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A adj1 ( old) [bread, cake, biscuit] rassis ; [beer] éventé ; [cheese] desséché ; [air, odour] vicié ; the smell of stale cigarette smoke l'odeur de cigarette refroidie ; the food is stale la nourriture n'est pas fraîche ; to go stale [bread] se rassir ; the loaf has gone stale le pain est rassis ; to taste stale [beer] être éventé ; [cheese] être desséché ; to smell stale [room, house] sentir le renfermé ;2 ( hackneyed) [jokes, ideas, vocabulary] éculé ; [style, ideal, convention] usé ; stale news des nouvelles qui n'en sont pas ;3 ( tired) [player, performer] usé ; to feel stale se sentir usé ; to get stale in a job s'user dans un travail ; their marriage had gone stale leur mariage avait perdu de son charme ;B vi [pleasure, delight] s'affadir ; [pastime] perdre son charme. -
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stale [steɪl](a) (bread, cake) rassis, sec (sèche); (chocolate, cigarette) vieux (vieille); (cheese → hard) desséché; (→ mouldy) moisi; (fizzy drink) éventé, plat; (air → foul) vicié; (→ confined) confiné;∎ the car smelt of stale cigarette smoke la voiture sentait le tabac froid;∎ stale breath haleine f fétide;∎ to go stale (bread) (se) rassir; (chocolate, cigarette) perdre son goût; (cheese) se dessécher; (beer) s'éventer(b) (idea, plot, joke) éculé, rebattu; (discovery, news) éventé, dépassé; (pleasure) émoussé, qui n'a plus de goût; (beauty) fané, défraîchi; Finance (market) lourd, plat;∎ his arguments were stale and unconvincing ses arguments étaient éculés et peu convaincants(c) (person, relationship)∎ he's getting stale in that job il s'encroûte dans ce poste;∎ her marriage had gone stale son bonheur conjugal s'était fanéliterary (novelty, place, activity) perdre son charme►► Finance stale cheque chèque m prescrit -
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stale [steɪl]b. [person] usé* * *[steɪl] 1.1) ( old) [bread, cake] rassis; [beer] éventé; [air] viciéto go stale — [bread] se rassir; fig [relationship] perdre de son charme
to smell stale — [room, house] sentir le renfermé
2) ( hackneyed) [jokes, ideas] éculé; [style, convention] usé3) ( tired) [player] usé2.intransitive verb [pleasure] s'affadir; [pastime] perdre son charme -
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∎ it's a bit stuffy in here (stale) ça sent le renfermé ici; (stifling) on manque d'air ou on étouffe ici(b) pejorative (person → prim) collet monté (inv); (→ old-fashioned) vieux jeu (inv); (atmosphere, reception) guindé;∎ don't be so stuffy! (shocked) il n'y a pas de quoi être scandalisé!; (prim) ne sois pas si prude!; (old-fashioned) ne sois pas si vieux jeu!(c) (dull → book, subject, lecture) ennuyeux
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stale — adjective 1) stale food Syn: old, past its best, off, dry, hard, musty, rancid, overstored Ant: fresh 2) stale air Syn: stuffy … Thesaurus of popular words
stale — adjective 1) stale food Syn: old, past its best, off, dry, hard, musty, rancid 2) stale air Syn: stuffy, musty, fusty, stagnant 3) … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary