saillir

seiʁ

saillaient, saillais, saillait

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Definition of saillir - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

architecture

intr.

Rare

déborder, dépasser le niveau d'une surface

intr.

Rare

Le balcon saille de deux mètres par rapport à la façade.

dépasser

liquide

intr.

Rare

jaillir avec force par secousses

intr.

Rare

L'eau saillit du tuyau percé.

gicler

jaillir

animaux

tr.

TECH.

couvrir une femelle pour la reproduction

tr.

TECH.

L'étalon saillit la jument au printemps.

couvrir

monter

peinture

tr.

Rare

donner un effet de relief dans une œuvre

tr.

Rare

Les personnages saillent magnifiquement de cette toile.

accentuer

mettre en relief

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Origin of saillir

français, saillir (sortir, dépasser)

Terms with saillir included in their meaning

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pigeonnant

adj.

poitrine

qui fait saillir et arrondir la poitrine ou les seins

Examples of saillir in a sentence

Les pierres saillissent légèrement du mur ancien.
Le sang saillit de la blessure.
La lave saillit du volcan en éruption.
Le taureau doit saillir plusieurs vaches cette saison.
Le vétérinaire observe le chien prêt à saillir la femelle.
Les ombres saillent sur le mur du tableau.

Les couleurs vives saillent dans cette fresque ancienne.

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English:project, spurt, ...
German:vorspringen, herausspritzen, ...
Italian:sporgere, zampillare, ...
Spanish:sobresalir, brotar, ...
Portuguese:sobressair, jorrar, ...
Chinese:突出, 喷出, ...
Japanese:突き出る, 噴き出す, ...
Arabic:برز, اندفع بقوة, ...
Hebrew:לִבְלוֹט, לִזְרוֹם בְּהִתְפָּרְצוּיוֹת, ...
Russian:выступать, бить струёй, ...
Ukrainian:виступати, вириватися ривками, ...
Catalan:sobresortir, brollar, ...
Danish:rage ud, sprøjte ud, ...
Dutch:uitsteken, spuiten, ...
Greek:προεξέχω, εκτινάσσομαι, ...
Hungarian:kinyúlni, kicsapni, ...
Khmer:លយចេញ, បាញ់ចេញ, ...
Korean:돌출되다, 분출하다, ...
Polish:wystawać, wytryskiwać, ...
Portuguese (BR):sobressair, jorrar, ...
Romanian:a ieși în afară, a țâșni, ...
Swedish:skjuta ut, spruta, ...
Thai:ยื่นออกมา, พุ่งออก, ...
Turkish:çıkıntı yapmak, fışkırmak, ...
Vietnamese:nhô ra, phun ra, ...

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