English-French translations for pile-up

• accumulation
• amoncellement
  Cela occasionne, bien entendu, des amoncellements d'ordures par manque d'espaces pour les entreposer. This, naturally, has caused pile-ups of rubbish, because there is no storage space.
  Il va y avoir un amoncellement d'œufs impossible à ignorer: au 12 janvier 2012: 83 millions d'œufs seront illégaux! There will be a very visible pile-up of eggs: 83 million of them on 1 January 2012 that are illegal!
• carambolage
• mêlée

Definition of pile-up

• A pile, a group of people or things which have piled up on one another, especially
• An accumulation that occurs over time, especially one which is not welcome

Examples

• Traffic was backed up for miles due to a twelve-car pile-up on the freeway earlier today.

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