murer

myʁe

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Definition of murer - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

fortification

Rare

entourer un lieu avec des murs épais et hauts

Rare

Les habitants ont muré la ville pour se protéger des envahisseurs.

cloisonner

fortifier

maçonnerie

Rare

boucher une ouverture avec des briques ou du béton

Rare

L'ouvrier va murer cette fenêtre pour agrandir la cuisine.

sceller

emprisonnement

Rare

enfermer quelqu'un dans un lieu fermé

Rare

Le roi cruel murait ses ennemis dans les cachots du château.

claustrer

emmurer

enfermer

dissimulation

Rare

cacher complètement quelque chose aux regards

Rare

Il faut murer ce trésor pour qu'on ne le trouve jamais.

cacher

dissimuler

occulter

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se murer dans le silence

refuser de parler et rester volontairement silencieux

Depuis leur dispute, elle se mure dans le silence.

se murer

s'enfermer derrière des murs pour se protéger ou se cacher

Les habitants se sont murés dans leur maison pendant les émeutes.

Origin of murer

latin, murare (enfermer dans un mur)

Examples of murer in a sentence

Le roi fit murer le château après l'attaque.
Ils ont dû murer la porte après l'effraction.
On va murer l'ancienne cheminée ce week-end.
On a tenté de murer le prisonnier dans la tour.
Ils menaçaient de murer l’entrée de la grotte.
Ils ont décidé de murer l’entrée du passage secret.

La porte a été murée pour empêcher l’accès.

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English:wall in, wall up, ...
German:ummauern, zumauern, ...
Italian:murare, chiudere con un muro, ...
Spanish:amurallar, tapiar, ...
Portuguese:murar, emparedar, ...
Chinese:筑墙, 封堵, ...
Japanese:壁で囲む, 塞ぐ, ...
Arabic:حصّن بالجدران, سدّ, ...
Hebrew:לְבַצֵּר, לִסְתוֹם בְּלִבְנִים, ...
Russian:обнести стеной, замуровывать, ...
Ukrainian:обнести муром, замуровувати, ...
Catalan:emurallar, murar, ...
Danish:befæste, mure til, ...
Dutch:ommunen, dichtmetselen, ...
Greek:οχυρώνω, να καλύψει, ...
Hungarian:fallal körülvenni, befalazni, ...
Khmer:សង់កំពែងព័ទ្ធ, បិទជញ្ជាំង, ...
Korean:성벽을 쌓다, 벽돌로 막다, ...
Polish:otoczyć murem, zamurować, ...
Portuguese (BR):murar, rebocar, ...
Romanian:a fortifica, a zidi, ...
Swedish:befästa, mura igen, ...
Thai:ล้อมกำแพง, ก่อปิด, ...
Turkish:duvarla çevirmek, örmek, ...
Vietnamese:xây tường bao quanh, bít lại, ...

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