The hair Flashcards by Nathalie Claverie Jacquejean

Q

un cheveu

A

a hair

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les cheveux, la chevelure

A

the hair (sing)

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une belle chevelure

A

a fine head of hair

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une mèche de cheveux

A

a lock of hair

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une boucle

A

a curl

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avoir les cheveux courts/longs

A

to have short/long hair

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avoir les cheveux mi-longs

A

to have shoulder-length hair

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avoir les cheveux frisés/raides

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to have curly/straight hair

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avoir les cheveux ondulés/crépus

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to have wavy/frizzy hair

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blond

A

blond

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blond cendré

A

ash blond

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châtain

A

chestnut brown

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il a les cheveux bruns

A

his hair is dark
he has dark hair
he is dark-haired

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une brune

A

a brunette

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être roux

A

to have red hair
to have ginger hair
to be redheaded

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un rouquin

A

a redhead

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des cheveux d’ébène

A

jet black hair

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gris

A

grey (BR), gray (AM)

Q

grisonner

A

to be going grey/gray

Q

avoir les cheveux blancs

A

to have white hair

Q

être blond

A

to have blond hair

to be blond-haired

Q

chauve

A

bald

Q

chauve comme un oeuf

A

as bald as a coot

as bald as an egg

Q

la calvitie

A

baldness

perdre ses cheveux

to be balding

se dégarnir sur le dessus

to be going thin on top

une perruque

a wig

un postiche

a toupee

des pellicules

dandruff (sing)

une coiffure

a hair style

changer de coiffure

to change one's hairstyle

la raie

the parting (BR), the part (AM)

coupé ras

close-cropped

une coupe courte

a bob

avoir les cheveux en brosse

to have a crew cut

une tresse, une natte

a plait (BR), a braid (AM)

porter des nattes

to wear one's hair in plaits

une natte

a pigtail

une queue de cheval

a ponytail

un chignon

a bun

une frange

a fringe (BR), a bang (AM)

se teindre les cheveux en noir

to dye one's hair black