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1 stale
A adj1 ( old) [bread, cake, biscuit] rassis ; [beer] éventé ; [cheese] desséché ; [air, odour] vicié ; the smell of stale cigarette smoke l'odeur de cigarette refroidie ; the food is stale la nourriture n'est pas fraîche ; to go stale [bread] se rassir ; the loaf has gone stale le pain est rassis ; to taste stale [beer] être éventé ; [cheese] être desséché ; to smell stale [room, house] sentir le renfermé ;2 ( hackneyed) [jokes, ideas, vocabulary] éculé ; [style, ideal, convention] usé ; stale news des nouvelles qui n'en sont pas ;3 ( tired) [player, performer] usé ; to feel stale se sentir usé ; to get stale in a job s'user dans un travail ; their marriage had gone stale leur mariage avait perdu de son charme ;B vi [pleasure, delight] s'affadir ; [pastime] perdre son charme. -
2 stale
stale [steɪl](a) (bread, cake) rassis, sec (sèche); (chocolate, cigarette) vieux (vieille); (cheese → hard) desséché; (→ mouldy) moisi; (fizzy drink) éventé, plat; (air → foul) vicié; (→ confined) confiné;∎ the car smelt of stale cigarette smoke la voiture sentait le tabac froid;∎ stale breath haleine f fétide;∎ to go stale (bread) (se) rassir; (chocolate, cigarette) perdre son goût; (cheese) se dessécher; (beer) s'éventer(b) (idea, plot, joke) éculé, rebattu; (discovery, news) éventé, dépassé; (pleasure) émoussé, qui n'a plus de goût; (beauty) fané, défraîchi; Finance (market) lourd, plat;∎ his arguments were stale and unconvincing ses arguments étaient éculés et peu convaincants(c) (person, relationship)∎ he's getting stale in that job il s'encroûte dans ce poste;∎ her marriage had gone stale son bonheur conjugal s'était fanéliterary (novelty, place, activity) perdre son charme►► Finance stale cheque chèque m prescrit
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