Definition of improviser - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr./intr.

organisation spontanéeorganiser ou faire quelque chose sans préparation à l'avance

Nous avons dû improviser un pique-nique avec ce qu'on avait.

création artistiquecréer spontanément de la musique, des vers ou un discours

Le musicien a improvisé un solo de guitare magnifique.

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Origin of improviser

italien, improvvisare (faire sans préparation)

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bertsolarisme

tradition basque

art basque d'improviser des vers chantés lors de joutes poétiques

Examples of improviser in a sentence

Parfois, il faut improviser en cuisine avec peu d'ingrédients.
Elle a dû improviser un discours lors de la cérémonie.
Les acteurs aiment improviser sur scène pendant les répétitions.

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English:improvise, make up on the spot, ...
German:improvisieren, aus dem Stegreif erschaffen, ...
Italian:improvvisare, ...
Spanish:improvisar, crear sobre la marcha, ...
Portuguese:improvisar, ...
Chinese:临时应变, 即兴创作, ...
Japanese:即興で行う, 即興する, ...
Arabic:ارتجل, ابتكر عفوياً, ...
Hebrew:לְאַלְתֵּר, לְהַאִלְתֵּר, ...
Russian:импровизировать, ...
Ukrainian:імпровізувати, вигадувати на ходу, ...
Catalan:improvisar, fer improvisacions, ...
Danish:improvisere, digte, ...
Dutch:improviseren, ...
Greek:αυτοσχεδιάζω, αυθόρμητα δημιουργώ, ...
Hungarian:rögtönözni, ...
Khmer:ដោះស្រាយតាមស្ថានការ, ច្នៃភ្លាមៗ, ...
Korean:즉흥적으로 하다, 즉흥적으로 연주하다, ...
Polish:improwizować, ...
Portuguese (BR):improvisar, ...
Romanian:a improviza, ...
Swedish:improvisera, ...
Thai:ด้นสด, เล่นสด, ...
Turkish:doğaçlama yapmak, doğaçlamak, ...
Vietnamese:ứng biến, ứng tác, ...

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