stentor

stɑ̃tœʁ

Definition

Definition of stentor - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

voix forte

Rare

homme qui a une voix très forte et puissante

Rare

Ce stentor dominait tous les discours avec sa voix tonitruante.

gueulard

tonitruant

voix puissante

microbiologie

TECH.

genre de micro-organismes ciliés d'eau douce en forme de trompette

TECH.

Les stentors sont facilement identifiables par leur forme caractéristique.

protozoaire

TECH.

micro-organisme cilié d'eau douce du genre stentor

TECH.

Un stentor nage gracieusement dans cette goutte d'eau de mare.

cilié

micro-organisme

protozoaire

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Expressions with stentor

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une voix de stentor

voix très forte et puissante qui porte loin

Le professeur a une voix de stentor qui résonne dans toute l'école.

Origin of stentor

grec, sténos (étroit) + ôidês (semblable) (—)

Examples of stentor in a sentence

Ce stentor couvrait sans effort le chœur de l'église.
Le stentor se distingue au microscope par sa couleur verdâtre.
Le biologiste observe un stentor fixé à une feuille aquatique.
Un stentor se fixe à une algue avant de se contracter brusquement.
On observe au microscope plusieurs stentors filtrant les particules en suspension.

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English:man with a booming voice, stentor, ...
German:Stentor, ...
Italian:stentore, stentor, ...
Spanish:esténtor, stentor, ...
Portuguese:stentor, Stentor, ...
Chinese:大嗓门, 壶菌属, ...
Japanese:大声の男性, ステントル, ...
Arabic:جهير الصوت, ستنتور, ...
Hebrew:בַּעַל קוֹל רַם, סְטֶנְטוֹר, ...
Russian:стентор, инфузория-стентор, ...
Ukrainian:стентор, інфузорія-стентор, ...
Catalan:estèntor, stentor, ...
Danish:stentor, trompetdyr, ...
Dutch:stentor, ...
Greek:Στέντορας, στεντόρας, ...
Hungarian:nagyhangú ember, stentor, ...
Khmer:បុរសដែលមានសំឡេងបន្លឺខ្លាំងខ្លា, ស្តិនទ័រ, ...
Korean:목소리의 거인, 스텐토르, ...
Polish:stentor, orzęsek trąbkowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):voz de trovão, stentor, ...
Romanian:stentor, protozoar, ...
Swedish:stentor, ...
Thai:คนเสียงดัง, สเตนทอร์, ...
Turkish:gür sesli adam, Stentor, ...
Vietnamese:người có giọng oang oang, stentor, ...

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Definition of stentor - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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