WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
contractant,
contractante nm, nf | ([qqn] qui passe un contrat) | contracting party n |
| | Le contractant doit signer toutes les pages du contrat. |
| contractant adj | (qui passe un contrat) (party) | contracting adj |
| | Les parties contractantes se sont rencontrées. |
WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2025:
| Principales traductions |
| contracter⇒ vtr | (réduire : un muscle) (muscle) | make [sth] contract, cause [sth] to contract v expr |
| | | tighten⇒, tense⇒, contract⇒ vtr |
| | Le froid contracte les muscles de son visage. |
| | The cold causes his face muscles to contract. |
| contracter vtr | (prendre : une assurance, un emprunt ...) (partnership, agreement) | establish⇒, form⇒ vtr |
| | (partnership, agreement) | enter into [sth] vi + prep |
| | (policy, loan) | take [sth] out vtr phrasal sep |
| | (formal) | secure⇒ vtr |
| | Ils ont contracté une alliance avec la firme concurrente. |
| | They have established (or: formed) a partnership with the rival firm. |
| contracter vtr | (attraper : une maladie) | catch⇒ vtr |
| | (slightly formal) | contract⇒ vtr |
| | Le jeune patient avait contracté la rougeole. |
| | The young patient had caught measles. |
| contracter vtr | (Linguistique : joindre des mots) (Linguistics) | contract⇒ vtr |
| | Le français contracte la préposition « de » avec l'article « le » pour faire « du ». |
| | French contracts the preposition "de" along with the article "le" to make "du". |
| se contracter⇒ v pron | (diminuer de volume) (muscle) | contract⇒ vi |
| | Le cœur se contracte puis se dilate. |
| | The heart contracts, then dilates. |
| se contracter v pron | (se raidir) | contract⇒, tense⇒ vi |
| | | tense up vi + adv |
| | Dans l'effort, ses muscles se sont contractés. |
| | Her muscles tensed up with the effort. |
| Traductions supplémentaires |
| se contracter v pron | (se crisper) | become tense vi + adj |
| | | stiffen⇒, tense⇒ vi |
| | | tense up vi + adv |
| | Il écoute les reproches et il se contracte. |
| | He tensed up listening to the rebukes. |
| contracter vtr | (crisper) | make [sb] tense v expr |
| | Tous ces reproches l'ont contracté. |
| | All this criticism has made him tense. |
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