confederation in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for confederation in the English»French Dictionary

confederation [Brit kənfɛdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n, Am kənˌfɛdəˈreɪʃ(ə)n] N

confederation

confédération f

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confédération

confederation

MEDEF

French business confederation

centrale syndicale ou ouvrière

confederation of trade unions

confederation in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for confederation in the English»French Dictionary

confederation [kənˌfedəˈreɪʃən] N

confederation

confédération f

Confederation N ECON

Confederation of British Industry

≈ Conseil national du patronat français

Confederation Day

Confederation Day

Le Confederation Day ou "Canada Day" est le jour de la fête nationale canadienne, fêtée le 1er juillet.

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confédération

confederation

centrale syndicale

confederation of trade unions

la Confédération helvétique

the Swiss Confederation

Confédéré(e)

member of the Swiss Confederation

Saint-Jean-Baptiste

La Saint-Jean-Baptiste on 24 July is the national holiday of French Canada (more important for French Canadians than the Canadian national holiday, "Confederation Day" on 1 July) and there is dancing round high piles of logs.

confederation Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

Confederation of British Industry

≈ Conseil national du patronat français

La Saint-Jean-Baptiste on 24 July is the national holiday of French Canada (more important for French Canadians than the Canadian national holiday, "Confederation Day" on 1 July) and there is dancing round high piles of logs.

Saint-Jean-Baptiste

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English

People wanted to try to decolonize the anniversary of confederation.

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It is the biggest of all volleyball confederations, and the one that organizes the largest number of annual competitions and tournaments.

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The process which led to the confederation was considered illegitimate because in their opinion it was undemocratic.

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So they will continue to be obstreperous and continue to be the hurt petulant child of confederation.

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The third leg is the old idea that a confederation of peaceable princes could produce a perpetual peace.

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He supported the development of an intercolonial railway, free common schools and Confederation.

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The confederation did not have a flag of its own, although the black-red-gold tricolour is sometimes mistakenly attributed to it.

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It would lead to a lop-sided confederation with resulting instability and resentment.

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Such a fundamental breach in the confederation bargain would inevitably trigger a demand to renegotiate the terms of association among the shards that remained, with no assurance of success.

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The Gambia withdrew from the confederation in 1989.

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