Definition of culminer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

intr.

géographieêtre au point le plus haut d'un relief

Le mont Blanc culmine à 4809 mètres d'altitude.

couronner

dominer

figuréatteindre son niveau maximum

La tension entre les deux pays a culminé hier soir.

atteindre le sommet

astronomie

TECH.

atteindre sa plus grande hauteur dans le ciel

TECH.

Le soleil culmine à midi au-dessus de nos têtes.

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Origin of culminer

latin, culminare (atteindre le sommet)

Examples of culminer in a sentence

Cette montagne culmine à la frontière entre deux pays.
La popularité du chanteur a culminé en 2020.
La crise économique a culminé au printemps dernier.
À l’équinoxe, la Lune culmine plus haut dans le ciel.
Cette étoile culmine à l’aube en été.

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English:culminate, peak, ...
German:gipfeln, kulminieren, ...
Italian:culminare, raggiungere il culmine, ...
Spanish:culminar, alcanzar el punto máximo, ...
Portuguese:culminar, atingir o auge, ...
Chinese:达到最高点, 达到顶峰, ...
Japanese:頂点に達する, 最高潮に達する, ...
Arabic:بلغ القمة, بلغ ذروته, ...
Hebrew:לְהִתְנַשֵּׂא, לְהַגִּיעַ לְשִׂיא, ...
Russian:возвышаться, достигать апогея, ...
Ukrainian:досягати вершини, досягти апогею, ...
Catalan:culminar, arribar al punt àlgid, ...
Danish:kulminere, toppe, ...
Dutch:het hoogste punt bereiken, de top bereiken, ...
Greek:δεσπόζω, φτάνω στο αποκορύφωμά μου, ...
Hungarian:elérni a legnagyobb magasságát, csúcspontra jutni, ...
Khmer:ឈានដល់កម្ពស់, ឈានដល់ចំណុចកំពូល, ...
Korean:정상에 있다, 최고조에 달하다, ...
Polish:wznosić się, osiągnąć kulminację, ...
Portuguese (BR):atingir o ponto mais alto, atingir o auge, ...
Romanian:a atinge altitudinea maximă, a atinge, ...
Swedish:nå, kulminera, ...
Thai:อยู่สูงสุด, ถึงจุดสูงสุด, ...
Turkish:zirveye ulaşmak, en yüksek noktaya çıkmak, ...
Vietnamese:đạt đến độ cao nhất, đạt đến đỉnh điểm, ...

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