DELAYING - Translation from English into French

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I. delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] N

1. delay:

delay (of train, plane, post)

retard m (of de, to, on sur)

delay (in traffic)

ralentissement m (of de)

delay in taking off

retard au décollage

we apologize for the delay

nous vous prions de nous excuser pour ce retard

2. delay (slowness):

without (further) delay

sans (plus) tarder

to apologize for one's delay in replying

s'excuser d'avoir tardé à répondre

the government's inexcusable delay in publishing the report

le retard inexcusable du gouvernement à publier le rapport

there's no time for delay

il n'y a pas de temps à perdre

3. delay (time lapse):

delay

délai m (of de, between entre)

a few minutes' delay

un délai de quelques minutes

II. delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB trans

1. delay (postpone, put off):

delay decision, publication, departure

différer (until, to jusqu'à)

to delay doing

attendre pour faire

2. delay (hold up):

delay train, arrival, post, change, process

retarder

delay traffic

ralentir

bad weather delayed us, we were delayed by bad weather

le mauvais temps nous a retardés

flights were delayed by up to 12 hours

les vols ont eu jusqu'à 12 heures de retard

III. delay [Brit dɪˈleɪ, Am dəˈleɪ] VB intr

delay

s'attarder

don't delay!

fais vite!

IV. delayed ADJ

delayed flight, train

qui a été retardé

delayed passenger

en retard

to have a delayed reaction

réagir après coup (to à)

to have a delayed effect

agir après un certain délai

V. delaying ADJ

delaying action, tactic:

delaying

dilatoire

courtesy delay N MOTOR

courtesy delay

plafonnier m à extinction différée

time delay N

time delay

délai m

a delaying/scare tactic

une tactique dilatoire/alarmiste

French

English

dilatoire tactique

delaying

retardement

delaying

relais de temporisation

time delay relay

retard irrattrapable

irretrievable delay

chicane (point de détail)

delaying tactics pl

retarder le vieillissement

to delay the ageing process

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French

delaying ADJ

delaying tactics:

delaying

dilatoire

I. delay [dɪˈleɪ] VB trans

delay

retarder

II. delay [dɪˈleɪ] VB intr

delay

tarder

III. delay [dɪˈleɪ] N

delay

retard m

cause trouble, delay

causer

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English

temporisation

delaying

temporiser

to delay

sans tarder

without delay

tarder à faire qc

to delay doing sth

ajourner paiement

to delay

retarder personne, véhicule

to delay

retarder l'arrivée de qn

to delay sb's arrival

sans délai

without delay

rattrapage des heures perdues/du retard

making up for hours lost/the delay

English

French

delaying ADJ

delaying tactics:

delaying

dilatoire

I. delay [dɪ·ˈleɪ] VB trans

delay

retarder

II. delay [dɪ·ˈleɪ] VB intr

delay

tarder

III. delay [dɪ·ˈleɪ] N

delay

retard m

cause trouble, delay

causer

French

English

temporisation

delaying

temporiser

to delay

retarder personne, véhicule

to delay

retarder l'arrivée de qn

to delay sb's arrival

retarder qn

to delay sb

sans tarder

without delay

tarder à faire qc

to delay doing sth

ajourner paiement

to delay

rattrapage des heures perdues/du retard

making up for lost hours/the delay

sans délai

without delay

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Past

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Present Perfect

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Past Perfect

I	had	delayed
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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Varying the time delay causes these to sweep up and down the frequency spectrum.

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An aircraft located at some distance from the station would first listen for the identifier, and then when the time delay expired, start a stopwatch.

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This time delay is long enough for the particles to be remineralized and taken up by organisms in the food webs.

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Such a system would go beyond the simple long time delay robotics and move to a regime of virtual telepresence on the planet.

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The movement joystick is also set so that a considerable time delay exists before the new direction takes effect on screen.

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