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1 morte-eau
pl mortes-eaux mɔʀto, mɔʀtzo nom féminin neap(-tide)* * *[mɔrto] ( pluriel mortes-eaux [mɔrtəzo]) nom féminin -
2 marée
marée [maʀe]feminine nouna. [de mer] tideb. [de produits, touristes] floodc. la marée ( = poissons de mer) the fresh catch* * *maʀe1) Géographie tidela marée monte/descend — the tide is coming in/is going out
à marée haute/basse — at high/low tide
la marée montante/descendante — the rising/ebbing tide
2) fig3) ( produits pêchés) fresh fish•Phrasal Verbs:••contre vents et marées — ( à l'avenir) come hell or high water; ( dans le passé) against all odds
* * *maʀe nf1) (phénomène, moment) tide2) (= poissons) fresh sea-fish* * *marée nf1 Géog tide; la marée monte/descend the tide is coming in/is going out; une marée d'équinoxe an equinoctial tide; les grandes marées the spring tides; à marée haute/basse at high/low tide, at high/low water; la marée montante/descendante the rising/ebbing tide; à marée montante/descendante when the tide comes in/goes out; partir avec la marée [bateau, pêcheur] to leave with the tide; [temps, nuage] to disappear as the tide goes out; l'odeur de la marée the smell of the sea; sentir la marée [air] to smell of the sea;2 fig (de personnes, sentiments, d'émotions) flood; ( de voitures) mass, flood; une marée humaine a human tide; une marée d'antisémitisme a tide of antisemitism;3 ( produits pêchés) fresh fish.marée noire oil slick; marée verte aquatic weed pollution.[mare] nom féminin1. GÉOGRAPHIE tide(à) marée haute/basse (at) high/low tidegrande/faible marée spring/neap tidemarée montante flowing ou flood tidelorsque la marée monte/descend when the tide is rising/ebbing, when the tide comes in/goes outchangement de marée turn ou turning of the tide -
3 marée morte
apogean tide; dead neap; neap tide
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neap tide — Tide Tide, n. [AS. t[=i]d time; akin to OS. & OFries. t[=i]d, D. tijd, G. zeit, OHG. z[=i]t, Icel. t[=i]?, Sw. & Dan. tid, and probably to Skr. aditi unlimited, endless, where a is a negative prefix. [root]58. Cf. {Tidings}, {Tidy}, {Till}, prep … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
neap tide — [ˈni:p taıd] n a very small rise and fall of the level of the sea at the times of the first and third quarters of the moon →↑spring tide … Dictionary of contemporary English
neap tide — [ nip ,taıd ] noun count a TIDE that has the least amount of change between the highest and lowest levels of the ocean … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
neap tide — noun a less than average tide occurring at the first and third quarters of the moon • Syn: ↑neap • Ant: ↑springtide • Hypernyms: ↑high tide, ↑high water, ↑highwater * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
neap tide — UK [ˈniːp ˌtaɪd] / US [ˈnɪp ˌtaɪd] noun [countable] Word forms neap tide : singular neap tide plural neap tides a tide that has the least amount of change between the highest and lowest levels of the sea … English dictionary
neap tide — a tide of decreased range occurring semi monthly, between the time of new and full moon. The sun and moon are at right angles to each other so their net gravitational effect on the sea is reduced. The neap tidal range is usually 10 to 30 percent… … Dictionary of ichthyology
neap tide — /ˈnip taɪd/ (say neep tuyd) noun a tide which is neap …
neap tide — The tide which occurs when the difference between high tide and low tide is the smallest; the tide which occurs at moon s quadrature with the sun. Teschemacher v Thompson, 18 Cal 11, 21 … Ballentine's law dictionary
neap tide — ▪ physics tide of minimal range occurring near the time when the Moon and the Sun are in quadrature. This condition is geometrically defined as the time at which the line from the Earth to the Moon is at right angles to the line from the… … Universalium
neap tide — noun The tide which occurs when the Moon is in its first and third quarter; the effects of the Sun and Moon being partially cancelled out this type of tide is of minimum range. Ant: spring tide … Wiktionary
neap tide — a low tidal range caused when the angle of a line drawn from the sun to the earth and then to the moon is 90 In this twice monthly situation the gravitational pulls of sun and moon are in opposition thus the high tide is not so high and the… … Geography glossary