English-French translations for skin

• fr
• peau
  Ce que certains collègues ont dit sur le cancer de la peau est absolument vrai. What colleagues have said about skin cancer is absolutely true.
  Les cas de cancer de la peau y ont plus que doublé depuis les années 1980. Cases of skin cancer there have more than doubled since the 1980s.
  La plupart des personnes souffrant d'albinisme meurent d'un cancer de la peau avant l'âge de 30 ans. Most people with albinism die of skin cancer before they reach age 30.
• apparence
• coque
• coquille
• croûte croute
• cuisse
• cul
• dépiauter
• dépouiller
• écaille
• écorce
  Ce parasite provoque un chancre chez les agrumes et fait apparaître ensuite des taches noires sur l’écorce des oranges. This pest causes canker in citrus fruits and the subsequent appearance of black patches on the skin of oranges.
• écorcher
• épiderme
• éplucher
• fesse
• maan
• peler
• pelure
• puun
• zeste

Definition of skin

• The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human
• The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant
• A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid
• A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program
• An alternate appearance for a character model in a video game
• Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts
• A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids
• That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole
• The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing
• To injure the skin of
• To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human
• To apply a skin to (a computer program
• To use tricks to go past a defender
• To become covered with skin
• To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially
• To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited

Synonyms

• pericarp

Examples

• He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl
• In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it
• You can use this skin to change how the browser looks
• Pass me a skin, mate
• Let me see a bit of skin
• He was a decent old skin.
• He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
• Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
• A wound eventually skins over.

Related words

• pigskin
• kidskin
• asking
• foreskin
• oilskin
• goatskin
• waterskin
• wineskin
• skinlike