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fist Meaning in French (fist signification en français)

poing
Synonymes:main fermée
poing in English:fist
Phonetic:pwɛ̃
Plural: fists
Gender:Masculin
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La signification de fist en français est poing. (Main d'une personne dont les doigts sont repliés vers la paume et maintenus serrés, généralement pour frapper ou saisir quelque chose, ou pour exprimer la colère.)

Definitions of Fist

  1. 1
    noun
    poing

    A person's hand when their fingers are bent in towards their palm and held there tightly, typically in order to strike or grasp something, or to express anger.

    Main d'une personne dont les doigts sont repliés vers la paume et maintenus serrés, généralement pour frapper ou saisir quelque chose, ou pour exprimer la colère.

Example Sentences

casual

“He clenched his fist in anger.”

Il a serré le poing de colère.

casual

“She hit the table with her fist.”

Elle a frappé la table avec son poing.

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Synonyms (Synonymes)

In French:

main fermée

In English:

clenched handhandgrasp

Antonyms (Antonymes)

In French:

main ouverte

In English:

open handpalm

Inflected Word Forms

past tensefisted
present participlefisting

Phrases & Idiomatic Expressions

clench one's fistcollocation

To close one's hand tightly, often in anger or determination.

iron fistidiom

A firm and ruthless control.

make a fistcollocation

To close one's hand into a fist.