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1 fan
1 noun∎ a football fan un fan ou un passionné de football;∎ she's a chess/rap fan elle se passionne pour les échecs/le rap;∎ a crowd of football fans une foule de supporters de football;∎ he's a fan of Thai cooking c'est un amateur de cuisine thaïlandaise;∎ I'm not one of her fans, I'm not a great fan of hers je suis loin d'être un de ses admirateurs;∎ movie fans cinéphiles mfpl∎ shaped like a fan en éventail(a) (face, person) éventer;∎ to fan oneself s'éventer∎ figurative to fan the flames jeter de l'huile sur le feu;∎ these remarks had fanned the flames of nationalist feeling ces remarques avaient exacerbé le sentiment nationaliste;∎ to fan the embers of sb's passion raviver les flammes de la passion de qn;∎ the terraces are fanned by cool sea breezes les terrasses sont rafraîchies par les brises marines;∎ literary fortune fans his sails il a le vent en poupe(c) (spread out) étaler (en éventail)s'étaler (en éventail)►► Cars fan belt courroie f de ventilateur;fan club cercle m ou club m de fans;∎ figurative her fan club is here ses admirateurs sont là;fan dance danse f des éventails;fan heater radiateur m soufflant;fan letter lettre f d'un admirateur;fan mail courrier m des admirateurs;Ichthyology fan mussel jambonneau m (coquillage);fan oven four m à chaleur tournante;Architecture fan vaulting (UNCOUNT) voûte f ou voûtes fpl en éventail➲ fan out(spread out) s'étaler ou se déployer (en éventail); (army, search party) se déployerétaler (en éventail) -
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I 1. [fæn] noun1) (a flat instrument held in the hand and waved to direct a current of air across the face in hot weather: Ladies used to carry fans to keep themselves cool.) éventail2) (a mechanical instrument causing a current of air: He has had a fan fitted in the kitchen for extracting smells.) ventilateur2. verb1) (to cool (as if) with a fan: She sat in the corner, fanning herself.) (s')éventer2) (to increase or strengthen (a fire) by directing air towards it with a fan etc: They fanned the fire until it burst into flames.) attiserII [fæn] noun(an enthusiastic admirer of a sport, hobby or well-known person: I'm a great fan of his; football fans; ( also adjective) fan mail/letters (= letters etc sent by admirers).) admirateur -
3 flame
A n1 lit flamme f ; a naked flame une flamme nue ; to be in flames être en flammes ; to go up in flames s'enflammer ; to burst into flames s'embraser ; over a low/high flame Culin à feu doux/vif ; to be shot down in flames être descendu en flammes also fig ;2 fig feu m (of de) ; to burn with a brighter flame brûler d'un feu plus vif ; to fan ou fuel the flames of love attiser le feu de l'amour ; to fan the flames of violence attiser les flambées de violence ; an old flame ○ ( person) un ancien flirt ○ ;3 ( colour) rouge m feu.C vtr1 Culin flamber ;2 ( on Internet) descendre [qn] en flammes, incendier, flinguer ○.D vi1 [fire, torch] flamber ;2 [sunset, tree] flamboyer ; [face] s'enflammer (with de) ;3 [emotion] brûler.■ flame up [fire] flamber. -
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flame [fleɪm]1. nouna. flamme f[fire] flamber• to flame sb ( = send abusive email) envoyer des messages d'insultes à qn* * *[fleɪm] 1.1) lit flamme fto be shot down in flames — lit, fig être descendu en flammes
an old flame — (colloq) ( person) un ancien flirt (colloq)
3) ( colour) rouge m feu2.intransitive verb [fire, torch] flamber
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