survoler

syʁvɔle

Definition

Conjugation

Definition of survoler - Reverso French Dictionary

Verb

tr.

lectureparcourir rapidement sans approfondir

Il survole le rapport sans lire les détails.

lire en diagonale

parcourir rapidement

aviationvoler au-dessus de quelque chose

L'avion survole la ville avant d'atterrir.

compétitiondominer largement par sa supériorité

Cette équipe survole le championnat cette année.

écraser

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survoler le sujet

traiter un sujet de façon rapide et superficielle

Le professeur a survolé le sujet à cause du manque de temps.

Origin of survoler

français, sur- (au-dessus) + voler (se déplacer dans l'air)

Examples of survoler in a sentence

Nous avons survolé le chapitre avant le cours.
Un hélicoptère survole la forêt chaque matin.
Les oiseaux migrateurs survolent la région en automne.
Ils ont survolé la compétition sans difficulté.
Le joueur survole tous ses adversaires cette saison.

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English:skim, fly over, ...
German:überfliegen, dominieren, ...
Italian:scorrere, sorvolare, ...
Spanish:ojear, sobrevolar, ...
Portuguese:folhear, sobrevoar, ...
Chinese:浏览, 飞越, ...
Japanese:ざっと読む, 上空を飛ぶ, ...
Arabic:تصفح, حلّق فوق, ...
Hebrew:לְרַפְרֵף, לָטוּס מֵעַל, ...
Russian:бегло просмотреть, пролетать, ...
Ukrainian:переглядати, пролітати над, ...
Catalan:fullejar, sobrevolar, ...
Danish:skimme, overflyve, ...
Dutch:snel doorbladeren, overvliegen, ...
Greek:διατρέχω, πετάω πάνω από, ...
Hungarian:átfutni, átrepülni, ...
Khmer:អានរំលង, ហោះពីលើ, ...
Korean:훑어보다, 위를 날다, ...
Polish:przejrzeć, przelatywać nad, ...
Portuguese (BR):percorrer rapidamente, sobrevoar, ...
Romanian:a răsfoi, a survola, ...
Swedish:skumma, överflyga, ...
Thai:อ่านผ่าน ๆ, บินผ่านเหนือ, ...
Turkish:göz gezdirmek, üzerinden uçmak, ...
Vietnamese:đọc lướt, bay qua, ...

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