swaying in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for swaying in the English»French Dictionary

I.sway [Brit sweɪ, Am sweɪ] N

1. sway:

sway (of tower, bridge, train)

oscillation f

sway (of boat)

balancement m

2. sway (power):

under the sway of

sous la domination de

to hold sway

avoir une grande influence

to hold sway over person, country

dominer

II.sway [Brit sweɪ, Am sweɪ] VB trans

1. sway (influence):

sway person, jury, voters

influencer

to sway sb in favour of doing

déterminer qn à faire

to sway the outcome in sb's favour

faire pencher la balance en faveur de qn

she would not be swayed

elle ne se laissait pas influencer

I was almost swayed by

j'ai failli être emporté par

2. sway (rock):

sway trees, building

osciller

to sway one's hips

se déhancher

to sway one's body

se balancer

III.sway [Brit sweɪ, Am sweɪ] VB intr

sway

osciller

sway

tanguer

sway

flotter

sway (from weakness, inebriation)

chanceler

sway (to music)

se balancer

to sway from side to side person:

se balancer de droite à gauche

to sway along the path

avancer le long du chemin en chancelant

IV.swaying ADJ

swaying building, train:

swaying

oscillant

the swaying palms/dancers

les palmiers/danseurs qui se balancent

Translations for swaying in the French»English Dictionary

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déhanché (déhanchée)

swaying

chaloupé (chaloupée)

swaying

balancement (de branches, corps)

swaying uncountable

vacillement (de chose)

swaying uncountable

ondoyant (ondoyante) démarche

swaying

ondulation (de corps)

swaying uncountable

ondulations du corps

swaying movements of the body

roulis (de voiture, train)

swaying

déhanchement

swaying hips

ondoiement (de blé, d'herbes)

swaying

swaying in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for swaying in the English»French Dictionary

I.sway [sweɪ] VB intr

sway

se balancer

II.sway [sweɪ] VB trans (persuade)

sway

influencer

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to sway to the rhythm

onduler au rythme de la musique

Translations for swaying in the French»English Dictionary

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balancement des hanches

swaying

mouvant(e) champs de blé

swaying

dodeliner de la tête

sway one's head

balancer les hanches

to sway one's hips

vaciller poteau

to sway

fléchir personne

to sway

se balancer

to sway

rouler épaules

to sway

swaying Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to hold sway over sth

faire la pluie et le beau temps dans qc

to sway to the rhythm

onduler au rythme de la musique

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The paroxysms were accompanied by swaying motions of the ground which caused all the houses of the town to totter.

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Smoke rings drift, glasses clink and bodies brush against each other in the muggy night, all pheromone-drunk swagger and swaying innuendo.

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Nylon, who was swaying through the halls like a raving madman, is also crushed to death.

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It catches the plankton by staying in its burrow and swaying its head about to catch the plankton drifting by in the current.

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Nearby, sticky molasses is sewn directly into the soil while towering sugarcane creaks and hisses, creating sun-baked corridors of swaying, groaning grass.

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Since da-sein "is" projecting-opening, the leap opens a site in which the essential swaying of be-ing may be grounded in thinking-saying.

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The dance usually involves couples walking gracefully in a quarter-note rhythm, on slightly bended knees, with relaxed turns and gently swaying.

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A display of a male involved fluffing its feathers, holding the bill high and flicking wings while swaying from side to side.

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The swaying waltzes, constantly pushed forward and held back, needed a sure guiding hand.

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It hung from the boatman's hands by its recently wrung neck, its claws swaying insouciantly with the boat's rocking.

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