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mellow 
  adj 
  (=sound, tone) moelleux(-euse)  
→ His voice was deep and mellow.   
  [colour] tendre 
[light] velouté(e)  
→ ... the soft, mellow light of evening.   
mellow red brick  de la brique d'un rouge tendre 
→ ... a classic Queen Anne house of mellow red brick.   
  [fruit] moelleux(-euse) 
  [wine] moelleux(-euse)  
→ ... a delightfully mellow, soft and balanced wine.   
  (=cheerful) gai(e)  
He'd had a few glasses of champagne and was fairly mellow.  Il avait bu plusieurs coupes de champagne et était plutôt gai. 
to be in a mellow mood  être d'humeur joyeuse 
→ At the other tables couples were now in a mellow mood, chattering happily and drinking.   
  vi 
[person] s'adoucir 
→ He mellowed considerably as he got older.   
  vt 
 [+person] adoucir 
→ Marriage had not mellowed him.   

mellow sound   n son moelleux  m 

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