impulses in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for impulses in the English»French Dictionary

impulse [Brit ˈɪmpʌls, Am ˈɪmˌpəls] N

1. impulse (urge):

impulse

impulsion f

to have a sudden impulse to do

avoir une envie soudaine de faire

her immediate impulse was to say no

sur le coup elle a eu envie de refuser

to act on (an) impulse (rashly)

agir sur un coup de tête

to act on (an) impulse (spontaneously)

obéir or céder à une impulsion

on a sudden impulse she turned back

cédant à une impulsion elle a fait demi-tour

the impulse to communicate

l'envie de communiquer

a generous impulse

un élan de générosité

a person of impulse

un/-e impulsif/-ive m/f

2. impulse (stimulus):

impulse

impulsion f

to give an impulse to economic recovery

donner une impulsion au redressement économique

3. impulse PHYSIOL:

impulse

influx m nerveux

4. impulse:

impulse ELEC, PHYS

impulsion f

impulse buy, impulse purchase N

impulse buy

achat m d'impulsion

nerve impulse N

nerve impulse

influx m nerveux

impulse buying N U

impulse buying

achat m d'impulsion

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

act out PSYCH impulse, feeling

extérioriser, exprimer

momentary impulse, indecision, whim

passager/-ère

Translations for impulses in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

pulsion

impulse, urge

des pulsions violentes

violent impulses ou urges

acheter par pulsion

to be an impulse buyer

influx nerveux

nerve impulse

élan

impulse

élans passionnés/de générosité

passionate/generous impulses

contenir ses élans

to control one's impulses

impulsion

impulse

impulsion brusque

sudden impulse

impulsion

impulse

impulses in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for impulses in the English»French Dictionary

impulse [ˈɪmpʌls] N

1. impulse (urge):

impulse

élan m

an impulse of curiosity

une soudaine curiosité

to do sth on (an) impulse

faire qc sur un coup de tête

to have a sudden impulse to +infin

avoir subitement envie de +infin

2. impulse ELEC, PHYS:

impulse

impulsion f

3. impulse ANAT:

impulse

influx m nerveux

4. impulse (motive):

the impulse behind sth

la raison qui se cache derrière qc

Translations for impulses in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

pulsion

impulse

impulsif (-ive)

man (woman) of impulse m (f)

impulsion

impulse

coup de tête

impulse

impulses Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an impulse of curiosity

une soudaine curiosité

to do sth on (an) impulse

faire qc sur un coup de tête

to have a sudden impulse to +infin

avoir subitement envie de +infin

the impulse behind sth

la raison qui se cache derrière qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

In 1951 the first video tape recorder captured live images from television cameras by converting the camera's electrical impulses and saving the information onto magnetic video tape.

en.wikipedia.org

He is fueled by contradictory impulses, represented by the black and white sphinxes that pull his chariot.

en.wikipedia.org

She was then in a somnolence and did not react to external impulses.

en.wikipedia.org

This showed the impotence of the civilian government to have any influence over the impulses of the army.

en.wikipedia.org

Times are changing, and the future does not necessarily belong to gentlemen gangsters who control their impulses and understand the niceties.

entertainment.time.com

But children need some protection from their own gluttonous impulses, don't they?

blogs.telegraph.co.uk

His splenetic impulses are organic, evidently immune to intervention or rehabilitation, and apt to burst forth in response to mild or mysterious provocations.

www.chicagotribune.com

Labs with a rare nervous system disorder that short-circuited the electrical impulses in his brain, creating painful and uncontrollable seizures.

en.wikipedia.org

Deferred gratification, also known as impulse control, is an example of this, concerning impulses primarily relating to things that a person wants or desires.

en.wikipedia.org

The result is that the brain will block the impulses of the nondominant eye with resulting amblyopia or strabismus.

en.wikipedia.org