What does enclume in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word enclume in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use enclume in French.
The word enclume in French means anvil, anvil, thickhead, thick-head, stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard place. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word enclume
anvilnom féminin (masse métallique) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le forgeron pose le fer sur l'enclume pour le frapper. The blacksmith puts the iron on the anvil to strike it. |
anvilnom masculin (Anatomie : osselet dans l'oreille) (Anatomy) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) L'enclume est le deuxième osselet de l'oreille moyenne. The anvil is the second ossicle of the middle ear. |
thickhead, thick-headnom féminin (argot (personne idiote et butée) (pejorative, slang) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Impossible de le raisonner, c'est une enclume ! There's no reasoning with him; he's a thickhead (or: thick-head)! |
stuck between the devil and the deep blue sea, between a rock and a hard placelocution adverbiale (coincé entre deux maux) (figurative) (expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.") On est souvent entre le marteau et l'enclume quand on fait de l'encadrement intermédiaire. |
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