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1 montagne
montagne [mɔ̃taɲ]feminine noun• la montagne ( = région) the mountains* * *mɔ̃taɲ1) ( élévation) mountain2) ( région montagneuse)de montagne — [route, animal] mountain (épith)
3) fig ( grande quantité) mountain•Phrasal Verbs:••la foi déplace or soulève les montagnes — faith can move mountains
il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent pas — Proverbe there are none so distant that fate cannot bring them together Proverbe
c'est la montagne qui accouche d'une souris — hum a great deal of effort leading to nothing much
* * *mɔ̃taɲ nf1) mountainles montagnes Rocheuses — the Rocky Mountains, the Rockies
la montagne — the mountains pl
Nous passons tous les ans un mois à la montagne. — We spend a month in the mountains every year.
en montagne (séjour, randonnée) — in the mountains
* * *montagne nf1 ( élévation) mountain; pays de montagnes mountainous country;2 ( région montagneuse) la montagne the mountains (pl); une semaine à la or en montagne a week in the mountains; de montagne [route, animal] mountain ( épith); il neige en haute/basse montagne it's snowing on the upper/lower slopes; village situé en haute montagne village high up in the mountains; village de basse montagne village in the foothills of the mountains; station de ski de moyenne montagne medium altitude ski resort;3 ( grande quantité) mountain (de of); des montagnes de repassage/papiers mountains of ironing/papers.les montagnes Rocheuses the Rocky Mountains, the Rockies; montagnes russes big dipper (sg) GB, roller coaster (sg); montagne à vaches○ fig easy walks (pl); ( pour ski) easy slopes (pl).se faire une montagne de qch to get really worked up about sth; faire battre des montagnes to stir up trouble; la foi déplace or soulève les montagnes faith can move mountains; il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent pas Prov there are none so distant that fate cannot bring them together Prov; c'est la montagne qui accouche d'une souris hum a great deal of effort leading to nothing much.[mɔ̃taɲ] nom féminin1. [mont] mountainmoi, en ce moment, c'est les montagnes russes [moral, santé] I'm a bit up and down at the momentles Montagnes Rocheuses the Rocky Mountains, the Rockiesdéplacer ou soulever des montagnes to move heaven and eartha. [mensonge] huge, colossalb. [canular] mammoth (modificateur)il n'y a que les montagnes qui ne se rencontrent pas (proverbe) there are none so distant that fate cannot bring togethersi la montagne ne va pas à Mahomet, Mahomet ira à la montagne (proverbe) if the mountain will not come to Mohammed, Mohammed must go to the mountain2. [région]b. [en Écosse] the highlands3. [grosse quantité]une montagne de lots ou mountains ou a mountain of4. HISTOIRE -
2 relief
relief [ʀəljεf]masculine noun[de région] relief► en relief [motif] in relief ; [caractères] raised ; [carte de visite] embossed ; [photographie, cinéma] three-dimensional* * *ʀəljɛf
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nom masculin1) Géographie relief [U]2) (de surface, paroi) relief [U]; (de médaille, monnaie) raised patternen relief — [globe terrestre] in relief; [lettre, motif] raised
mettre quelque chose en relief — to accentuate something, to throw something into relief
3) ( profondeur) depth4) ( caractère)personnage qui manque de relief — one-dimensional ou flat character
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* * *ʀəljɛf1. nm1) [paysage] landscape2)3) [pneu] tread pattern2. reliefs nmpl(= restes) remains* * *A nm1 Géog relief ¢; étude des reliefs montagneux study of mountain relief; le relief sous-marin the relief of the sea bed; un relief accidenté/monotone a hilly/an unrelieved landscape; région au relief accidenté mountainous region;2 (de surface, paroi) relief ¢; (de médaille, monnaie) raised pattern; globe terrestre en relief globe of the world in relief; carte en relief relief map; lettres/motifs en relief embossed letters/patterns; le braille est une écriture en relief Braille is a type of raised ou relief script; mettre qch en relief to accentuate sth, to throw sth into relief;4 ( profondeur) depth; l'effet de relief est bien rendu dans ce tableau the effect of depth is well done in this painting;5 ( caractère) personnage qui manque de relief one-dimensional ou flat character; donner du relief à un discours/texte to enliven a speech/text;[rəljɛf] nom masculin3. ACOUSTIQUE————————reliefs nom masculin plurielles reliefs [d'un repas] the remnants ou leftovers————————en relief locution adjectivalemotif en relief raised design, design in relief————————en relief locution adverbiale[en valeur]
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