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floating ['fləʊtɪŋ](a) (on water) flottant∎ he has led a sort of floating existence il a mené une vie assez vagabonde;∎ there's a fairly large floating vote les indécis sont assez nombreux;∎ the floating vote will determine the outcome les voix des indécis détermineront le résultat2 noun(b) (of new company) lancement m, création f; (onto Stock Market) introduction f en Bourse; Finance (of loan, bonds, share issue) émission f, lancement m(d) (of new idea, plan) proposition f►► Accountancy floating assets actif m circulant;floating bridge pont m de bateaux ou de radeaux;Finance floating capital capital m circulant;Banking floating charge nantissement m général;floating crane ponton-grue m;Finance floating debt dette f flottante ou non consolidée;floating dock dock m flottant;Cookery floating islands île f flottante;Medicine floating kidney rein m flottant;floating off (of wrecked ship etc) renflouage m;Computing floating point virgule f flottante;floating population (within country) population f flottante;Finance floating rate taux m flottant;Anatomy floating rib côte f flottante;floating voter électeur(trice) m,f indécis(e);Computing floating window fenêtre f flottante -
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free [fri:]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjective2. adverb4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. adjectivea. [person, animal, country] libre• to go free [prisoner] être relâché• they had to cut the driver free from the wreckage ils ont dû désincarcérer le conducteur du véhicule accidenté• it's a free country! on est en république ! (inf)• to be/get free of sb être débarrassé/se débarrasser de qn• is this seat free? est-ce que cette place est libre ?• a school where children feel free to express themselves une école où les enfants se sentent libres de s'exprimer• can I borrow your pen? -- feel free (inf) est-ce que je peux vous emprunter votre stylo ? -- je vous en prie► free from or of ( = without)b. ( = costing nothing) [object, ticket] gratuit• "free mug with each towel" « une chope gratuite pour tout achat d'une serviette »c. ( = lavish) généreux• you're very free with your advice (ironic) vous êtes particulièrement prodigue de conseils (ironique)2. adverba. ( = without payment) [give, get, travel] gratuitementb. ( = without restraint) [run about] en libertéc. ( = expressing release) to pull free se dégager• to wriggle free [person] se libérer en se tortillanta. ( = liberate) [+ nation, slave, caged animal, prisoner] libérer ; [+ person] (from wreckage) dégager ; (from burden) soulagerb. ( = untie) [+ person, animal] détacher4. compounds• to be a free agent avoir toute liberté d'action ► Free Church noun (British) église f non-conformiste adjective► free-floating adjective (in water, space) qui flotte librement ; (figurative) [person] sans attaches* * *[friː] 1.noun (also free period) School ≈ heure f de libre2.1) (unhindered, unrestricted) [person, country, election, press, translation] libre (after n); [access, choice] libre (before n)to break free of ou from — se libérer de
2) ( not captive or tied) [person, limb] libre; [animal, bird] en libertéto set [somebody/something] free — libérer [person]; rendre la liberté à [animal]
they had to cut the driver free (from his car) — on a dû couper la tôle de la voiture pour dégager le chauffeur
the boat broke free from ou of its moorings — le bateau a rompu ses amarres
3) ( devoid)to be free from ou of somebody — être libéré de quelqu'un
free from ou of pollution — dépourvu de pollution
a day free from ou of interruptions — une journée sans interruptions
she was free from ou of any hatred — elle n'éprouvait aucune haine
this soup is free from ou of artificial colourings — cette soupe ne contient pas de colorants artificiels
4) ( costing nothing) gratuit‘admission free’ — ‘entrée gratuite’
free gift — Commerce cadeau m
you can't expect a free ride — fig on n'a rien pour rien
5) ( not occupied) libre6) (generous, lavish)to be free with — être généreux/-euse avec [food]; être prodigue de [advice]
7) ( familiar) familier/-ière8) Chemistry libre9) Linguistics [form] non lié; [vowel, stress] libre3.1) ( at liberty) librement, en toute libertéto go free — [hostage] être libéré; [criminal] circuler en toute liberté
2) ( without payment) gratuitement4.transitive verb1) ( from captivity) libérer; ( from wreckage) dégagerto free somebody from — débarrasser quelqu'un de [prejudice]; décharger quelqu'un de [blame]; délivrer quelqu'un de [oppression, guilt]; soulager quelqu'un de [suffering]
2) ( make available) débloquer [money, resources]; libérer [person, hands]5.6.to free oneself from — se dégager de [chains, wreckage]; se libérer de [influence]; se débarrasser de [burden]; se décharger de [blame]; se délivrer de [guilt]
- free combining formsmoke/sugar-free — sans fumée/sucre
7.interest-free — Finance sans intérêt
for free adverbial phrase gratuitement••to have a free hand — avoir carte blanche (in pour)
free as a bird ou the air — libre comme l'air
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4 floater
1 ( employee) employé/-e m/f polyvalent/-e ;2 (at party, reception) personne dont le rôle est de circuler dans une soirée ;4 Insur = floating policy ;5 ( footballer) libero m.
См. также в других словарях:
floating vote — floating voter. those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party. [1840 50] * * * floating vote noun The votes of electors who are not permanently attached to any one political party • • • Main Entry: ↑float * * * … Useful english dictionary
Floating Vote — [ fləʊtɪȖ vəʊt; englisch »nicht parteigebundene Wählerstimme«], Wählerverhalten … Universal-Lexikon
floating vote — /floʊtɪŋ ˈvoʊt/ (say flohting voht) noun floating voters collectively: *no new and colourful personality is introduced into the fight capable of wooing and winning the floating vote –sutton woodfield, 1960 …
floating vote — floating voter. those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party. [1840 50] * * * … Universalium
floating vote — noun vote held by a floating voter, and as such it is an unpredictable vote Syn: swing vote … Wiktionary
floating voter — floating voters N COUNT A floating voter is a person who is not a firm supporter of any political party, and whose vote in an election is difficult to predict. [mainly BRIT] (in AM, use swing voter) … English dictionary
floating voter — n someone who does not always vote for the same political party at elections … Dictionary of contemporary English
floating voter — ► NOUN ▪ a person who does not consistently vote for the same party … English terms dictionary
floating voter — noun a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other • Syn: ↑swing voter • Hypernyms: ↑voter, ↑elector * * * floating voter noun • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
vote — I n. collective opinion as determined by voting 1) to take a vote on (a motion) 2) to put a motion to a vote; to bring a motion to a vote 3) to influence, swing a vote (recent events swung the vote in our favor; the press can influence the vote)… … Combinatory dictionary
vote — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 choice/decision made by voting ADJECTIVE ▪ electoral ▪ majority ▪ huge, massive (esp. BrE), overwhelming, resounding (esp. BrE) … Collocations dictionary