tab — EN↔FR

tab /BrE tab

, AmE tæb

noun

1 (on garment) (decorative) patte f; (loop) attache f; British (on military uniform) écusson m; British (on shoelace) ferret m

2 (on can) languette f

3 (on files, spreadsheets) onglet m

4 (for identification) étiquette f

5 Aviation (on wing etc) compensateur m

6 US (bill) note f, addition f

to pick up the tab literal, figurative payer la note

7 informal (tablet) comprimé m

8 Computing (tabulator) tabulatrice f

9 (of word processor, typewriter) (device) tabulateur m; (setting) marque f

to set tabs placer des marques de tabulation

before n [character, key, stop] de tabulation

10 Theatre rideau m

11 informal (cigarette) clope mf informal

transitive verb

p prés tabbing prét, pp tabbed

1 (label) marquer [garment, file]

2 US (single out) désigner

Idioms

to keep tabs on sb informal

tenir qn à l'œil informal

to keep tabs on sth informal

avoir l'œil sur qch