rib Signification, définition

Signification de rib en français

• 0 one of the curved bones that protects the organs in the chest -- côte [ feminine ]

  • a cracked rib une côte fêlée

• 1 a piece of meat with a rib bone still in it -- côte [ feminine ]

  • barbecued ribs des côtes au barbecue

• 2 any one of the bones which curve round and forward from the backbone, enclosing the heart and lungs -- côte

  • She suffered a broken rib in the accident.

• 3 one of the curved pieces of wood which are joined to the keel to form the framework of a boat. -- membrure

• 4 a vertical raised strip in eg knitted material, or the pattern formed by a row of these. -- côte

• 5 any of a number of things similar in shape, use etc to a rib, eg one of the supports for the fabric of an aeroplane wing or of an umbrella. -- nervure, baleine