damer

dame

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Definition of damer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

constructioncompacter le sol en le frappant avec un outil lourd

Les ouvriers dament le sol avant de couler le béton.

compacter

tasser

skicompacter et lisser la neige sur les pistes

Les dameuses dament les pistes pendant la nuit.

compacter

lisser

jeu de damesprendre un pion adverse au jeu de dames

Elle dame le pion de son adversaire d'un coup habile.

capturer

prendre

échecspromouvoir un pion arrivé au bout de l'échiquier

Il dame son pion et le transforme en reine.

couronner

promouvoir

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Expressions with damer

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damer le pion

surpasser quelqu'un de manière décisive, prendre l'avantage

Il a damé le pion à son concurrent en proposant un prix plus bas.

damer le pion à

battre quelqu'un en étant plus fort ou plus malin

Il a damé le pion à son rival en proposant une meilleure offre.

se faire damer le pion

être surpassé ou devancé par quelqu'un qui prend l'avantage

Il s'est fait damer le pion par son jeune concurrent.

Origin of damer

français, damer (appliquer une pression)

Examples of damer in a sentence

Le géomètre a demandé de damer la zone avant la construction.
On doit damer la piste avant l'ouverture.
Ils dament la neige chaque matin pour les skieurs.
Il a réussi à damer deux pions en un seul tour.
Tu dois apprendre à damer pour gagner plus souvent.
Elle a réussi à damer son pion lors de la partie.

Peux-tu expliquer comment damer un pion aux échecs ?

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English:tamp, groom, ...
German:verdichten, präparieren, ...
Italian:costipare, battare, ...
Spanish:apisonar, pisar, ...
Portuguese:compactar, pisar, ...
Chinese:夯实, 压雪, ...
Japanese:地面を突き固める, 圧雪する, ...
Arabic:دكّ, سوّى الثلج, ...
Hebrew:לְדַּפֵּק, לְהַדֵּק אֶת הַשֶּׁלֶג, ...
Russian:трамбовать, утрамбовывать снег, ...
Ukrainian:утрамбовувати, ущільнювати сніг, ...
Catalan:compactar, trepitjar, ...
Danish:stampe, præparere, ...
Dutch:verdichten, de sneeuw aandrukken, ...
Greek:συμπιέζω, σφίγγω, ...
Hungarian:tömöríteni, ratraolni, ...
Khmer:បុកបង្ហាប់ដី, បង្រួមឲ្យរាបស្មើ, ...
Korean:땅을 다지다, 눈을 다지다, ...
Polish:ubijać, wygładzać, ...
Portuguese (BR):compactar, compactar a neve, ...
Romanian:a tasa, a bătători, ...
Swedish:packa, pista, ...
Thai:บดอัดดิน, อัดและปรับผิวหิมะ, ...
Turkish:tokmaklamak, pisti düzlemek, ...
Vietnamese:đầm đất, san phẳng tuyết, ...

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