à la chaîne

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a la ʃɛn/
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Prepositional phrase

à la chaîne

  1. assembly-line
    le travail à la chaîne ― assembly-line work
    travailler à la chaîne ― to work in a factory, to work on a production line
  2. (derogatory, figuratively) non-stop, massively, mass
    Synonym: en masse
    fumer à la chaîne ― to chain-smoke

Usage notes

  • Not to be confused with en chaîne.
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