effleurer

eflœʁe

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Definition of effleurer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

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contact légertoucher légèrement ou passer très près sans appuyer

Le chat a effleuré ma jambe en passant.

frôler

toucher légèrement

sujet superficielaborder un sujet de façon superficielle sans le développer

Le professeur n'a fait qu'effleurer cette question complexe.

retirer surfaceenlever seulement la partie de surface de quelque chose

Il faut effleurer la peau avant de la travailler.

égratigner

gratter la surface

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effleurer la surface

toucher très légèrement la surface de quelque chose sans appuyer

L'oiseau effleure la surface de l'eau avec ses ailes.

Origin of effleurer

français, effleurer (toucher légèrement)

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glisser

contact léger

effleurer sans pénétrer profondément

toucher du bout des doigts

contact léger

effleurer quelque chose avec l'extrémité des doigts

caresser

contact léger

effleurer délicatement quelque chose

Examples of effleurer in a sentence

Le vent a effleuré son visage doucement.
Il a effleuré le sujet lors de la réunion.
Nous avons seulement effleuré ce thème en classe.
Il faut effleurer la surface du bois délicatement.
La machine effleure la couche supérieure du métal.

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English:brush, skim over, ...
German:streifen, anschneiden, ...
Italian:sfiorare, accennare, ...
Spanish:rozar, tocar superficialmente, ...
Portuguese:roçar, aflorar, ...
Chinese:轻轻碰到, 略谈, ...
Japanese:かすめる, 表面的に触れる, ...
Arabic:لامس بخفة, تطرق بشكل سطحي, ...
Hebrew:לְלַטֵּף בְּקַלּוּת, לְהַעֲלוֹת בְּקוֹל שָׁטָחִי, ...
Russian:слегка коснуться, затрагивать, ...
Ukrainian:легенько торкнутися, торкатися, ...
Catalan:fregar lleument, tocar de passada, ...
Danish:strejfe, komme ind på, ...
Dutch:licht aanraken, aanstippen, ...
Greek:αγγίζω ελαφρά, αγγίζω επιφανειακά, ...
Hungarian:súrolni, futólag tárgyalni, ...
Khmer:ប៉ះស្រាលៗ, លើកឡើងតែបន្តិចបន្តួច, ...
Korean:스치다, 겉핥기식으로 언급하다, ...
Polish:musnąć, sygnalizować, ...
Portuguese (BR):roçar, mencionar superficialmente, ...
Romanian:a atinge ușor, a atinge superficial, ...
Swedish:snudda vid, beröra, ...
Thai:แตะเบา ๆ, แตะประเด็น, ...
Turkish:hafifçe dokunmak, yüzeysel olarak değinmek, ...
Vietnamese:lướt qua, đề cập sơ qua, ...

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