stanch in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for stanch in the English»French Dictionary

stanch VB trans Am

stanch → staunch

See also staunch

I.staunch [Brit stɔːn(t)ʃ, Am stɔn(t)ʃ, stɑn(t)ʃ] ADJ

staunch supporter, ally, defence

loyal

staunch defender

ardent

II.staunch, stanch Am VB trans [Brit stɔːn(t)ʃ, stɑːn(t)ʃ, Am stɔn(t)ʃ, stɑn(t)ʃ]

1. staunch,stanch Am lit wound, flow, bleeding:

staunch, stanch Am

étancher

2. staunch,stanch Am fig decline:

staunch, stanch Am

arrêter

I.staunch [Brit stɔːn(t)ʃ, Am stɔn(t)ʃ, stɑn(t)ʃ] ADJ

staunch supporter, ally, defence

loyal

staunch defender

ardent

II.staunch, stanch Am VB trans [Brit stɔːn(t)ʃ, stɑːn(t)ʃ, Am stɔn(t)ʃ, stɑn(t)ʃ]

1. staunch,stanch Am lit wound, flow, bleeding:

staunch, stanch Am

étancher

2. staunch,stanch Am fig decline:

staunch, stanch Am

arrêter

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Bandages could not stanch the flow of blood.

en.wikipedia.org

The cover shielded 200 metric tons of uranium fuel, smothered with acid and sand, to stanch further contamination.

www.washingtonpost.com

Baker attempted to help her, and went inside the station to grab some paper towels to stanch the bleeding until the police and paramedics arrived.

en.wikipedia.org

The stanch revulsion we have of death is right; appropriate; a perfectly natural response.

ieet.org

A commitment is needed from industry to make the large investment necessary to stanch the methane leaks.

e360.yale.edu

Staunch means loyal, sturdy and does not mean to stanch a flow.

www.telegraph.co.uk

The actual leak was apparently stanched late last week.

in.reuters.com

For the working class, not working for decades is death and the flow to energise and renew our creativity is stanched.

www.jamaicaobserver.com

Despite a small uproar over the pile of military equipment being transferred to the police, there is no indication that the flow will be stanched.

billmoyers.com

One too-big-to-fail firm, unable to stanch the bleeding, declares bankruptcy.

www.ibtimes.com