ballotter

balɔte

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of ballotter - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

personnes

tr.

faire attendre quelqu'un en le renvoyant d'une personne à une autre

tr.

L'administration l'a ballotté entre plusieurs services sans réponse.

balader

promener

renvoyer

mouvement

tr./intr.

secouer dans plusieurs directions différentes

tr./intr.

Les vagues ballottent le bateau de droite à gauche.

agiter

remuer

secouer

discussion

tr.

débattre longuement d'une question sans décision

tr.

Le projet a été ballotté pendant des mois en commission.

débattre

discuter

ergoter

instabilité

intr.

bouger de façon instable par manque de fixation

intr.

Le meuble ballotte car il manque une vis.

osciller

tanguer

vaciller

élection

tr.

TECH.

organiser un second tour de scrutin

tr.

TECH.

Les deux candidats seront ballottés au second tour.

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Origin of ballotter

français, ballot (paquet) + -er (suffixe verbal)

Examples of ballotter in a sentence

Les clients sont souvent ballottés entre différents conseillers.
Le bus était balloté par le vent violent toute la nuit.
Les passagers se sentaient ballotter dans l’avion pendant la tempête.
Les négociations ont été ballottées toute la journée.
Le sujet a été ballotté entre plusieurs experts.
La barque ballotait sur les vagues agitées.

Son sac ballotait au bout de son bras pendant la marche.
Trois candidats seront ballottés dimanche prochain.
Le maire sortant a été ballotté lors des élections précédentes.

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English:give someone the runaround, rock, ...
German:abwimmeln, herumwerfen, ...
Italian:rimbalzare, sballottare, ...
Spanish:marear, zarandear, ...
Portuguese:balançar, abanar, ...
Chinese:推来推去, 颠簸, ...
Japanese:たらい回しにする, 揺さぶる, ...
Arabic:تلاعب به بين الأفراد, تأرجح, ...
Hebrew:לְטַלְטֵל, לְהַעֲבִיר מִדִּין לְדִין, ...
Russian:футболить, болтать, ...
Ukrainian:ганяти туди-сюди, хитати, ...
Catalan:fer voltar, sacsejar, ...
Danish:sende rundt, kaste rundt, ...
Dutch:iemand heen en weer sturen, dooreenschudden, ...
Greek:ταλαιπωρώ, ταρακουνώ, ...
Hungarian:ide-oda küldözgetni, hánykolódni, ...
Khmer:បញ្ជូនឲ្យរត់ពីកន្លែងមួយទៅកន្លែងមួយ, ក្រវីក្រវាត់, ...
Korean:이리저리 돌리다, 이리저리 흔들다, ...
Polish:odsyłać od Annasza do Kajfasza, miotać, ...
Portuguese (BR):jogar de um lado para outro, balançar, ...
Romanian:a ține în aer, a zgâlțâi, ...
Swedish:skicka runt, skaka, ...
Thai:ส่งต่อไปมา, โคลงเคลง, ...
Turkish:oradan oraya sürüklemek, sallamak, ...
Vietnamese:đẩy qua đẩy lại, lắc lư, ...

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