couac

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Definition of couac - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

incidenterreur ou maladresse dans une action

Il y a eu un couac dans l'organisation de la réunion.

bévue

gaffe

musiquefausse note produite par une voix ou un instrument

Le clarinettiste a fait un couac pendant le concert.

canard

fausse note

astrophysique

TECH.

augmentation brutale de fréquence des impulsions d'un pulsar

TECH.

Les astronomes ont observé un couac dans ce pulsar.

glitch

sursaut

cuisine

TECH.

farine de manioc dont le poison a été retiré

TECH.

Elle prépare le couac pour accompagner le poisson grillé.

cassave

farine de manioc

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Origin of couac

onomatopée, couac (cri de canard)

Examples of couac in a sentence

Le discours a commencé avec un petit couac.
Un couac s'est glissé dans l'orchestre lors du solo.
Le chanteur a fait un couac au début de la chanson.
Un couac a été détecté lors de l'observation du pulsar Vela.
Le couac observé a surpris toute l'équipe d'astrophysiciens.
Le couac est servi dans un grand bol en bois.

On trouve du couac sur les marchés guyanais.

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English:blunder, sour note, ...
German:Panne, Kiekser, ...
Italian:intoppo, stonatura, ...
Spanish:metedura de pata, gallo, ...
Portuguese:gaffe, desafinação, ...
Chinese:失误, 走音, ...
Japanese:ミス, 音の外れ, ...
Arabic:خطأ, نغمة خاطئة, ...
Hebrew:פַּאשְׁלָה, צְלִיל חָרוּג, ...
Russian:осечка, фальшивая нота, ...
Ukrainian:осічка, фальшива нота, ...
Catalan:errada, couac, ...
Danish:en fejl, fejltone, ...
Dutch:foutje, fout, ...
Greek:γκάφα, φάλτσο, ...
Khmer:កំហុសឆ្គង, សូរខុស, ...
Korean:실수, 삑사리, ...
Polish:wpadka, fałszywa nuta, ...
Portuguese (BR):gafe, discordância, ...
Romanian:gafă, notă falsă, ...
Swedish:miss, falsk ton, ...
Thai:ข้อผิดพลาด, เสียงเพี้ยน, ...
Turkish:aksaklık, yanlış nota, ...
Vietnamese:trục trặc, nốt lạc, ...

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Definition of couac - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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