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maximum [maksimɔm]1. adjective2. masculine nounmaximum ; ( = peine) maximum sentence• au maximum de ses capacités [employé, sportif] stretched to one's limits ; [usine, chaîne hi-fi] at maximum capacity3. adverb* * *
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nom masculin1) ( limite supérieure) maximumun prêt jusqu'à un maximum de... — a loan for a maximum amount of...
un maximum de 11 jours, 11 jours (au) maximum — eleven days at (the) most
au maximum — [travailler, développer] to the maximum; [réduire] as much as possible
détenir 20% du capital au maximum — to hold 20% of the capital at the outside ou at most
rouler au maximum — (colloq) to drive flat out (colloq)
atteindre son maximum — [bruit, inflation] to reach its peak; [douleur] to be at its worst
2) Météorologie3) (colloq) ( grande quantité)coûter le or un maximum — to cost a bundle (colloq)
obtenir le or un maximum — ( dans une transaction) to get the best possible deal
4) Droit maximum sentence* * *maksimɔm1. adj2. nmatteindre son maximum — to reach its peak, to peak
Le chômage a atteint son maximum en 1999. — Unemployment reached its peak in 1999., Unemployment peaked in 1999.
au maximum (= le plus possible) — to the full, (= au plus) at the most
Ça va vous coûter deux cents euros au maximum. — It'll cost you 200 euros at the most.
* * *A adj [température, rendement, vitesse, confort] maximum; 11 jours, c'est le délai maximum it will take 11 days at (the) most; cours maximum autorisé du DM DM's ceiling rate.B nm1 ( limite supérieure) maximum; contenir un maximum de deux grammes de sel par litre to contain a maximum of two grams of salt per litreGB; obtenir un prêt jusqu'à un maximum de… to obtain a loan for a maximum amount of…; un maximum de 11 jours, 11 jours (au) maximum eleven days at (the) most; 10 euros au grand maximum 10 euros at the very most; au maximum [travailler, développer] to the maximum; [réduire] as much as possible; détenir 20% du capital au maximum to hold no more than 20 per cent of the capital; rouler au maximum○ to drive flat out○; obtenir le maximum d'avantages to get as many advantages as possible; faire le maximum to do one's utmost; atteindre son maximum [bruit, forme, inflation] to reach its peak; [douleur] to be at its worst;2 Météo maximum (de température) maximum temperature;3 ○( grande quantité) manger le or un maximum to stuff○ oneself; le or un maximum de problèmes a lot of problems; faire un maximum de bruit to be as noisy as possible; gagner/coûter le or un maximum to make/cost a packet○ GB ou bundle○; obtenir le or un maximum ( dans une transaction) to get the best possible deal;4 Jur maximum sentence; requérir le maximum to recommend the maximum sentence.C un maximum loc adv a lot; travailler un maximum to work flat out○ ou a lot; fumer un maximum to smoke a lot, to smoke like a trooper○; s'ennuyer un maximum to be bored stiff○.vitesse maximum maximum ou top speed————————1. [le plus haut degré] maximumen rentrant, on a mis le chauffage au maximum when we got home, we turned the heating on full2. (familier) [en intensif]il y a eu un maximum de visiteurs le premier jour we had an enormous number of visitors the first daypour ça il faut un maximum d'organisation that sort of thing needs a huge amount of ou needs loads of organization3. [peine]————————[maksimɔm] adverbeat the most ou maximumil fait 3°C maximum the temperature is 3°C at the most ou at the maximum————————au maximum locution adverbiale1. [au plus] at the most ou maximum2. [le plus possible]
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