Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press: flutter / ˈflʌtə(r)/ - noun
- (of wings, lashes) battement m;
(of leaves, papers) voltigement m;
(of bunting) flottement m;
heart ~ Med palpitations fpl cardiaques; - (stir) a ~ of un surcroît de (excitement);
to be all of a ~ GB être tout en émoi; - (familier)GB (bet) to have a ~ on the horses faire un petit pari aux courses;
to have a ~ on the Stock Exchange faire une spéculation à la Bourse; - Elec (in sound) pleurage m;
- Aviat (fault) vibration f.
- transitive verb
- (beat) the bird ~ed its wings l'oiseau battait des ailes;
- (move) agiter (fan, handkerchief);
to ~ one's eyelashes battre des cils. - intransitive verb
- (beat) (bird) battre des ailes;
- (fly rapidly) voleter;
- (move rapidly) (flag) flotter;
(clothes, curtains, fans) s'agiter;
(eyelids, lashes) battre; - (also ~ down) (leaves) tomber en voltigeant;
- (beat irregularly) (heart) palpiter ( with de);
(pulse) battre faiblement. ' flutter' found in these Oxford entries:
flutter: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| flutter | | (motion) d'ailes | battement nm |
| flutter | | (beat rapidly) la mesure | battre v |
| | | Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| flutter | | éventail, mouchoir | agiter v |
| flutter | | (disturbance) gêne | dérangement nm |
| flutter | | ondoyer - banderole | flotter v |
| flutter | | | voleter v |
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flutter: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| flutter about | vi | (flap) | voleter⇒ vi |
| The butterfly fluttered about the flower garden. |
| Le papillon voletait dans le jardin. |
| flutter about | vtr | (make small quick movements) | s'agiter⇒ v pron |
| The leaves on the trees would flutter about in the breeze. |
| | | frémir⇒ vi |
| Les feuilles de peuplier frémissaient dans la brise. |
| flutter about | vtr | (move around nervously) fig | papillonner⇒ vi |
| flutter kick | n | (swimming: kick with straight legs) | battement des jambes nm |
| The flutter kick can be used when swimming on your back. |
| in a flutter | adj | informal (agitated, flustered) | dans tous ses états loc adj |
| After losing several times in a row to weaker players, the chess master found himself in a flutter. |
| Après avoir perdu plusieurs parties d'échec consécutives, le grand maître était dans tous ses états. |
| in a flutter | adv | informal (in an agitated or flustered state) | palpitant adj |
| I was all in a flutter after he kissed me. |
| J'étais toute palpitante quand il m'a embrassée. |
| | | en émoi loc adj |
| Son baiser m'a mise en émoi. |
| | fig | dans tous ses états loc adj |
| Son baiser m'a mise dans tous mes états. |
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