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1 blend
blend [blend](a) (mix together → gen) mélanger, mêler; (→ cultures, races) fusionner; (→ feelings, qualities) joindre, unir;∎ Cookery blend the butter and sugar (together), blend the sugar into the butter mélangez le beurre au ou avec le sucre;∎ to blend two coffees mélanger deux cafés, faire un mélange de deux cafés;∎ to blend old traditions with modern methods faire un mélange de traditions anciennes et de méthodes modernes∎ to blend white and black mélanger du blanc avec du noir;∎ (in painting) to blend one colour into another fondre une couleur dans une autre(a) (mix together → gen) se mélanger, se mêler; (→ cultures, races) fusionner; (→ feelings, sounds) se confondre, se mêler; (→ perfumes) se marier;∎ their voices blended into one leurs voix se confondaient;3 noun∎ house blend (on sign, packaging) mélange (spécial de la) maison∎ his speech was a blend of caution and encouragement son discours était un mélange de prudence et d'encouragement(c) Linguistics mot-valise m►► American blended family famille f recomposée;blended whisky blend m (whisky obtenu par mélange de whiskies de grain industriels et de whiskies pur malt)➲ blend in∎ the new student blended in well le nouvel étudiant s'est bien intégré;∎ that new building doesn't blend in with its surroundings ce nouveau bâtiment ne se marie pas bien ou ne va pas bien avec ce qui l'entoure -
2 merge
A vtr1 ( join) fusionner [companies] ; to merge sth into ou with sth incorporer qch en qch [company, group] ;2 ( blend) mélanger [colour, design].B vi1 ( also merge together) ( join) [companies, departments, states] fusionner ; [roads, rivers] se rejoindre ; to merge with fusionner avec [company, department, state] ; rejoindre [river, road] ; to merge into fusionner avec [company] ;2 ( blend) [colours, sounds] se confondre ; to merge into se fondre avec [colour, sky, trees] ; to merge into each ou one another [colours, trees] se confondre.
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