Francuski | Angielski |
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mettre fin à verbe | close [closed, closing, closes]◼◼◼(put an end to) stamp out◼◻◻(to get rid of) time out(to end (an incomplete task) after a time limit) |
mettre fin aux souffrances de verbe | put out of one's misery(informal: to euthanize) |
microfinance nom {f} | microfinance◼◼◼(finance provided to low-income people) |
mot de la fin nom {m} | punch line◼◼◼(final, concluding statement) |
muffin nom {m} | muffin [muffins]◼◼◼(cupcake-shaped baked good, American muffin) muffin [muffins]◼◼◼(flattish bun, English muffin) |
note en fin de chapitre / de texte / d’ouvrage nom {f} | endnote(annotation placed at the end of a document) |
par définition preposition | by definition◼◼◼preposition |
paraffine nom | paraffin [paraffins]◼◼◼(alkane hydrocarbon) |
paraffine nom {f} | paraffin wax [paraffin waxes]◼◼◻noun |
paraffiner verbe | paraffin◼◼◼(treat with paraffin) |
parvenir à ses fins verbe | get one's way(obtain the circumstances one wishes for) |
passer au peigne fin verbe | comb [combed, combing, combs]◼◼◼(to search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb) fine-tooth comb◼◻◻(to search (something or somewhere) meticulously) scour [scoured, scouring, scours]◼◻◻(to search an area thoroughly) rake [raked, raking, rakes](to search through (thoroughly)) trawl [trawled, trawling, trawls](To make an exhaustive search within a defined area) |
période <:-- was under definition "interval of distance or time" --> nom {f} | run [runs]noun |
petite finale nom | small final◼◼◼noun |
photo-finish nom {f} | photo finish◼◼◼(finish of a race in which the leaders are close together) |
point final interjection | period◼◼◼(Interjection) full stop◼◼◻(Interjection) |
pour [+ infinitive] phrase | in order to◼◼◼(as a means of achieving the specified aim) |
pour finir preposition | in conclusion◼◼◼(as a conclusion) |
préconfinement adjectif | preconfinementadjective |
préconfinement nom {m} | preconfinementnoun |
prédéfini adjectif | predefined◼◼◼(having been defined previously) |
prédéfinir verbe | predefine [predefined, predefining, predefines]◼◼◼(To define in advance) |
produit fini nom {m} | finished product◼◼◼(final version of a product) |
pronom indéfini nom {m} | indefinite pronoun◼◼◼(Pronoun not specifying the identity of its referent) |
puffin nom {m} | shearwater [shearwaters]◼◼◼(seabird) |
quart de finale nom {m} | quarterfinal◼◼◼(competition in a tournament whose winners go on to play in the two semifinals) |
quart-de-finaliste nom | quarterfinalist◼◼◼(quarterfinal participant) |
quelle [without an indefinite article] nom {f} | what(beginning an exclamation) |
qui veut la fin veut les moyens phrase | the end justifies the means◼◼◼(morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary) |
raffinat nom {m} | raffinate◼◼◼(solution) |
raffiné adjectif | refined◼◼◼(cultured, elegant) sophisticated◼◼◻(elegant, refined) |