flood

Principales traductions
Anglais		Français
flood n	(water)	inondation nf
	The government sent the military to help save people from the flood.
	Le gouvernement a envoyé l'armée venir en aide aux victimes de l'inondation.
flood⇒ vi	(water, river) (rivière)	déborder⇒ vi
	(rivière)	être en crue loc v
	The river flooded when the dam broke.
	La rivière a débordé lorsque le barrage a lâché.
flood vi	(city, house) (ville, maison)	être inondé vi + adj
	The town flooded when the storm hit.
	La ville a été inondée lors de l'orage.
flood [sth]⇒ vtr	(water)	inonder⇒ vtr
	The spring melt flooded the lake bed.
	La fonte des neiges inondait le lac.

Traductions supplémentaires
Anglais		Français
flood n	figurative ([sth] in large quantity) (figuré : grande quantité)	déluge nm
	John released a huge flood of words when he finally started talking.
	Un déluge de paroles sortit de la bouche de John quand il se mit enfin à parler.
the Flood n	(Biblical disaster) (Bible)	le Déluge nm
	According to the Bible story, Noah built an ark to escape the Flood.
flood [sth] vtr	figurative (overwhelm) (figuré)	inonder⇒, submerger⇒ vtr
	Customers flooded the business with complaints.
	La société était submergée de plaintes venant des clients.
flood [sth] vtr	(engine: overfill carburettor) (le moteur)	noyer⇒ vtr
	If you try to start the car on full choke, you'll flood the engine.

Verbes à particule
Anglais		Français
flood in vi phrasal	figurative (arrive in large quantities)	affluer⇒ vi
	Complaints flooded in as soon as the comments were broadcast. Help flooded in from all over the world after the disaster struck the city.
	Les plaintes ont afflué dès que les commentaires furent télévisés.
		arriver en masse vi
flood in vi phrasal	(water: inundate)	affluer⇒ vi
	When the dam broke, the water began to flood in.
	L'eau s'est mise à affluer dès la rupture de la digue.
flood in vi phrasal	figurative (memories, emotions: overwhelm [sb])	submerger⇒, envahir⇒ vtr
	When he saw the old photos, memories of his childhood began to flood in.
	Quand il a vu les vieilles photos, des souvenirs de son enfance l'ont submergé.

Formes composées
Anglais		Français
before the Flood adv	figurative (long ago) (familier)	il y a belle lurette loc adv
flash flood n	(sudden flood of water)	crue subite nf
	After three hours of solid rain there were reports of flash floods from all over the county.
	Après trois heures de pluie ininterrompue, on a signalé des crues subites partout dans le département.
flood back vi + adv	figurative (memory, experience: be recalled suddenly)	revenir (à [qqn]) vi
		refaire surface loc v
	When Joan looked at the photo, memories of her childhood flooded back.
flood back vi + adv	figurative (return in large numbers)	revenir⇒ vi
	The customers flooded back when the shop re-opened.
flood control n	(measures to prevent flood damage)	lutte contre les inondations nf
	The city council is planning to implement new flood control measures.
flood insurance n	(building: protection against flood)	assurance inondation nf
flood tide	(rising tide)	marée montante nf
floodplain, flood plain n	(area near river prone to flooding)	plaine inondable nf
	(technique)	lit majeur nm
	(Construction)	zone inondable nf
	An aerial view shows the river meandering through the floodplain.
in flood adj	(river, etc.: overflowing) (rivière)	en crue loc adj

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