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déliquescence des valeurs morales; détérioration de la fibre moraleEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > moral decay
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decay [dɪˈkeɪ]a. [food, vegetation, corpse, flesh] se décomposer ; [tooth] se carierb. [building] se délabrerc. [radioactive particle] se désintégrerd. [civilization] décliner ; [district, system] se délabrer[+ tooth] carier3. nouna. [of food, vegetation] pourriture fb. [of tooth] carie fc. [of building] délabrement md. [of radioactive particle] désintégration fe. [of system, region, city] déclin m• social/industrial decay déclin m social/industriel* * *[dɪ'keɪ] 1.1) ( rot) (of timber, vegetation) pourriture f; (of house, area) délabrement mto fall into decay — [building] se délabrer
2) ( dental) carie f2.1) ( rot) [timber, vegetation, food] pourrir; [corpse] se décomposer; [tooth] se carier; [bone] se détériorer2) ( disintegrate) [building] se détériorer -
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A n1 ( rot) (of timber, meat, vegetation) pourriture f ; (of building, area, façade) délabrement m ; to fall into decay [building] se délabrer ;2 Dent carie f ; tooth ou dental decay la carie dentaire ; to have decay avoir des caries ; to prevent decay éviter les caries ;3 Geol décomposition f ;4 Phys désintégration f ;5 fig (of society, culture) déclin m ; (of economy, institution, industry) délabrement m, déclin m ; (of nation, civilization) décadence f, déchéance f ; moral decay déchéance morale.C vi1 ( rot) [timber, vegetation, food] pourrir ; [corpse] se décomposer, se putréfier ; [tooth] se gâter, se carier ; [bone] se détériorer, se carier spec ;4 Geol se décomposer ;5 Phys se désintégrer. -
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decay [dɪ'keɪ](a) (rot → food, wood, flowers) pourrir; (→ meat) s'avarier, pourrir; (→ corpse) se décomposer; (→ tooth) se carier; (→ building) se délabrer; (→ stone) s'effriter, se désagréger3 noun(a) (of food, wood, flowers) pourriture f; (of corpse) décomposition f; (of teeth) carie f; (of building) délabrement m; (of stone) effritement m, désagrégation f;∎ area of decay (in tooth) zone f cariée(b) figurative (of beauty, faculties) délabrement m; (of family, country) décadence f, déchéance f; (of civilization) déclin m;∎ also figurative to fall into decay se délabrer;∎ in an advanced state of decay (building) dans un état de délabrement avancé; (corpse) dans un état de putréfaction avancé;∎ moral decay déchéance f morale
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