avoyer

avwaje

avoie, avoient, avoiera

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Definition of avoyer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

menuiserie

tr.

TECH.

élargir le mordant d'une scie en inclinant ses dents alternativement

tr.

TECH.

Le menuisier doit avoyer la lame avant de commencer à scier.

dégauchir

mutation

intr.

TECH.

changer de voix ou de plumage

intr.

TECH.

Sa voix commence à avoyer à l'adolescence.

changer

muer

Noun, masculine

magistrature suisse

TECH.

premier magistrat dans certains cantons suisses

TECH.

L'avoyer présidait le conseil du canton de Berne.

président

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pince à avoyer

outil réglable qui écarte les dents d'une scie alternativement

Le menuisier utilise une pince à avoyer pour préparer sa scie.

Origin of avoyer

ancien français, avoyer (commander)

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tourne-à-gauche

avoyage

outil manuel pour avoyer les lames de scie

Examples of avoyer in a sentence

Avant chaque usage, il prend soin d’avoyer la lame.
L'oiseau commence à avoyer au printemps.
Les jeunes garçons avoyaient tous en même temps.
L’avoyer fut élu à l’unanimité cette année-là.
Les avoyers jouent un rôle clé dans l’histoire locale.

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English:set, avoyer, ...
German:schränken, Schultheiss, ...
Italian:avviare, avogadro, ...
Spanish:avoyar, avoé, ...
Portuguese:avoiar, avoyer, ...
Chinese:分齿, 首席执政官, ...
Japanese:アバヨイする, アヴォワイエ, ...
Arabic:حرف أسنان المنشار, أفوير, ...
Hebrew:לְעַקֵּם שִׁנַּיִם, אָבוֹיֵר, ...
Russian:разводить, авойер, ...
Ukrainian:авоювати, авойєр, ...
Catalan:avoyar, avoyer, ...
Danish:vikke, øverste magistrat i en schweizisk kanton, ...
Dutch:zetten, avoyer, ...
Greek:λιμάρω την πριόνι, αβογιέρος, ...
Khmer:បត់ធ្មេញរណារឆ្លាស់គ្នាដើម្បីពង្រីកផ្លូវកាត់, ចៅហ្វាយក្រុង, ...
Korean:톱날을 세우다, 아보이에, ...
Polish:rozginać zęby piły, awoyer, ...
Portuguese (BR):afiar a lâmina da serra, vogaior, ...
Romanian:a avoya, avoyer, ...
Swedish:skränka, avoyer, ...
Thai:ดัดฟันเลื่อย, อาโวยเยร์, ...
Turkish:testere dişlerini ayarlamak, baş yargıç, ...
Vietnamese:uốn răng cưa, quan chấp chính, ...

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Definition of avoyer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

Noun, masculine

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