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For the verb: "to spring"

Simple Past:	sprang
Past Participle:	sprung

Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

spring

1. noun
   1. (season) printemps m;
      in ~ au printemps;
   2. (of wire) ressort m;
   3. (leap) bond m;
   4. (water source) source f.

2. transitive verb
   1. déclencher (trap, lock);
   2. to ~ a leak (tank, barrel) commencer à fuir;
   3. to ~ [sth] on sb annoncer [qch] de but en blanc à qn (news, plan).

3. intransitive verb
   1. (jump) bondir (onto sur);
   2. (originate) to ~ from venir de.

spring up

(new building) apparaître.

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'spring' found in these entries:

English:

crouch - early - joy - latch - spring-clean - spring onion - term - thermal

French:

à - détendre - eau - fleurir - fontaine - grand - jour - libérer - naître - nettoyage - pousser - printanier - printemps - ressort - source - tendre - thermal

spring: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Principales traductions
spring	n	(season)	printemps nm
My favourite season is spring.
Le printemps est ma saison préférée.
spring	n	(coil)	ressort nm
A spring popped out of the watch.
Un ressort est sorti de la montre.
spring	vi	(be released)	surgir vi ⇒
A clown will spring from the box.
Un clown va surgir du carton.
spring	vi	(emerge)	jaillir vi ⇒
Water sprang from the fountain.
De l'eau jaillissait de la fontaine.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
spring	n	(elasticity)	élasticité nf
The waistband in these trousers has lost its spring.
La ceinture de ce pantalon a perdu son élasticité.
spring	n	(jump)	bond nm
He was over the bush in one spring.
Il a sauté d'un bond par-dessus le buisson.
spring	n	(water)	source nf
They brought water from the spring.
Ils ont rapporté de l'eau de la source.
spring	vi	(leap suddenly)	sauter, bondir vi ⇒ ⇒
The frog springs from the lily pad.
La grenouille saute (or: bondit) sur les feuilles de nénuphar.
spring	vi	(come into being)	apparaître vi ⇒
Flowers sprang from the plant.
Des fleurs sont apparues sur la plante.
spring	vi	(come forth suddenly)	jaillir vi ⇒
Blood sprang from the open wound.
Du sang a jailli de la plaie ouverte.
spring	vi	(have lineage) généalogie, génétique	descendre vi ⇒
He springs from one of the oldest families in Europe.
Il descend d'une des plus anciennes familles d'Europe.
spring	vi	(originate) idées, projet : figuré	naître vi ⇒
The whole project sprang from a conversation I had with a neighbour.
Le projet est né d'une conversation que j'ai eue avec un voisin.
spring	vtr	(cause to spring)	déclencher vtr ⇒
A burglar springs the trap.
Un cambrioleur a déclenché le piège.
spring	vtr	(split, crack)	fendre vtr ⇒
He sprang the handle of the broom.
Il a fendu le manche du balai.
spring	vtr	(disclose) annoncer brusquement	annoncer de but en blanc vtr
She sprang the news on us.
Elle nous a annoncé la nouvelle de but en blanc.
spring	vtr	(leap over)	bondir vtr ⇒
			franchir d'un bond vtr
The runners sprang the hurdles.
Les coureurs ont bondi par-dessus les haies.
Les coureurs ont franchi les haies d'un bond.
spring	vtr	informal (get released from prison) familier	aider qqn à se faire la belle vtr
The criminal's friends have sprung him from prison.
Les amis du prisonnier l'ont aidé à se faire la belle.
spring	vtr	informal (spend)	débourser vtr ⇒
She sprang fifty bucks on a new guitar.
Elle a déboursé cinquante dollars pour une nouvelle guitare.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
air spring		nm	ressort pneumatique
autumn and spring			d'automne et de printemps
boiling spring		nf	source bouillonnante
box spring		nm	sommier à ressorts
box spring		nm	sommier tapissier
coil spring		nm	ressort hélicoïdal
compression spring		nm	ressort de pression
hot spring		nf	source chaude
mineral spring		nf	source d'eau minérale
spring back			reculer d'un bond
spring back			reprendre sa place
spring balance		nm	peson (Physique)
spring chicken			jeune poulet/poulette
spring chicken (he's no spring chicken)			il n'est plus tout jeune
spring clip		nf	clavette (en horlogerie)
spring fever		nf	fièvre du printemps
spring from		v	naître de
spring from (a springboard)		vi	sauter de (un plongeoir)
spring green			chou de printemps
spring green		adj	vert printemps (couleur)
spring gun			fusil piégé
spring line			amarre en garde
spring onion		nf	ciboule (Culinaire)
spring rains			pluies de printemps
spring ring			anneau à ressort (joaillerie)
spring snow			neige de printemps
spring squill		nf	scille (plante)
spring steel			acier à ressorts
spring tide		nfpl	grandes marées
spring up		adj	bondé
spring up		v	surgir ⇒
spring wheat			blé de printemps
spring/autumn clothes		nmpl	vêtements de demi-saison
torsion spring		nm	ressort de torsion
valve spring		nm	ressort de soupape
warm spring		nf	source chaude
water-spring		nf	source d'eau
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bearing spring
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coiled spring
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first aid of the spring kind
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I leave for a fun-filled intense college-prep session at the prestigious academy in the spring.
I spent the spring taking filmmaking courses
I think she stayed in/home for most of her spring break/vacation.
I wish it were spring
If we don't get to catch up before Spring Break we'll have to start all over again.
in spring
It's not spring, but I'll take it
jumper suit/spring tweeds
Natural spring water/North American
new spring fashion
on spring
Patented bale support spring
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sense/feel of spring
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