bean - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ French Dictionary

Nouns

bean [BOT.] [COOK.]	le haricot  h aspiré
bean goose [ZOOL.]	l'oie des moissons  f.
bean salad [COOK.]	la salade de haricots verts
coffee bean	le grain de café
broad bean [BOT.]	la fève
green beans [COOK.]	les haricots verts  pl.  m.  h aspiré

Phrases / Collocations

to spill the beans [fig.] [coll.]   - confess or denounce accomplices	lâcher le morceau [fig.] [coll.]
to spill the beans [fig.] [coll.]   - confess or denounce accomplices	manger le morceau [fig.] [coll.]
to spill the beans [fig.] [coll.]   - reveal a secret	vendre la mèche [fig.] [coll.]
to spill the beans [fig.]   - confession during a questioning	se mettre à table [fig.] [Arg.]   - confession dans le cadre d'un interrogatoire
to be full of beans [fig.] [coll.]	avoir la frite [fig.] [coll.]
to be full of beans [fig.] [coll.]	avoir la patate [fig.] [coll.]
to be full of beans [fig.] [coll.]	avoir la pêche [fig.] [coll.]
to be full of beans [fig.] [coll.]	péter le feu [fig.]
to be pork and beans for a while [fig.]	traverser une période de vaches maigres [fig.]

Orthographically similar words

ban, band, bang, bank, barn, beak, beam, bear, beat, Beat, beau, ben, bend, bent, bran, dean, earn, lean, mean, wean

bain, ban, banc, beau, Ben, bêta, bien, Bien, élan, jean, péan