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A n1 ( mishap) accident m (with avec) ; by accident accidentellement ; car/industrial/road accident accident de voiture/du travail/de la route ; accidents in the home accidents domestiques ; to have an accident avoir un accident ; to meet with an accident être victime d'un accident ; accident and emergency service ( in hospital) service des urgences ; I had an accident with the teapot j'ai malencontreusement cassé la théière ; I'm sorry, it was an accident je m'excuse, c'était un accident ; accidents will happen! ce sont des choses qui arrivent! ; the baby's had a little accident euph le petit n'a pas pu se retenir euph ; a chapter of accidents une succession de problèmes ;2 ( chance) hasard m ; by accident par hasard ; it is no accident that… ce n'est pas un hasard que…, ce n'est pas par hasard que… ; he is rich by an accident of birth le hasard a voulu qu'il soit né riche ; it was more by accident than design c'était accidentel plutôt que délibéré.B modif [figures, statistics] se rapportant aux accidents ; [protection] contre les accidents ; (personal) accident insurance assurance f (individuelle) accidents ; accident prevention ( at work) prévention f des accidents du travail ; ( road) prévention f routière ; accident victim accidenté/-e m/f. -
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accident [ˈæksɪdənt]1. nounaccident m• it's no accident that... ce n'est pas un hasard si...2. compounds* * *['æksɪdənt] 1.car/road accident — accident de voiture/de la route
accident and emergency service — ( in hospital) service des urgences
2) ( chance) hasard m2.noun modifier [ statistics] se rapportant aux accidentsaccident victim — accidenté/-e m/f
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accident ['æksɪdənt]1 noun∎ to have an accident avoir un accident;∎ her son had a car accident son fils a eu un accident de voiture;∎ she was killed in an accident elle s'est tuée dans un accident;∎ their last child was an accident leur dernier enfant est un accident;∎ accidents in the home accidents mpl domestiques;∎ it was an accident waiting to happen c'est un accident qui devait arriver;∎ proverb accidents will happen on ne peut pas parer à tout∎ it was purely by accident that we met nous nous sommes rencontrés tout à fait par accident;∎ any success we had was more by accident than by design notre réussite a été plus accidentelle qu'autre chose;∎ it's no accident that she made the film here ce n'est pas par hasard si elle a tourné le film ici(c) Philosophy accident m(figures, rate) des accidents►► Medicine accident and emergency (unit) (in hospital) service m des urgences, urgences fpl;Insurance accident insurance assurance f (contre les) accidents;accident prevention la prévention des accidents;accident victim victime f d'un/de l'accident
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