English–French dictionary

French translation of the English word strike‐a‐light

English → French
  
EnglishFrench (translated indirectly)Esperanto
(kindle; ignite; set alight; torch)
allumer
;
enflammer
🔗 Ạvery lit a cigarette and began to pace up and down.
(bright);
lumineux
(burn; flash on; take fire; ignite; catch fire)
s’allumer
(bright; clear; light‐coloured)
lumière
🔗 A door opened, emitting a light quivering and almost palpable, like a flickering alternation of purple and green.
(faint; weak; feeble; frail; weedy)
faible
léger
(delicate; fine);
subtil
(easy; facile)
grève
🔗 Two friends of hers were planning to travel to the UK for a short break—one from Ireland, one from Belgium—but decided against it, because of the strikes.
(broach; bore; sink; tap)
forer
;
rencontrer
;
(assume; espouse; accept)
adopter
(beat; hit; wallop; jab; belabour; belt)
battre
; ;
heurter
🔗 It was like striking a tree.
(hit; smack; stub; poke);
heurter
(catch; hit; attain; encounter; run up against; befall; betide; ravage)
atteindre
; ;
parvenir
;
saisir
(access; attack; assault; offensive; fit; raid; onslaught);
assaut
;
🔗 The Ukrainian military has carried out what appears to have been their deepest strike yet into Russian‐occupied regions of the country.
(blow; hit; whack; stroke; jab; lash)
coup
;
bataille
(knock; blow; hit; smack; stroke; poke)
coup
(sound; resound)
résonner
;
(hit)
coup
(find; locate; spot)

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