gambier

gɑ̃bje

Definition

Definition of gambier - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

botanique

Dated

plante tropicale dont on extrait une résine astringente

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Le gambier pousse naturellement en Asie du Sud-Est.

peausserie

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résine astringente extraite de la plante gambier

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Le tanneur emploie du gambier pour traiter les cuirs.

boucherie

Dated

traverse de bois pour suspendre les animaux tués

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Le boucher accrocha le sanglier au gambier de son atelier.

perche

traverse

fumerie

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pipe fabriquée en terre cuite

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Il fumait tranquillement sa pipe en gambier près du feu.

pipe à fumer

pipe en terre

artisanat

Rare

outil métallique ancien pour fabriquer les miroirs

Rare

L'artisan utilisait un gambier pour mouvoir ses outils de polissage.

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Origin of gambier

malais, Gambier (nom propre de plante/île)

Examples of gambier in a sentence

On utilise le gambier pour ses effets astringents dans certains remèdes traditionnels.
Le gambier entre dans la composition de certains produits de teinture.
Ce laboratoire importe du gambier depuis l'Asie du Sud-Est.
On nettoya le gambier avant d'y suspendre les carcasses de mouton.
Le gambier, fixé au plafond, supportait plusieurs quartiers de bœuf.
Le vieux marin tenait un gambier jauni entre ses doigts.

Sur la table, un gambier finement décoré attirait les regards.
Le musée expose un ancien gambier à côté d’une table de polissage.
Sans gambier adapté, la reproduction fidèle du miroir s’avéra impossible.

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English:gambier, gambrel, ...
German:Gambir, Fleischerbalken, ...
Italian:gambir, estratto di gambir, ...
Spanish:gambir, travesaño, ...
Portuguese:gâmbir, gambier, ...
Chinese:儿茶, 甘比尔树脂, ...
Japanese:ガンビール, ガンビア, ...
Arabic:غَمْبِيَر, غامْبِيير, ...
Hebrew:גַּמְבִּיֵיר, רֵזִין גַּמְבִּיֵיר, ...
Russian:гамбир, подвесная балка, ...
Ukrainian:гамбієр, підвісна балка, ...
Catalan:gambié, gambier, ...
Danish:gambir, gambier, ...
Dutch:gambier, hangen balk, ...
Greek:καμπιέ, γκαμπιέ, ...
Hungarian:gambírfa, mészárszéki függesztőgerenda, ...
Khmer:រុក្ខជាតិត្រូពិចដែលគេយកជ័រមានរសជាតិចត់ពីវា, ជ័ររុក្ខជាតិហ្គាំបៀសម្រាប់កែច្នៃស្បែក, ...
Korean:감비어, 감비어 수지, ...
Polish:gambir, belka rzeźnicza, ...
Portuguese (BR):gâmbir, trave de açougue, ...
Romanian:gambir, grindă de măcelărie, ...
Swedish:gambir, slaktbom, ...
Thai:ต้นแกมเบียร์, กัมเบียร์, ...
Turkish:gambir, kasap traversi, ...
Vietnamese:cây gambir, gambir, ...

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Definition of gambier - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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