pitch Signification, définition

Signification de pitch en français

• 0 how high or low a sound or musical note is -- hauteur [ feminine ]

  • the high pitch of the engine’s whine la hauteur élevée du vrombissement du moteur

• 1 the intensity of emotion or activity -- degré [ masculine ]

  • Excitement about the tournament has reached a fever pitch this week. L’excitation à propos du tournoi a atteint un pic d’intensité / était à son comble cette semaine.

• 2 a speech used to sell a product -- boniment [ masculine ]

  • the car salesman’s pitch le boniment du vendeur de voitures

• 3 in baseball, an act of throwing a ball to the batter -- lancer [ masculine ]

  • The first pitch was a strike. Le premier lancer a été un strike.

• 4 a field for playing a sport on -- terrain [ masculine ]

  • a football pitch un terrain de football

• 5 in baseball, to throw a ball to the batter -- lancer

  • He’s pitching a lot of fast balls. Il lance beaucoup de balles rapides.

  • Who’s pitching? Qui est au lancer ?

• 6 to put a tent up -- dresser une tente

  • They pitched their tent beneath the trees. Ils ont dressé leur tente sous les arbres.

• 7 to set up (a tent or camp) -- dresser

  • They pitched their tent in the field.

• 8 to throw -- lancer

  • He pitched the stone into the river.

• 9 to (cause to) fall heavily -- tomber

  • He pitched forward.

• 10 (of a ship) to rise and fall violently -- tanguer

  • The boat pitched up and down on the rough sea.

• 11 to set (a note or tune) at a particular level -- donner le ton

  • He pitched the tune too high for my voice.

• 12 the field or ground for certain games -- terrain

  • a cricket pitch

  • a football pitch.

• 13 the degree of highness or lowness of a musical note, voice etc. -- hauteur

• 14 an extreme point or intensity -- degré

  • His anger reached such a pitch that he hit her.

• 15 the part of a street etc where a street-seller or entertainer works -- place

  • He has a pitch on the High Street.

• 16 the act of pitching or throwing or the distance something is pitched -- lancer

  • That was a long pitch.

• 17 (of a ship) the act of pitching. -- tangage

• 18 a thick black substance obtained from tar -- poix

  • as black as pitch.