decaying in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for decaying in the English»French Dictionary

decaying [Brit dɪˈkeɪɪŋ] ADJ

1. decaying:

decaying timber, vegetation

en train de pourrir

decaying tooth

en train de se carier or se gâter

decaying corpse, carcass

en décomposition, en train de pourrir

decaying MED bone

en train de se détériorer or se carier spec

2. decaying building, street, suburb:

decaying

qui se dégrade, qui se détériore

3. decaying civilization, order, nation:

decaying

en déclin

I.decay [Brit dɪˈkeɪ, Am dəˈkeɪ] N

1. decay (rot):

decay (of timber, meat, vegetation)

pourriture f

decay (of building, area, façade)

délabrement m

to fall into decay building:

se délabrer

2. decay DENT:

decay

carie f

tooth or dental decay

la carie dentaire

to have decay

avoir des caries

to prevent decay

éviter les caries

3. decay GEOL:

decay

décomposition f

4. decay PHYS:

decay

désintégration f

5. decay fig:

decay (of society, culture)

déclin m

decay (of economy, institution, industry)

délabrement m

decay (of economy, institution, industry)

déclin m

decay (of nation, civilization)

décadence f

decay (of nation, civilization)

déchéance f

II.decay [Brit dɪˈkeɪ, Am dəˈkeɪ] VB trans

decay timber

pourrir, faire pourrir

decay teeth

gâter, carier

III.decay [Brit dɪˈkeɪ, Am dəˈkeɪ] VB intr

1. decay (rot):

decay timber, vegetation, food:

pourrir

decay corpse:

se décomposer, se putréfier

decay tooth:

se gâter, se carier

decay bone:

se détériorer, se carier spec

2. decay (disintegrate):

decay statue, façade:

se dégrader

decay building:

se détériorer, se délabrer

3. decay (decline) fig:

decay civilization, institution:

décliner

decay beauty:

se faner

4. decay GEOL:

decay

se décomposer

5. decay PHYS:

decay

se désintégrer

urban decay N

urban decay

dégradation f urbaine

moral decay N U

moral decay

déchéance f morale

tooth decay N

tooth decay

carie f dentaire

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dental treatment, record, hygiene, decay

dentaire

Translations for decaying in the French»English Dictionary

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en décomposition société

decaying

dépérissement (de civilisation)

decay

carier

to cause [sth] to decay

se carier

to decay

décrépitude (de civilisation, régime)

decay

decaying in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for decaying in the English»French Dictionary

I.decay [dɪˈkeɪ] N no pl

1. decay (deterioration):

decay

délabrement m

environmental decay

dégradation f de l'environnement

to fall into decay

se délabrer

2. decay (decline):

decay a. fig

déclin m

decay of civilization

décadence f

moral decay

déchéance f morale

3. decay (rotting):

decay

décomposition f

4. decay MED (dental decay):

decay

carie f

5. decay PHYS:

decay

désintégration f

II.decay [dɪˈkeɪ] VB intr

1. decay (deteriorate):

decay

se détériorer

decay tooth

se carier

decay food

pourrir

2. decay BIOL:

decay

se décomposer

3. decay PHYS:

decay

se désintégrer

III.decay [dɪˈkeɪ] VB trans

decay food

décomposer

decay tooth

carier

tooth decay N no pl

tooth decay

carie f dentaire

Translations for decaying in the French»English Dictionary

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charogne d'un animal

decaying carcass

charogne d'une personne

decaying corpse

decaying Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

environmental decay

dégradation f de l'environnement

to fall into decay

se délabrer

moral decay

déchéance f morale

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Cn decaying by SF with a short half-time suggesting a previously unknown SF branch.

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C is radioactive, decaying with a half-life of about 5,730 years.

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In a charnel ground there are bodies everywhere in different states of decomposition: freshly dead bodies, decaying bodies, skeletons and disembodied bones.

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The painting gradually changes from a handsome blue-eyed and black-haired young man to a withered, balding old man and finally, to a decaying skeleton.

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He is shocked by the scale of the urban collapse that has struck the city law and order has broken down and marauding gangs terrorise the litter strewn, decaying streets.

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Visually it is shown as a high frequency sine wave growing and decaying within the longer-lived envelope of the double-exponential curve.

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Plutonium-241 is the parent isotope of the neptunium decay series, decaying to americium-241 via or electron emission.

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He was once forced to wear a copper alloy bodysuit to prevent his body from decaying on exposure to air.

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The wetlands have been replaced mostly by lifeless salt flats and decaying reed stands.

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The orbit of the brown dwarf is slowly decaying.

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