numb in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for numb in the English»French Dictionary

I.numb [Brit nʌm, Am nəm] ADJ

1. numb limb, face:

numb (due to cold, pressure)

engourdi

numb (due to anaesthetic)

insensible

to go numb

s'engourdir

numb with cold

engourdi par le froid, gourd

2. numb fig person:

numb

hébété

numb with shock

hébété par le choc

to feel numb

être comme hébété

II.numb [Brit nʌm, Am nəm] VB trans

1. numb:

numb cold:

engourdir

numb anaesthetic:

insensibiliser

to numb the pain

endormir la douleur

2. numb news, shock:

numb

laisser [qn] comme hébété

Translations for numb in the French»English Dictionary

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gourd (gourde) doigt, membre

numb

avoir l'onglée

to have fingers numb with cold

engourdi (engourdie) (ankylosé, transi) membre, doigt

numb (par, de with)

j'ai la jambe engourdie

my leg has gone numb ou has gone to sleep

engourdir personne, membre

to make [sb/sth] numb

s'engourdir membre:

to go numb, to go to sleep

s'engourdir corps:

to go numb

hébété de fatigue/douleur

numb with fatigue/grief

être abruti de fatigue

to be numb with fatigue

endormir faculté

to numb

mes orteils sont comme morts

my toes have gone numb

engourdi par le froid

numb with cold

numb in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for numb in the English»French Dictionary

I.numb [nʌm] ADJ

1. numb (deprived of sensation):

numb

engourdi(e)

numb nerve

insensible

to go numb

s'engourdir

2. numb fig:

numb

hébété(e)

I felt numb after hearing the news

j'étais sous le choc à l'écoute de la nouvelle

II.numb [nʌm] VB trans

1. numb (deprive of sensations):

numb limbs

engourdir

2. numb (desensitize):

numb

désensibiliser

3. numb (lessen):

numb pain

endormir

Translations for numb in the French»English Dictionary

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gourd(e)

numb

engourdi(e) doigts

numb

ankylosé(e) bras

numb

engourdir doigts, mains

to numb

engourdir volonté, esprit

to numb

s'engourdir

to go numb

j'ai l'onglée

the tips of my fingers are frozen numb

être insensible lèvres, membre

to be numb

s'étourdir

to make oneself numb

numb Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to go numb

s'engourdir

I felt numb after hearing the news

j'étais sous le choc à l'écoute de la nouvelle

the tips of my fingers are frozen numb

j'ai l'onglée

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Toes and fingers permanently numb: and painful even when warm.

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They do not -- and the format's stasis is numbing.

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The attack left him weak in the knees and one side of his body was completely numb.

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It is merely another record, another numb artefact.

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Road maps usually number state highways in this fashion.

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Physically, they were as strong and healthy as anyone could ask, but their expressions revealed all too clearly that spiritually they were calloused and numb.

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The cold mountain air makes this quite difficult, since they have to keep blowing on their finges to keep them from going numb.

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They make their way to the roof where they drink to numb themselves to jump and escape in a nearby cab.

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By late summer 1862, the campaign was over and the 72nd numbed only about 200.

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Then one day something happens that wakes you up and makes you realize that there's more to life than just feeling nothing, feeling numb.

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