What does mouche in French mean?

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

The word mouche in French means fly, beauty spot, fly, button, bull's-eye, soul patch, blow, put in his/her place, blow your nose, wipe your nose, snuff out, flow from your nose, stream from your nose, flytrap, flytrap, Venus flytrap, tourist river boat (on the Seine), fly chaser, spidery writing, illegible scrawl, nit-picking, hit the target, hit the nail on the head, sly old fox, sly dog, He wouldn't harm a fly, be more of a hindrance than a help, bluebottle, blowfly, mayfly, busybody, meddler, fruit fly, common fruit fly, flesh fly, tsetse fly, not hurt a fly, hummingbird, spidery handwriting, scrawly handwriting, fly fishing, fly-fish, fly fisher, flyweight, lightweight, get ticked off easily, What's got into him?, black fly, <div>fly swat, fly-swat, flyswatter, fly-swatter</div><div>(<i>noun</i>: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)</div>. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word mouche

fly

nom féminin (insecte diptère)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y a une mouche dans ma bière.
There's a fly in my beer.

beauty spot

nom féminin (figuré (grain de beauté artificiel)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle se dessine une mouche au coin de la bouche.
She draws a beauty spot at the corner of her mouth.

fly

nom féminin (leurre pour pêcher)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Patrick adore pêcher à la mouche.
Patrick loves fly fishing.

button

nom féminin (embout d'épée) (Fencing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les escrimeurs mettent une mouche pour l'entraînement.
Fencers put on a button for practice.

bull's-eye

nom féminin (centre d'une cible)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sur cinq tirs, il a touché trois fois la mouche.
Out of five shots, he hit the bull's-eye three times.

soul patch

nom féminin (Coiffure : touffe de poil sous la lèvre) (facial hair)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour faire un joli bouc, il faut bien tailler les contours et ne pas oublier la mouche également.
To create a nice goatee, you really need to shape the edges; also, don't forget the soul patch.

blow

verbe transitif (vider le nez de ses mucosités)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Avec cette grippe je mouche beaucoup mon nez.
With this flu, I'm blowing my nose a lot.

put in his/her place

verbe transitif (familier (donner une leçon à [qqn])

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Le professeur a mouché l'élève impertinent. Ah ah, tu as vu comment je l'ai mouché, Hugo ! Il la ramène moins maintenant !
Ha! did you see the way I snubbed Hugo? He'll keep a lid on it a bit more in future!

blow your nose, wipe your nose

verbe pronominal (vider son nez de ses mucosités)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mon nez coule et je me mouche beaucoup.
I'm blowing my nose a lot because it keeps running.

snuff out

verbe transitif (éteindre)

Je mouche la bougie avant de sortir de la pièce.
I snuff out the candle before leaving the room.

flow from your nose, stream from your nose

verbe transitif (rejeter par le nez)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Après un choc sur le nez, il mouche du sang.
After the blow he received, blood was streaming from his nose.

flytrap

nom masculin (piège à mouches)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce ruban adhésif sucré est un excellent attrape-mouche.

flytrap, Venus flytrap

nom masculin (plante) (plant)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'attrape-mouches est une plante carnivore aussi appelée dionée.

tourist river boat (on the Seine)

nom masculin (bateau touristique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les bateaux-mouches permettent de visiter Paris en naviguant sur la Seine.

fly chaser

nom masculin invariable (petit fouet, petit balai)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À l'aide d'un chasse-mouche, nous éloignons les mouches qui s'approchent de nos visages.

spidery writing, illegible scrawl

nom féminin (écriture trop fine)

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

nit-picking

nom masculin (vulgaire (fait de chercher la petite bête) (informal)

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

hit the target

locution verbale (toucher la cible)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Cet archer fait toujours mouche du premier coup.

hit the nail on the head

locution verbale (figuré (voir juste) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Tu as fait mouche ! C'est exactement ce qui s'est passé ! Mes arguments ont fait mouche et Julie a finalement décidé de se faire aider.

sly old fox, sly dog

nom féminin (personne rusée, subtile) (figurative)

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

He wouldn't harm a fly

(il n'est pas méchant)

be more of a hindrance than a help

locution verbale (vieilli, péjoratif (s'attribuer un mérite injustifié)

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

bluebottle, blowfly

nom féminin (mouche bleue) (winged insect)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mouche à viande pond ses œufs sur la viande pour nourrir ses larves.

mayfly

nom féminin (grande éphémère qui émerge des rivières) (insect)

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

busybody, meddler

nom féminin (péjoratif (perturbateur aux mérites injustifiés)

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

fruit fly, common fruit fly

nom féminin (insecte diptère) (insect)

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

flesh fly

nom féminin (mouche qui se nourrit de sang) (winged insect)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mouche noire est aussi appelée mouche à damier ou mouche grise.

tsetse fly

nom féminin (insecte) (biting insect)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La mouche tsé-tsé contamine l'homme avec un parasite responsable de la maladie du sommeil.

not hurt a fly

locution verbale (être très gentil)

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

hummingbird

nom masculin (oiseau : colibri)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'oiseau-mouche est capable de voler sur place.

spidery handwriting, scrawly handwriting

nom féminin pluriel (souvent péjoratif (écriture très serrée)

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

fly fishing

nom féminin (type de pêche au lancer) (angling)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Olivier est allé à la pêche à la mouche, il a attrapé deux belles truites.

fly-fish

locution verbale (pêcher au lancer) (angling)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

fly fisher

(pêcheur au lancer)

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

flyweight

nom masculin (boxeur entre 48 et 50 Kg) (Boxing)

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

lightweight

nom masculin (figuré (personne de poids très léger) (figurative)

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

get ticked off easily

locution verbale (se vexer) (get angry: informal)

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

What's got into him?

(qu'est-ce qu'il a tout à coup) (informal)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

black fly

nom féminin (moucheron hématophage) (insect)

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

<div>fly swat, fly-swat, flyswatter, fly-swatter</div><div>(<i>noun</i>: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)</div>

nom féminin (outil plat à manche)

Les tapettes à mouche sont très efficaces.
Fly swats are very effective.

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