFI Theatre Writing Award in 2014,with his Chemin de Fer. Also from Bissila's compatriot, ... «RFI, Jul 15»
3
Valais, 200 ans d'histoire
1/21 1942. Le chemin de fer à crémaillère du Gornergrat, culminant à plus de 3000 m, ravit les touristes depuis plus de cent ans. La vue sur le ... «L'illustré, Jun 15»
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France - Cameroun, Une relation ancienne
... programme d'équipements : construction du port de Douala, achèvement du chemin de fer du Centre, création de routes et d'aérodromes. «Cameroon-info.net, Jun 15»
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Interpellation du ministre Sada par le député Mariko: L'affaire de la …
Parmi eux Ismail Traoré actuel commissaire du chemin de fer de Kayes, beau-frère du ministre Sada Samaké. Dans la même veine, le DG de ... «Malijet - Actualité malienne, Jun 15»
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Impacts limités de la rationalisation du carburant sans une politique …
Celles de la voie d'eau et du chemin de fer étant souvent moins chers. ... entre le chemin de fer et la route ; d'autre part une incitation au transport maritime, afin ... «Liberté-Algérie, Jun 15»
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Le Port de Montréal salue la toute première Stratégie maritime du …
Le Port de Montréal possède son propre réseau de chemin de fer directement sur les quais. Il est relié aux deux réseaux ferroviaires ... «CNW Telbec, Jun 15»
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Florida Five: Is Fla. flag a symbol of the Confederacy?, Fla. could …
... state, the tribe has the exclusive right to operate banked card games — black jack, baccarat and chemin de fer — at five of its seven casinos. «BizPac Review, Jun 15»
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Le Japon pleure Tama, son chat-cheminot de 16 ans.
En un an, la ligne de chemin de fer avait connu une hausse de fréquentation de 10 %. L'année dernière, le nombre des passagers avait bondi ... «Libération, Jun 15»
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Seminole Tribe starts clock on 30-day dispute resolution process …
... state, the tribe has the exclusive right to operate banked card games -- black jack, baccarat and chemin de fer -- at five of its seven casinos. «Miami Herald, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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