| Principales traductions |
| excitant adj | familier (stimulant sexuellement) | exciting, stimulating, arousing adj |
| | (informal) | a turn on n |
| | La lecture de ce livre est plutôt excitante. |
| | This book is quite an arousing read. |
| | Reading this book is quite a turn on. |
| excitant adj | (tonique) | stimulating adj |
| | Le café a un pouvoir excitant. |
| | Coffee has stimulating power. |
| excitant nm | (substance augmentant le rythme cardique) | stimulant n |
| | Les boissons énergisantes contiennent surtout des excitants. |
| | Energy drinks contain stimulants. |
| Principales traductions |
| exciter⇒ vtr | (irriter, énerver) | wind [sb] up vtr phrasal sep |
| | | get [sb] excited, get [sb] worked up vtr + adj |
| | Arrête d'exciter ce chien, il va finir par te mordre ! |
| | Stop winding the dog up; he'll bite you! |
| exciter vtr | familier (éveiller un désir sexuel) | turn [sb] on vtr phrasal sep |
| | | excite⇒, arouse⇒ vtr |
| | | excite [sb]'s desires v expr |
| | La fille en minijupe bleue excitait beaucoup Willy. |
| | The girl in the blue miniskirt was really turning Willy on. |
| exciter vtr | (faire naître une sensation) | stimulate⇒ vtr |
| | Les amuse-gueule excitent l'appétit. |
| | Nibbles stimulate the appetite. |
| exciter vtr | (soumettre à un stimulus) | stimulate⇒ vtr |
| | Le biologiste excita le nerf optique du cobaye avec une substance acide. |
| | The biologist excited the guinea pig's optic nerve with an acidic substance. |
| s'exciter⇒ v pron | (s'énerver) | become agitated, get agitated, become overexcited, get overexcited vi + adj |
| | Les enfants s'excitent beaucoup avant Noël. |
| | The children get overexcited before Christmas. |
| s'exciter v pron | (sexualité : se stimuler) (more than one person) | arouse each other, arouse one another vtr + refl |
| | (informal, more than one person) | turn each other on, turn one another on v expr |
| | (one person) | arouse yourself vtr + refl |
| | (informal, one person) | turn yourself on v expr |
| | Les amants s'excitent mutuellement avant de passer à l'acte. |
| | The lovers aroused each other before going all the way. |
| s'exciter v pron | familier (éprouver un désir sexuel) | get turned on, get aroused vi + adj |
| | Il s'excitait à la seule pensée de revoir bientôt sa maîtresse. |
| | He was getting turned on just at the thought of seeing his mistress again soon. |