Englisch-Französisch Übersetzung für thin

mince
La ligne qui sépare l’acceptable de l’inacceptable ne peut être aussi mince. The line between the acceptable and the unacceptable cannot be so thin. Les États-Unis marchent sur une glace très mince, disait l'un de nos experts. As one of our experts said, the United States is skating on very thin ice. Cela dit, le portefeuille de 180 millions d'écus consacré à ce programme est bien mince. That said, the wallet that funds this programme is pretty thin at ECU 180 m.
maigre
Le traité proprement dit est maigre, on ne peut le nier. The treaty itself is thin. That cannot be denied. Troisièmement, permettez-moi de dire que la référence à la santé dans ce document est remarquablement maigre. Thirdly, let me say that the reference to health in this is remarkably thin. par écrit. - Plus de trois ans après la crise, les éléments de régulation des marchés financiers sont bien maigres. More than three years after the crisis, elements for regulating the financial markets are rather thin on the ground.

clair
éclaircir
grêle
insuffisant
liquide
rareOr, de telles mesures ont été plutôt rares à ce jour. To date, however, such measures have been thin on the ground.

Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite
Very narrow in all diameters; having a cross section that is small in all directions
Having little body fat or flesh; slim; slender; lean; gaunt
Of low viscosity or low specific gravity
Scarce; not close, crowded, or numerous; not filling the space
Describing a poorly played golf shot where the ball is struck by the bottom part of the club head. See fat, shank, toe
Slight; small; slender; flimsy; superficial; inadequate; not sufficient for a covering
A loss or tearing of paper from the back of a stamp, although not sufficient to create a complete hole
To make thin or thinner
To dilute
Not thickly or closely; in a scattered state

thin plate of metal; thin paper; thin board; thin covering
thin wire; thin string
thin person
Water is thinner than honey.
The trees of a forest are thin; the corn or grass is thin.
a thin disguise
chocolate mint thins
potato thins
The crowds thinned after the procession had passed: there was nothing more to see.
seed sown thin

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