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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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culminer [kylmine]➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verba. [sommet] le Mont Blanc culmine à 4 807 mètres Mont Blanc is 4,807 metres highc. [astre] to reach its highest point* * *kylmineverbe intransitif1) [sommet, massif]2) fig [inflation, chômage] to reach its peak; [crise, carrière] to reach its height; [soirée] to reach its climaxl'inflation a culminé à 5% en mai — inflation peaked at 5% in May
* * *kylmine vi1) [sommet]Le Cervin culmine à 4478m. — The Matterhorn is 4,478m at its highest point.
2) [fréquentation, chiffre] to peak, to reach a peak* * *culminer verb table: aimer vi1 Géog [sommet, massif] culminer au-dessus de qch to tower above sth; l'Everest culmine à 8 848 mètres Everest reaches 8,848 metresGB at its peak; les Alpes françaises culminent au mont Blanc Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the French Alps;2 fig [inflation, chômage] to reach its peak, to peak; [fureur, crise, carrière] to reach its height ou peak; [soirée, festival] to reach its climax; l'inflation a culminé à 5% en mai inflation peaked at 5% in May;3 Astron [astre] to reach culmination.[kylmine] verbe intransitif1. GÉOGRAPHIEles plus hauts sommets culminent à plus de 8 000 mètres the highest peaks are more than 8,000 metres highl'Everest culmine à 8 848 mètres Everest is 8,848 metres at its highest point
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