whirling in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for whirling in the English»French Dictionary

I.whirl [Brit wəːl, Am (h)wərl] N

1. whirl (of activity, excitement):

whirl fig

tourbillon m (of de)

the social whirl

le tourbillon social

to be in a whirl

vivre dans un tourbillon

my head's in a whirl

tout tourbillonne dans ma tête

2. whirl (swirl of dust, air, leaves etc):

whirl

tourbillon m

3. whirl (spiral motif):

whirl

spirale f

II.whirl [Brit wəːl, Am (h)wərl] VB trans

1. whirl (swirl, turn):

whirl sword, flag, leaves, snowflakes, dust

faire tournoyer

2. whirl (whisk, hurry):

to whirl sb along/away

entraîner/emmener qn à toute vitesse

III.whirl [Brit wəːl, Am (h)wərl] VB intr

1. whirl (swirl, turn):

whirl dancer:

tournoyer

whirl blade, propeller:

tourner

whirl snowflakes, dust, mind, thoughts:

tourbillonner

2. whirl (move quickly, whizz):

to whirl in, to whirl past person, vehicle:

entrer/filer à toute vitesse

IV.whirl [Brit wəːl, Am (h)wərl]

to give sth a whirl inf

essayer qc

I.whirl round VB [Brit wəːl -, Am (h)wərl -] (whirl round)

whirl round person:

se retourner brusquement

whirl round blade, rotor, clock hand:

tourner brusquement

II.whirl round VB [Brit wəːl -, Am (h)wərl -] (whirl [sth] round)

whirl round sword, rope:

whirl round

faire tournoyer

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giddy success, social whirl

enivrant

Translations for whirling in the French»English Dictionary

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tourbillonnement (de neige, feuilles)

swirling, whirling

tournoiement (danseurs)

whirling (de of)

derviche tourneur

whirling dervish

tourbillon

whirl

tourbillon de poussière/feuilles

whirl of dust/leaves

tourbillonner neige, feuilles:

to swirl, to whirl

tournoyer

to whirl

les idées se heurtaient dans sa tête

ideas were jostling ou whirling about in his head

whirling in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whirling in the English»French Dictionary

I.whirl [wɜ:l, Am wɜ:rl] VB intr

whirl

tournoyer

II.whirl [wɜ:l, Am wɜ:rl] VB trans

whirl

faire tournoyer

to whirl sb (a)round

faire tourner qn

III.whirl [wɜ:l, Am wɜ:rl] N

whirl

tourbillonnement m

whirl of dust

tourbillon m

Phrases:

to give sth a whirl

essayer qc

Translations for whirling in the French»English Dictionary

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tournoiement

whirling

tournoyer

to whirl

whirling Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to whirl sb (a)round

faire tourner qn

to give sth a whirl

essayer qc

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The whirling camera effects and freaky sound mix overstates the point that our man really is not well.

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The chorus returns to the introductory heaviness with aggressive, cracked backup vocals, intense drumming, and whirling guitars.

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Another criticism is that the whirling dancers he uses to accompany his shows do not accurately display the correct dervish routines.

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The lyrics are often misheard as whirling or twirling instead of birling.

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Like particles in a supercollider, the whirling loops rush at an apparently superhuman speed, augmenting incrementally, note by note.

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They have a characteristic aerial courtship display which culminates in the pair locking talons mid-air and whirling earthwards in series of spectacular cartwheels.

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The spike turned the whirling blade into a storm of tensile shrapnel.

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All the energy produced is stored in accumulators and is used to illuminate the whirling turbine in the evenings.

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The name comes from whirling in place like a typhoon but always coming back to the same spot like a boomerang.

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As traditional publishing models sink back into the primordial muck, the swirling-whirling chaos of social media takes over our collective consciousness.

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