looming in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for looming in the English»French Dictionary

I.loom [Brit luːm, Am lum] N

loom

métier m à tisser

II.loom [Brit luːm, Am lum] VB intr

1. loom:

loom, a. loom up shape, figure, building:

surgir (out of de, over au-dessus de)

a figure loomed up through the mist

une silhouette surgit dans la brume

2. loom:

loom threat, war, strike, crisis:

menacer

loom exam, interview, deadline:

s'approcher dangereusement

the spectre of war looms over the country

le spectre de la guerre menace le pays

to loom large exam, thought, horror, issue:

peser lourd

to loom large figure, politician:

occuper une place importante

III.looming ADJ

1. looming fig:

looming crisis, threat, shortage

qui menace

looming deadline, exam

qui s'approche dangereusement

2. looming lit spire, cliff, tower:

looming

menaçant

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treadle attr sewing machine, loom

à pédale

to weave sth on a loom

tisser qc sur un métier

Translations for looming in the French»English Dictionary

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jacquard

Jacquard loom

métier à tisser

weaving loom

métier

loom

métier à tisser

weaving loom

looming in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for looming in the English»French Dictionary

loom¹ [lu:m] N

loom

métier m à tisser

loom² [lu:m] VB intr

1. loom (come threateningly into view):

loom

apparaître

2. loom (be ominously near):

loom

surgir

to loom on the horizon

se dessiner sur l'horizon

Translations for looming in the French»English Dictionary

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se profiler

to loom on the horizon

apparaître obstacle

to loom

métier à tisser

weaving loom

pendre au nez à qn

to loom over sb

looming Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to loom on the horizon

se dessiner sur l'horizon

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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With a labor dispute looming, the league had warned teams against frontloading contracts in the uncapped year, in an effort to preserve competitive balance and avoid a spending free-for-all.

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Unaware of the potential danger looming, the astronauts and the little flies sit back and prepare to come back home as heroes.

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Mirages show an extra image or images of the miraged object, while looming, towering, stooping, and sinking do not.

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Is it not time to start discussing the looming iceberg that is the rising cost of public service pension provision.

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Additionally, things were now starting to look grim for the year-old label, and bankruptcy was looming.

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A looming energy shortage requires Saudi Arabia to increase its capacity.

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Sunbed operators say the looming ban on solariums will do nothing to lower the number of people diagnosed with melanoma.

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In the background, a looming figure saunters towards the two.

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This continued to be the case even when the consequences of marginal utility seemed to be looming because of the overproduction of goods.

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Illuminated by a beam of light, a solitary caver gazes at the looming rock face towering above him as he stands in the biggest limestone caves in the world.

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