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1 Pentecôte
Pentecôte [pɑ̃tkot]feminine noun( = dimanche) Whit Sunday ; ( = période) Whit* * *pɑ̃tkot* * *pɑ̃tkot nfla Pentecôte — Pentecost, Whitsun Grande-Bretagne (= dimanche) Whitsunday Grande-Bretagne
lundi de Pentecôte — Whit Monday Grande-Bretagne
* * *Pentecôte nf1 ( chrétienne) ( événement) Pentecost; ( période) Whitsun; à la Pentecôte at Whitsun; week-end/lundi de Pentecôte Whit weekend/Monday;2 ( juive) Pentecost.[pɑ̃tkot] nom fémininla semaine de la Pentecôte Whit Week, Whitsuntide2. [fête juive] Shabuoth -
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c black pont [pɔ̃]1. masculine nouna. bridgeb. (sur bateau) deck• pont avant/arrière fore/rear deck• tout le monde sur le pont ! all hands on deck!d. ( = vacances) extra day(s) off (taken between two public holidays or a public holiday and a weekend)• faire le pont to make a long weekend of it → FÊTES LÉGALES2. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━The expression faire le pont refers to the practice of taking a Monday or Friday off to make a long weekend if a public holiday falls on a Tuesday or Thursday. The French commonly take an extra day off work to give four consecutive days' holiday at « l'Ascension », « le 14 juillet » and « le 15 août ».* * *pɔ̃
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nom masculin1) Architecture, Construction, Bâtiment bridge2) ( liens) link, tie3) ( vacances) extended weekend ( including day(s) between a public holiday and a weekend)4) Nautisme deck5) Automobile axle6) Sport crab
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ponts nom masculin plurielPhrasal Verbs:••il coulera beaucoup d'eau sous les ponts avant que... — it will be a long time before...
* * *pɔ̃ nm1) (= édifice) bridge2) NAVIGATION deck3) AUTOMOBILES4) (locutions)Nous faisons le pont pour la Pentecôte. — We're taking a long weekend for Whitsun.
* * *A nm2 ( liens) fig link (avec with), tie (avec with); couper les ponts to break off all contact; il a coupé les ponts avec sa famille he has broken with his family;3 ( vacances) extended weekend (including day(s) between a public holiday and a weekend); faire le pont to make a long weekend of it; lundi je fais le pont I'm taking Monday off;4 Naut deck; tout le monde sur le pont! all hands on deck!; pont principal/supérieur main/upper deck; pont avant/pont arrière foredeck/reardeck; bâtiment à deux ponts two-decker;5 Aut axle; pont avant/arrière front/rear axle;6 Sport crab; faire le pont to do the crab;7 Électrotech bridge (circuit).pont aérien airlift; pont aux ânes lit pons asinorum; fig truism; pont basculant bascule bridge; pont de bateaux pontoon bridge; pont à béquilles portal bridge; pont élévateur hydraulic ramp; pont d'envol flight deck; pont flottant pontoon bridge; pont de graissage hydraulic ramp; pont levant vertical-lift bridge; pont mobile movable bridge; pont à péage toll bridge; pont roulant (overhead) travellingGB crane; pont suspendu suspension bridge; pont thermique thermal bridge; pont tournant swing bridge; pont transbordeur transporter bridge; Pont des Soupirs Bridge of Sighs.coucher sous les ponts to sleep rough, to be a tramp; il coulera beaucoup d'eau sous les ponts avant que… it will be a long time before…; brûler les ponts derrière soi to burn one's boats ou bridges; faire un pont d'or à qn to offer sb a large sum to accept a job.[pɔ̃] nom masculinpont mobile/suspendu movable/suspension bridgepont à bascule ou basculant bascule ou balance bridgea. [routier] swing bridgeb. [ferroviaire] turntablefaire/promettre un pont d'or à quelqu'un to offer/to promise somebody a fortune (so that they'll take on a job)se porter ou être solide comme le Pont-Neuf to be as fit as a fiddlebateau à deux/trois ponts two/three deckerpont inférieur/principal lower/main deckpont arrière aft ou after deckpont supérieur upper ou top decka. [levez-vous] everybody up!b. [mettez-vous au travail] let's get down to business!3. [week-end] long weekendle 11 novembre tombe un jeudi, je vais faire le pont the 11th of November is on Thursday, I'll take Friday off (and have a long weekend)4. [structure de manutention]pont élévateur ou de graissage garage ramp, car lift, elevator platformpont roulant gantry ou travelling crane5. AUTOMOBILE6. AÉRONAUTIQUE7. GÉOMÉTRIE8. MILITAIREPonts et Chaussées nom masculin pluriel
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Whitsun — (Old English for White Sunday ) is the 49th day (seventh Sunday) after Easter Sunday. In the Christian calendar, it is also known as Pentecost, commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples.It has that meaning in the following:* … Wikipedia
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Whitsun — [hwit′sən, wit′sən] adj. [ME whitsone < whitsondei, understood as Whitsun Day: see WHITSUNDAY] of or observed on Whitsunday or at Whitsuntide … English World dictionary
Whitsun — late 13c., contraction of WHITSUNDAY (Cf. Whitsunday) … Etymology dictionary
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Whitsun — ► NOUN ▪ Whitsuntide … English terms dictionary
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Whitsun — Recorded in many spellings including Whitson, Whitsun, Whiteson, Whittson, Whetson, Witson, Wittson and possibly others, this is an English and occasionally Scottish, medieval surname. It is believed to have two origins. The must usual like the… … Surnames reference
Whitsun — noun Whitsun is used before these nouns: ↑recess … Collocations dictionary
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Whitsun — [OE] Whitsun is etymologically ‘white Sunday’. The name comes from the ancient tradition of clothing newly baptized people in white on the feast of Pentecost. The abbreviated form Whit began to be used with other days of the week (such as Whit… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins