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rift [rifts] (chasm or fissure) noun [UK: rɪft] [US: ˈrɪft] | fissure◼◼◼nom fente◼◼◻nom |
rift [rifts] (break in the clouds, fog, mist etc.) noun [UK: rɪft] [US: ˈrɪft] | éclaircie◼◻◻nom percéenom |
adrift (floating at random) adjective [UK: ə.ˈdrɪft] [US: ə.ˈdrɪft] | à la dérive◼◼◼adjectif |
adrift (in a drifting condition) adverb [UK: ə.ˈdrɪft] [US: ə.ˈdrɪft] | à la dérive◼◼◼adverbe |
catch someone's drift verb | saisir l'idéeverbe suivreverbe |
continental drift noun [UK: ˌkɒn.tɪ.ˈnen.tl̩ drɪft] [US: ˌkɑːn.tə.ˈnen.tl̩ ˈdrɪft] | dérive des continents◼◼◼nom {f} |
drift [drifted, drifting, drifts] (to move slowly, pushed by currents of water, air, etc) verb [UK: drɪft] [US: ˈdrɪft] | dériver◼◼◼verbeThe boat drifted out to sea. = Le bateau a dérivé en mer. |
drift [drifts] (act or motion of drifting) noun [UK: drɪft] [US: ˈdrɪft] | dérive◼◼◼nom {f} |
drift [drifted, drifting, drifts] (to move haphazardly without any destination) verb [UK: drɪft] [US: ˈdrɪft] | errer◼◼◻verbe |
drift [drifted, drifting, drifts] (to deviate gently from the intended direction of travel) verb [UK: drɪft] [US: ˈdrɪft] | dévier◼◻◻verbe |
drift meter (optical device) noun | dérivomètrenom |
drifter [drifters] (person) noun [UK: ˈdrɪf.tə(r)] [US: ˈdrɪf.tər] | vagabond◼◼◼nom {m} |
driftwood (floating piece of wood) noun [UK: ˈdrɪf.twʊd] [US: ˈdrɪf.ˌtwʊd] | bois flotté◼◼◼nom |
driftwood (wood that has been cast ashore) noun [UK: ˈdrɪf.twʊd] [US: ˈdrɪf.ˌtwʊd] | bois flotté◼◼◼nom |
festschrift (collection published as a memorial or tribute to a scholar) noun [UK: ˈfest.ʃrɪft] [US: ˈfest.ʃrɪft] | mélanges◼◼◼nom {m} études offertesnom {f} |
genetic drift [genetic drifts] (overall shift of allele distribution in an isolated population) noun [UK: dʒɪ.ˈne.tɪk drɪft] [US: dʒə.ˈne.tɪk ˈdrɪft] | dérive génétique◼◼◼nom {f} |
snowdrift (bank of snow) noun [UK: ˈsnəʊ.drɪft] [US: ˈsnoʊ.drɪft] | congère◼◼◼nom {f} |
spendthrift (improvident, profligate, or wasteful) adjective [UK: ˈspend.θrɪft] [US: ˈspend.ˌθrɪft] | dépensier◼◼◼adjectif prodigue◼◼◻adjectif |
spendthrift [spendthrifts] (someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully) noun [UK: ˈspend.θrɪft] [US: ˈspend.ˌθrɪft] | dépensier◼◼◼nom gaspilleur◼◼◻nom prodigue◼◼◻nom |
spindrift (sea spray blown from the tops of waves by the wind and whipped along the surface of the sea) noun [UK: ˈspɪn.drɪft] [US: ˈspɪn.drɪft] | embrun◼◼◼nom {m}Spindrift from the waves below was reaching the clifftop. = Les embruns provenant des vagues en contrebas arrivaient jusqu'au sommet de la falaise. |
thrift (characteristic of using a minimum of something) noun [UK: θrɪft] [US: ˈθrɪft] | économie◼◼◼nom {f} épargne◼◼◼nom {f} parcimonie◼◼◻nom {f} |
thrift (various plants of the genus Armeria) noun [UK: θrɪft] [US: ˈθrɪft] | armérie◼◻◻nom {f} |
thrift shop (shop which sells used goods) noun [UK: θrɪft ʃɒp] [US: ˈθrɪft ˈʃɑːp] | friperie◼◼◼nom {f} |
thrifty [thriftier, thriftiest] (given to, or evincing, thrift) adjective [UK: ˈθrɪf.ti] [US: ˈθrɪf.ti] | économe◼◼◼adjectifHe is thrifty, not to say stingy. = Il est économe, pour ne pas dire radin. |