"handful" meaning in Anglais

See handful in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈhænd.fʊl\, \ˈhænd.fʊl\, \ˈhæn.fʊl\, \ˈhænd.fəl\, \ˈhæn.fəl\, ˈhɛən.fəl, ˈhɛːn.fʊl Audio: En-us-handful.ogg , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-handful.wav Forms: handfuls [plural]
  1. Poignée.
    Sense id: fr-handful-en-noun-H~KVtFAL Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Un petit nombre, généralement autour de cinq.
    Sense id: fr-handful-en-noun-cMQFycXM Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  3. Difficile à contrôler. Tags: familiar, figuratively
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fistful [familiar]

Inflected forms

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    "Du vieil anglais handful. Voir hand et -ful."
  ],
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        {
          "ref": "Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights, 1847",
          "text": "Mr. Linton had put on her pillow, in the morning, a handful of golden crocuses.",
          "translation": "Mr Linton avait mis le matin sur son oreiller une poignée de crocus dorés."
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          "text": "Those twins are a real handful to look after."
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