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1 vertu
vertu [vεʀty]feminine nouna. ( = morale) virtueb. ( = propriété) property* * *vɛʀty
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1) ( intégrité) (moral) virtue2) ( chasteté) virtue, honour [BrE]3) ( qualité) quality, virtue4) ( propriété) (de plante, remède) property; ( de choses abstraites) virtue
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en vertu de locution prépositive Droit by virtue of, pursuant to; gén in accordance with* * *vɛʀty nf1) (= morale) virtue2) (= propriété) quality* * *A nf1 ( intégrité) (moral) virtue; d'une grande vertu of great moral virtue;2 ( chasteté) virtue, honourGB; perdre/protéger sa vertu to lose/protect one's virtue or honourGB; de petite vertu of easy virtue;3 ( qualité) quality, virtue; les vertus humaines human qualities;4 ( propriété) (de plante, remède) property; ( de choses abstraites) virtue; des vertus cicatrisantes/digestives healing/digestive properties.B en vertu de loc prép Jur by virtue of, pursuant to [article, loi, ordonnance]; gén in accordance with [accord, disposition, système].faire de nécessité vertu to make a virtue of necessity.[verty] nom féminin2. [qualité] virtueréapprenons les vertus de la vie à la campagne (figuré) let us rediscover the virtues of country life4. (humoristique) [chasteté] virtuedéfendre/perdre sa vertu to defend/to lose one's virtue————————en vertu de locution prépositionnelleen vertu de la loi according to the law, in accordance with the law, under the lawen vertu de quoi... for which reason... -
2 vertu
virtue, virtuousness
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