lapse in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for lapse in the English»French Dictionary

I.lapse [Brit laps, Am læps] N

1. lapse (slip):

lapse

défaillance f

a lapse of memory

un trou de mémoire

a lapse in concentration

un relâchement de l'attention

2. lapse (moral error):

lapse

écart m de conduite

a lapse from virtue

un manquement à

3. lapse (interval):

lapse

intervalle m

lapse

laps m de temps

4. lapse (expiry):

lapse (of right, patent, cover, policy)

déchéance f

5. lapse (departure):

his lapses into jargon

son passage involontaire au jargon

II.lapse [Brit laps, Am læps] VB intr

1. lapse:

to lapse into (drift into) to lapse into jargon, slang, coma

tomber dans

to lapse into silence

se taire

to lapse into unconsciousness

perdre connaissance

to lapse into bad habits

prendre de mauvaises habitudes

to lapse into German/dialect

passer à l'allemand/au dialecte

2. lapse (expire):

lapse right, patent, act, law:

tomber en désuétude

lapse contract, policy, membership:

expirer

lapse subscription, insurance, cover:

prendre fin

3. lapse (slip, slide):

lapse standard:

baisser

to lapse from virtue, principle, standard

manquer à

III.lapsed ADJ

1. lapsed (expired):

lapsed patent, policy

caduc/-uque

lapsed contract

périmé

2. lapsed REL:

lapsed Catholic

qui n'est plus pratiquant

time lapse photography N

time lapse photography

prise f de vue image par image

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to lapse into unconsciousness

perdre connaissance

momentary aberration, delay, lapse

momentané

Translations for lapse in the French»English Dictionary

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prescriptible dette, droit

subject to limitation of action by lapse of time

se périmer instance:

to lapse

laisser périmer une instance

to allow proceedings to lapse

prescription (de peine, crime)

limitation of action by lapse of time

prescription (de dette)

barring by lapse of time

retomber en enfance

to lapse into second childhood

moment d'inattention (de qn)

lapse of concentration (on the part of sb)

sombrer dans le ridicule

to lapse into the ridiculous

lapse in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for lapse in the English»French Dictionary

I.lapse [læps] N

1. lapse no pl (period):

lapse

intervalle m

lapse of time

laps m

2. lapse (temporary failure):

lapse

faute f

lapse of judgement

erreur f

lapse of memory

trou m

lapse in behavior

écart m

lapse concentration, standards

baisse f

II.lapse [læps] VB intr

1. lapse (make worse):

lapse

faire une erreur

lapse standards, concentration

baisser

2. lapse (end):

lapse

se périmer

lapse contract

expirer

lapse subscription

prendre fin

3. lapse (revert to):

to lapse into sth

tomber dans qc

to lapse into one's native dialect

retomber dans son dialecte d'origine

to lapse into giggles

se transformer en fou rire

to lapse into silence

se taire

time-lapse ADJ

time-lapse photography

chronophotographie f

Translations for lapse in the French»English Dictionary

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laps de temps

time lapse

tomber dans le vulgaire

to lapse into vulgarity

trou de mémoire

memory lapse

défaillance (intellectuelle)

lapse of memory

avoir une défaillance (perdre la mémoire)

to have a lapse of memory

être prescrit dette, peine

to lapse

se prescrire dette, peine, rente

to lapse

oubli

lapse (of memory)

faute de goût

lapse of taste

lapse Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to lapse into sth

tomber dans qc

to lapse into one's native dialect

retomber dans son dialecte d'origine

to lapse into giggles

se transformer en fou rire

to lapse into silence

se taire

time-lapse photography

chronophotographie f

to have a lapse of memory

avoir une défaillance (perdre la mémoire)