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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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