affourcher

afuʁʃe

Definition

Definition of affourcher - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

position

Rare

placer à califourchon sur quelque chose

Rare

Il affourche sa chaise pour mieux voir le spectacle.

chevaucher

enfourcher

navigation

TECH.

mouiller un bateau avec deux ancres dont les câbles forment une fourche

TECH.

Le capitaine décide d'affourcher le navire pour résister au courant.

menuiserie

TECH.

assembler deux pièces de bois par rainure et baguette

TECH.

L'artisan affourche les planches pour construire le meuble.

emboîter

engager

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Origin of affourcher

français, affourcher (mettre à fourche)

Examples of affourcher in a sentence

Elle affourcha le vélo sans hésiter.
Nous avons dû affourcher le voilier à cause du vent fort.
Ils préfèrent affourcher leur embarcation dans ce port étroit.
Il faut affourcher ces deux poutres pour renforcer la structure.
Le menuisier affourche soigneusement les pièces pour éviter les fissures.

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English:straddle, moor with two anchors, ...
German:sich rittlings setzen, mit zwei Ankern festmachen, ...
Italian:mettersi a cavalcioni, afforcare, ...
Spanish:sentarse a horcajadas, aforcar, ...
Portuguese:sentar-se a cavalo, ancorar em forquilha, ...
Chinese:骑坐, 双锚定位, ...
Japanese:またがる, 二本錨で停泊する, ...
Arabic:امتطى, أرسى بمزدوج, ...
Hebrew:לְהַשְׁבִּית בְּפִשּׁוּק רַגְלַיִם, לְעַגֵּן בִּשְׁנֵי עוֹגָנִים, ...
Russian:усаживать верхом, становиться на якорь с двумя якорями, ...
Ukrainian:сісти верхи, ставити на якір з розвилкою, ...
Catalan:encavalcar, aforcar, ...
Danish:sidde overskrævs, gaffelankre, ...
Dutch:schrijlings zetten op, met twee ankers voor anker gaan, ...
Greek:καθίζω με το ένα πόδι πάνω, αγκυροβολώ με δύο άγκυρες, ...
Khmer:អង្គុយគងលើ, ចតនាវាដោយបោះយុថ្កាពីរ ឲ្យខ្សែយុថ្កាបែកជាទម្រង់សម, ...
Korean:걸터앉다, 두 개의 닻으로 정박하다, ...
Polish:umieścić okrakiem, zacumować statek dwiema kotwicami, których liny tworzą widełki, ...
Portuguese (BR):montar, ancorar em forquilha, ...
Romanian:a ședea cu picioarele pe ceva, a ancora în cruce, ...
Swedish:grensla, dubbelankra, ...
Thai:นั่งคร่อม, ทอดสมอคู่, ...
Turkish:ata biner gibi oturmak, çatal demir atmak, ...
Vietnamese:ngồi dạng chân lên, thả neo đôi, ...

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