escape valve in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for escape valve in the English»French Dictionary

escape valve N TECH

escape valve

soupape f d'échappement

Translations for escape valve in the English»French Dictionary

valve [Brit valv, Am vælv] N

1. valve:

valve (in machine, engine)

soupape f

valve (on tyre, football)

valve f

2. valve ANAT (of organ):

valve

valvule f

3. valve (of mollusc, fruit):

valve

valve f

4. valve (on brass instrument):

valve

piston m

5. valve Brit ELECTRON:

valve

lampe f

I.escape [Brit ɪˈskeɪp, ɛˈskeɪp, Am əˈskeɪp] N

1. escape (of person):

escape lit

évasion f

escape lit

fuite f (from de, to vers)

escape fig

fuite f

to make good one's escape lit

réussir son évasion

to make good one's escape fig

réussir à se sauver

to make an or one's escape

s'évader

to have a narrow or lucky escape

l'échapper belle

2. escape (leak):

escape (of water, gas)

fuite f (from de)

II.escape [Brit ɪˈskeɪp, ɛˈskeɪp, Am əˈskeɪp] VB trans

1. escape (avoid):

to escape death/danger/persecution

échapper à la mort/au danger/aux persécutions

to escape responsibility/defeat

éviter une responsabilité/la défaite

to escape detection person:

échapper aux recherches (de la police)

to escape detection fault:

ne pas être détecté

we cannot escape the fact that …

on ne peut pas ignorer le fait que …

he cannot escape the accusation or charge

il ne peut pas échapper à l'accusation

to escape reality

fuir la réalité

2. escape (elude) name, fact:

escape person

échapper à

to escape sb's attention or notice

échapper à (l'attention de) qn

III.escape [Brit ɪˈskeɪp, ɛˈskeɪp, Am əˈskeɪp] VB intr

1. escape (get away):

escape lit person:

s'enfuir, s'évader

escape animal:

s'échapper (from de)

escape fig

s'évader

to escape into or to somewhere

se réfugier quelque part

to escape unharmed or without a scratch

s'en sortir indemne

to escape by the skin of one's teeth

l'échapper belle

to (manage to) escape with one's life

s'en sortir vivant

2. escape (leak):

escape water:

fuir

escape gas:

fuir, s'échapper

IV.escaped ADJ

escaped prisoner, convict

évadé

escaped animal

qui s'est enfui

escape valve in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for escape valve in the English»French Dictionary

valve [vælv] N

1. valve (intake, outflow control):

valve

soupape f

valve on tyre

valve f

2. valve (part of organs):

valve

valvule f

3. valve (instrument part):

valve

piston m

I.escape [ɪˈskeɪp] VB intr

1. escape (flee):

escape prisoner

s'évader

escape animal

s'échapper

2. escape (leak):

escape gas

s'échapper

escape liquid

fuir

3. escape COMPUT:

to escape from a program

quitter une application

Phrases:

to escape with one's life

s'en sortir vivant

II.escape [ɪˈskeɪp] VB trans

1. escape (avoid):

to escape sth

échapper à qc

there's no escaping the fact that ...

on ne peut pas ignorer le fait que ...

2. escape (fail to be noticed or remembered):

to escape sb's attention

échapper à l'attention de qn

her name escapes me

son nom m'échappe

3. escape (not suppressed):

a cry escaped them

ils ont laissé échapper un cri

III.escape [ɪˈskeɪp] N

1. escape (act of fleeing):

escape

évasion f

to make (good) one's escape

réussir à s'échapper

2. escape (avoidance):

to have a narrow escape

l'échapper belle

3. escape (accidental outflow):

escape

fuite f

4. escape LAW:

escape clause

clause f dérogatoire

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The town was a complete hallucination, an escape valve for his sensory-deprived mind.

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Junky was published 60 years ago this year, yet its author didn't rate it as being much more than an escape valve of sorts.

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