cintrer

sɛ̃tʁe

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Definition of cintrer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

façonnage

Rare

donner une forme courbée à quelque chose

Rare

Il faut cintrer cette barre de métal pour qu'elle s'adapte.

cambrer

courber

couture

TECH.

ajuster la taille d'un vêtement pour l'amincir

TECH.

La couturière va cintrer cette robe à la taille.

ajuster

rétrécir

architecture

TECH.

construire avec une forme arquée ou en demi-cercle

TECH.

L'architecte va cintrer cette voûte selon les plans.

arquer

voûter

nautique

Dated

entourer un navire de cordages pour le renforcer

Dated

Les marins doivent cintrer le bateau avant la tempête.

ceinturer

entourer

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Origin of cintrer

latin, cinctus (ceinturé) + suffixe -er (verbe)

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bombage

cintrage

action de cintrer un matériau pour le rendre convexe

Examples of cintrer in a sentence

On doit cintrer les tuyaux pour les installer correctement.
Elle a dû cintrer la veste pour mettre en valeur la silhouette.
On peut cintrer légèrement le manteau pour un effet plus élégant.
On doit cintrer les poutres pour ce pont.
Ils ont cintré la porte en bois à la main.
Il faut cintrer le navire avant la traversée.

Les ouvriers cintraient le vieux bateau pour éviter qu'il ne se brise.

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English:bend, take in, ...
German:biegen, taillieren, ...
Italian:curvare, stringere in vita, ...
Spanish:curvar, entallar, ...
Portuguese:encurvar, ajustar a cintura, ...
Chinese:弯曲, 收腰, ...
Japanese:曲げる, ウエストを絞る, ...
Arabic:قوّس, ضيق, ...
Hebrew:לְעַקֵּם, לְהַצֵּר, ...
Russian:гнуть, приталивать, ...
Ukrainian:вигинати, приталювати, ...
Catalan:corbar, entallar, ...
Danish:bøje, tage ind, ...
Dutch:biegen, tailleren, ...
Greek:καμπυλώνω, μεσάρω, ...
Khmer:ពត់កោង, បន្ថយចង្កេះ, ...
Korean:구부리다, 허리선을 잡다, ...
Polish:wygiąć, zwęzić w talii, ...
Portuguese (BR):curvar, acinturar, ...
Romanian:a curba, a strâmta în talie, ...
Swedish:böja, sy in, ...
Thai:ดัดให้โค้ง, เข้ารูป, ...
Turkish:eğmek, belini daraltmak, ...
Vietnamese:uốn cong, chỉnh eo, ...

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