rapetisser

ʁapetise

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of rapetisser - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

réduire

tr.

rendre ou faire paraître plus petit en taille

tr.

Cette coiffure rapetisse son visage de façon surprenante.

diminuer

réduire

rétrécir

intr.

devenir plus petit naturellement ou progressivement

intr.

Ce pull rapetisse à chaque lavage en machine.

rétrécir

se contracter

rabaisser

tr.

diminuer l'importance ou la valeur de quelqu'un

tr.

Ses critiques constantes rapetissent ses collègues injustement.

dénigrer

dévaloriser

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se rapetisser

devenir plus petit en taille ou en dimension

Le pull se rapetisse au lavage.

Origin of rapetisser

français, rapetisser (rendre petit) + -ir (suffixe verbal)

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étrécir

rapetisser

devenir plus étroit ou moins large

Examples of rapetisser in a sentence

Les années ont rapetissé la vieille maison.
Il faut rapetisser la pièce pour qu'elle rentre dans le coffre.
Le tissu a rapetissé après avoir été laissé trop longtemps au soleil.
Il ne faut pas rapetisser les réussites des autres.
Elle déteste quand on essaie de la rapetisser en public.

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English:shrink, get smaller, ...
German:verkleinern, schrumpfen, ...
Italian:rimpicciolire, restringersi, ...
Spanish:empequeñecer, encoger, ...
Portuguese:diminuir, diminuir de tamanho, ...
Chinese:缩小, 缩水, ...
Japanese:小さくする, 縮む, ...
Arabic:صغّر, صَغُر, ...
Hebrew:לְהַקְטִין, לְהִתְקַטֵּן, ...
Russian:уменьшать, уменьшаться, ...
Ukrainian:зменшувати, зменшуватися, ...
Catalan:empetitir, encollir-se, ...
Danish:få til at se mindre ud, krympe, ...
Dutch:verkleinen, krimpen, ...
Greek:μικραίνω, συρρικνώνομαι, ...
Hungarian:kisebbíteni, összemenni, ...
Khmer:ធ្វើឱ្យតូច, រួមតូច, ...
Korean:작아지게 하다, 줄어들다, ...
Polish:pomniejszać, kurczyć się, ...
Portuguese (BR):diminuir, diminuir de tamanho, ...
Romanian:a micșora, a se strâmta, ...
Swedish:minska, krympa, ...
Thai:ทำให้เล็กลง, หดตัว, ...
Turkish:küçültmek, küçülmek, ...
Vietnamese:làm cho nhỏ lại, thu nhỏ lại, ...

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