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nuisance [ˈnju:sns]1. nouna. ( = annoying thing or event) what a nuisance he can't come c'est ennuyeux qu'il ne puisse pas venir• what a nuisance! c'est vraiment ennuyeux !b. ( = annoying person) peste f• what a nuisance you are! ce que tu peux être agaçant !• to make a nuisance of o.s. embêter le monde (inf)2. compounds* * *['njuːsns], US ['nuː-]noun gen embêtement m; Law nuisance fto be a nuisance — [thing] être gênant; [person] être pénible
the nuisance is that... — l'ennui c'est que...
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1 ( annoyance) désagrément m ; the nuisance caused by heavy traffic le désagrément causé par la circulation intense ; the delay/noise was a nuisance le retard/le bruit a été très pénible ;2 ( annoying person) ( child) peste ○ f ; ( adult) personne f pénible ; children can be little nuisances les enfants sont parfois de véritables pestes ; Mr Jenkins is a real nuisance M. Jenkins est vraiment pénible ; nuisances like him should not be on the committee des gens aussi pénibles que lui ne devraient pas faire partie du comité ; to be a nuisance to sb [person] ennuyer qn ; [action, noise, smell] gêner qn ; to make a nuisance of oneself embêter tout le monde ;3 ( inconvenience) gêne f ; to be a nuisance être gênant ; to cause a nuisance to sb gêner qn ; it's a nuisance that… c'est ennuyeux que… (+ subj) ; it's a nuisance for me to do cela me gêne de faire ; it's a nuisance doing/having to do c'est gênant de faire/de devoir faire ; the nuisance is that… l'ennui c'est que… ; what a nuisance! que c'est agaçant! ; I'm sorry to be such a nuisance excusez-moi de vous déranger tout le temps ; to have a nuisance value servir à embêter ○ les gens ;4 Jur nuisance f. -
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nuisance ['nju:səns](a) (annoying thing, situation)∎ that noise is a nuisance ce bruit est énervant;∎ it's (such) a nuisance having to attend all these meetings c'est (vraiment) pénible de devoir assister à toutes ces réunions;∎ what a nuisance! c'est énervant!;∎ it's a nuisance having to commute every day c'est pénible de devoir faire le trajet tous les jours;∎ they are not politically important but they have a certain nuisance value ils n'ont pas un grand poids politique, mais ils ont le mérite de déranger(b) (annoying person) casse-pieds m inv;∎ he's nothing but a nuisance c'est un véritable empoisonneur;∎ to make a nuisance of oneself embêter ou empoisonner le monde;∎ stop being a nuisance arrête de nous embêter∎ that rubbish dump is a public nuisance cette décharge est une calamité►► Telecommunications nuisance call appel m anonyme;Telecommunications nuisance caller auteur m d'appels anonymes -
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1) fâcheux; importun [individu]2) gêne; désagrément3) Jur. tort; dommage4) Env. nuisanceEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > nuisance
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['nju:sns](a person or thing that is annoying or troublesome: That child is a terrible nuisance.) plaie, fléau -
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Pol. pouvoir de nuisance [d'un groupement terroriste, p. ex.]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > nuisance power
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Pol. pouvoir de nuisance [d'un groupement terroriste, p. ex.]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > nuisance power value
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12 nuisance tax
American impôt m vexatoireHis most recent bit of mischief is a proposal to put a measure on the November ballot that seeks to impose a nickel-a-bullet tax on every round of ammunition sold in California. Perata's justification for another nuisance tax is that it would raise money to offset the costs of emergency and trauma centers that treat people with gunshot wounds.
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[Police] appels anonymes; harcèlement téléphoniqueEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > nuisance calls
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nuisance visuelle; sacrilège contre l'esthétiqueEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > visual nuisance
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2) nuisance; fléau publicEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > public nuisance
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contamination bruyante; nuisance sonore; pollution bruyant; pollution sonore
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nuisance — nui·sance / nüs əns, nyüs / n [Anglo French nusaunce, from Old French nuire to harm, from Latin nocēre]: something (as an act, object, or practice) that invades or interferes with another s rights or interests (as the use or enjoyment of… … Law dictionary
nuisance — is that activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to right of another, or to the public, and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort … Black's law dictionary
nuisance — is that activity which arises from unreasonable, unwarranted or unlawful use by a person of his own property, working obstruction or injury to right of another, or to the public, and producing such material annoyance, inconvenience and discomfort … Black's law dictionary
nuisance — [ nɥizɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1120, repris v. 1960, par l angl. nuisance; de nuire I ♦ Vx ou région. Caractère de ce qui est nuisible; chose nuisible. II ♦ (1936 nuisance industrielle) Ensemble de facteurs d origine technique (bruits, dégradations,… … Encyclopédie Universelle
nuisance — nui‧sance [ˈnjuːsns ǁ ˈnuː ] noun [countable, uncountable] LAW someone or something that causes public annoyance: • After a local jury found the noise was a nuisance, a judge ruled that the bell can no longer ring at night. • movement of… … Financial and business terms
nuisance — Nuisance, f. penac. Incommodum, Noxa. Avec nuisance, Nocenter. Sans nuisance, Innocenter … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Nuisance — Nui sance, n. [OE. noisance, OF. noisance, nuisance, fr. L. nocentia guilt, fr. nocere to hurt, harm; akin to necare to kill. Cf {Necromancy}, {Nocent}, {Noxious}, {Pernicious}.] That which annoys or gives trouble and vexation; that which is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
nuisance — (n.) c.1400, injury, hurt, harm, from Anglo Fr. nusaunce, O.Fr. nuisance harm, wrong, damage, from pp. stem of nuire to harm, from L. nocere to hurt (see NOXIOUS (Cf. noxious)). Sense has softened over time, to anything obnoxious to a community… … Etymology dictionary
Nuisance — (engl., spr. njūßens), Beeinträchtigung, etwas die Nachbarschaft oder die Allgemeinheit Belästigendes … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
nuisance — [n] annoyance; annoying person besetment, blister, bore, bother, botheration, botherment, bum*, creep, drag*, drip*, exasperation, frump, gadfly, headache*, inconvenience, infliction, insect*, irritant, irritation, louse, nag*, nudge*, offense,… … New thesaurus
nuisance — ► NOUN ▪ a person or thing causing inconvenience or annoyance. ORIGIN Old French, hurt , from Latin nocere to harm … English terms dictionary