drainer

dʁɛne

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Definition of drainer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

financeattirer des capitaux vers une banque ou un investissement

Cette banque draine beaucoup de capitaux étrangers.

agricultureévacuer l'eau en excès d'un terrain avec des canaux

Il faut drainer ce champ pour pouvoir le cultiver.

assécher

médical

TECH.

évacuer un liquide du corps avec un tube médical

TECH.

Le chirurgien va drainer l'abcès avec une sonde.

aspirer

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drainer les ressources

utiliser progressivement toutes les ressources disponibles

Cette guerre a drainé les ressources du pays.

Origin of drainer

latin, drena (canaliser)

Terms with drainer included in their meaning

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cathéter

drainage

tube médical fin inséré dans le corps pour drainer ou explorer

sondage vésical

cathétérisme

introduction d'un tube dans la vessie par l'urètre pour drainer l'urine

sonde à ballonnet

médical

tube médical avec ballonnet gonflable pour drainer ou maintenir

sonde de Foley

cathéter urinaire

tube médical avec ballonnet pour drainer l'urine de la vessie

ruisseau

agriculture

fossé creusé pour séparer ou drainer des champs agricoles

sondé

hôpital

personne portant un tube médical pour drainer un organe

drain de Kehr

chirurgie

tube chirurgical en forme de T pour drainer la bile

sonde de Pezzer

urologie

tube médical avec extrémité élargie pour drainer l'urine de la vessie

Examples of drainer in a sentence

La nouvelle politique fiscale draine les capitaux vers l'étranger.
Ils ont dû drainer le terrain après la pluie.
On va drainer le marais pour construire une route.
On doit drainer le liquide accumulé dans la plaie.
Le médecin décide de drainer l’hématome rapidement.

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English:attract capital, drain, ...
German:Kapital anziehen, entwässern, ...
Italian:attrarre, drenare, ...
Spanish:atraer, drenar, ...
Portuguese:atrair capitais, drenar, ...
Chinese:吸引, 排水, ...
Japanese:資本を集める, 排水する, ...
Arabic:استقطب رؤوس الأموال, صرّف, ...
Hebrew:לִמְשׁוֹךְ, לְנַקֵּז, ...
Russian:привлекать, дренировать, ...
Ukrainian:залучати капітал, дренувати, ...
Catalan:atraure, drenar, ...
Danish:tiltrække, dræne, ...
Dutch:kapitaal aantrekken, draineren, ...
Greek:προσελκύω, στραγγίζω, ...
Hungarian:tőkét vonzani, drénezni, ...
Khmer:ទាក់ទាញ, បង្ហូរទឹក, ...
Korean:자본을 유치하다, 배수하다, ...
Polish:przyciągać kapitał, odwadniać, ...
Portuguese (BR):atrair capitais, drenar, ...
Romanian:a atrage, a drena, ...
Swedish:dra till sig, dränera, ...
Thai:ดึงดูดเงินทุน, ระบายน้ำ, ...
Turkish:sermaye çekmek, drenaj yapmak, ...
Vietnamese:thu hút vốn, thoát nước, ...

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