Definition of affamer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

nourriturepriver de nourriture pour causer la faim

Le dictateur a décidé d'affamer la population rebelle.

architecture

Dated

terminer une moulure sans qu'elle touche le mur ou le sol

Dated

L'artisan va affamer cette corniche pour créer un effet décoratif.

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Origin of affamer

latin, affamare (faire mourir de faim)

Examples of affamer in a sentence

Il est cruel d'affamer des animaux domestiques intentionnellement.
Il faut affamer la plinthe pour respecter le plan.
La moulure a été affamée selon les instructions de l’architecte.

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English:starve, stop short, ...
German:aushungern, auslaufen lassen, ...
Italian:affamare, realizzare una modanatura che non arriva a toccare il muro o il pavimento, ...
Spanish:hambrear, rematar una moldura sin que toque la pared o el suelo, ...
Portuguese:afamar, terminar uma moldura sem que toque na parede ou no chão, ...
Chinese:使......挨饿, 悬空收口, ...
Japanese:飢えさせる, 浮かせて仕上げる, ...
Arabic:جوّع, قَصَرَ, ...
Hebrew:לְהַרְעִיב, לְסַיֵּם עִטּוּר בּוֹלֵט לִפְנֵי הַקִּיר אוֹ הָרִצְפָּה, ...
Russian:морить голодом, подрезать, ...
Ukrainian:голодоморити, завершити без дотику, ...
Catalan:afamar, ...
Danish:sulte, afslutte en profilering før væggen eller gulvet, ...
Dutch:uithongeren, een lijst of plint zo afwerken dat die het muurvlak of de vloer niet raakt een schaduwvoeg creëren, ...
Greek:λιμοκτονώ, τελειώνω μια κορνίζα ή γείσο αφήνοντάς το να μη φτάνει μέχρι τον τοίχο ή το πάτωμα, ...
Hungarian:kiéheztetni, díszlécnek a faltól vagy padlótól elválasztott befejezése, ...
Khmer:បង្អត់អាហារ, បញ្ចប់លំនាំតុបតែងឲ្យផុតមុនដល់ជញ្ជាំង ឬកម្រាល, ...
Korean:굶기다, 띄우다, ...
Polish:głodzić, zakończyć w powietrzu, ...
Portuguese (BR):fazer passar fome, deixar a moldura suspensa, ...
Romanian:a înfometa, a termina în gol, ...
Swedish:svälta, avsluta en list innan den når väggen eller golvet, ...
Thai:ทำให้หิวโหย, เว้นระยะขอบบัว, ...
Turkish:aç bırakmak, boşta bırakmak, ...
Vietnamese:bỏ đói, kết thúc hở, ...

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