diffuse

/dɪˈfjuːs/
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Translation of diffuse into French,

Verb

1.

spread widely

tr./intr.
spread over a wide area
tr./intr.
  • The smoke began to diffuse throughout the room..La fumée a commencé à se diffuser dans toute la pièce.
2.

emotion

tr.
weaken a strong feeling or emotion
tr.
  • The calm music diffused his anger.La musique douce a apaisé sa colère.
3.

light

tr.TECH.
cause light to spread in different directions
tr.TECH.
  • The lampshade diffused the harsh light.L'abat-jour diffusait la lumière crue.

Adjective

1.

not concentrated

spread out, not gathered in one place
  • The light in the room was diffuse.La lumière dans la pièce était diffuse.
2.

vague

lacking conciseness or focus
  • His diffuse explanation confused the audience.Son explication diffuse a embrouillé le public.
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Expressions with diffuse: examples in English and translations in French

lésion axonale diffuse
traumatisme axonal diffus
The patient suffered a diffuse axonal injury in the accident.

Synonyms and analogies of diffuse in English

Examples of diffuse in a sentence

  • The news quickly began to diffuse through social media.
  • Her gentle words diffused the tension in the room.
  • Laughter helped diffuse the group's nervousness.
  • The curtains diffuse the sunlight softly.
  • Clouds can diffuse the sunlight, creating a gentle glow.
  • The diffuse sound made it hard to locate the source.

Translations of "diffuse" in Context ordered by category and frequency

Verb
diffuserv.

He may thus be required to validate, sign and diffuse documents.

Il peut être ainsi amené à valider, signer, diffuser des documents.

désamorcerv.

Her quick response helped to diffuse the tension in the room.

Sa réaction prompte a aidé à désamorcer la tension dans la pièce.

se diffuserv.

The fine layer permits water to diffuse through it by capillary action.

La couche fine permet à l'eau de se diffuser en la traversant par action capillaire.

Adjective / Participle
diffusadj.

Because of the dust, the headlight beam became diffuse and scattered in all directions.

À cause de la poussière, le faisceau du phare devenait diffus et se dispersait partout.

vagueadj.

The answer that I received was somewhat diffuse, as one would expect.

La réponse que j'ai obtenue était quelque peu vague, comme on s'y serait attendu.

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diffuse: Examples and translations in context

Because we wish to diffuse our message of resistance against the copyright.

Parce que nous souhaitons diffuser notre message de résistance face au copyright.

You are not authorised to diffuse the content in your own name.

Vous n'êtes pas autorisé à diffuser le contenu en votre nom propre.

What you have to do, it is to diffuse this light.

Ce que tu as à faire, c'est de diffuser cette lumière.

This perfume burner was made to diffuse without denaturing essential oils.

Ce brûle-parfum a été conçu pour diffuser sans dénaturer les huiles essentielles.

It was more than judicious to reconstruct and diffuse this history.

Il était donc plus que judicieux de la reconstituer et de la diffuser.

On the contrary, the lighter colours diffuse more natural light.

A l'inverse les coloris clairs diffusent plus de lumière naturelle.

Not to diffuse towards a flame or a source of heat.

Ne pas diffuser vers une flamme ou une source de chaleur.

His cooling demeanor helped diffuse the argument between his friends.

Son comportement apaisant a aidé à désamorcer la dispute entre ses amis.

See also:

diffuse axonal injury
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