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adj.émergent; naissant; débutant; inexpérimenté; fam. bleuEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > fledgling
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English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > fledgling industry
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A n GB1 ( meal) ( for animal) ration f de nourriture ; ( for baby) ( breast) tétée f ; ( bottle) biberon m ;2 ○ ( hearty meal) bouffe ○ f ; to have a feed se faire une bouffe ○ ; to have a good feed bien bouffer ○ ;4 Ind, Tech ( material) alimentation f ; ( mechanism) mécanisme m d'alimentation ; sheet paper feed Comput chargeur m feuille à feuille ; paper feed ( for photocopier) chargeur m de papier ;1 ( supply with food) nourrir [animal, plant, family, starving people] (on de) ; donner à manger à [pet] ; ravitailler [army] ; faire la cuisine pour [guests] ; donner la becquée à [fledgling] ; to feed a baby ( on breast) donner le sein à un bébé ; ( on bottle) donner le biberon à un bébé ; I shall have ten to feed je ferai la cuisine pour dix ;2 ( give food to) to feed sth to sb, feed sb sth donner qch à manger à qn ; she was feeding bread to the ducks ou feeding the ducks bread elle donnait du pain aux canards ;3 ( supply) alimenter [lake, fire, machine] ; mettre des pièces dans [meter] ; fournir [information, secrets] (to à) ; to feed sth into mettre qch dans [meter, slot machine] ; introduire qch dans [slot, hole, pipe, machine] ; rentrer qch dans [computer] ; to feed a machine with alimenter une machine en [paper, materials] ;4 fig ( fuel) alimenter [ambition, prejudice, desire] ; to feed a drug habit se procurer de la drogue ;5 Sport faire passer [ball] (to à) ;6 Theat donner la réplique à [comedian].1 ( eat) manger ; the baby's feeding ( on milk) le bébé prend son lait ; ( on solids) le bébé mange ;■ feed back:▶ feed [sth] back, feed back [sth] retransmettre [information, results] (to à).■ feed up GB:▶ feed [sth/sb] up bien nourrir [child, invalid] ; engraisser [animal].
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