dirt

UK
/dɜːt/
US
/dɝt/

Translations

dirtnoun
dirts
pl
terreSens concret : terre meuble, sol.
The children came back from the park with dirt all over their clothes.
Les enfants sont revenus du parc avec de la terre partout sur leurs vêtements.
saletéSens général : matière qui salit ou rend quelque chose sale.
She wiped the dirt off the window with a damp cloth.
Elle a essuyé la saleté sur la fenêtre avec un chiffon humide.
Additional translations
ragotsFamilier : informations ou potins scandaleux.
crasseFamilier : état de saleté, crasse.
dirtverb
dirted
Past Simple
dirted
Past Participle
dirting
Gerund
Rare/colloquial verb meaning ‘to soil, to make dirty’.
salirVerbe courant : rendre sale.
The children dirted their shoes while playing in the field.
Les enfants ont sali leurs chaussures en jouant dans le champ.
Additional translations
souillerPlus littéraire ou soutenu.
dirtadjective
UK
/dɜːt/
US
/dɝt/
Used attributively to modify a following noun (e.g. ‘dirt road’, ‘dirt bike’).
Additional translations
terreuxPour une voie non pavée ou couverte de terre.

Definitions

dirtnoun
Loose soil or earth, often considered as unclean or unwanted material.
The children came back from the park with dirt all over their clothes.
A substance, such as mud or dust, that makes something unclean.
She wiped the dirt off the window with a damp cloth.
Information or gossip, especially of a scandalous nature.
The journalist was looking for some dirt on the celebrity for his next article.
The condition of being dirty; a state of filth or uncleanliness.
Years of neglect left the shelves thick with dirt.
dirtverb
To make dirty; to soil.
The children dirted their shoes while playing in the field.
dirtadjective
Unpaved, made of or covered with loose soil or dust.
They travelled for hours on a bumpy dirt road.