spiral in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for spiral in the English»French Dictionary

I.spiral [Brit ˈspʌɪr(ə)l, Am ˈspaɪrəl] N

1. spiral (shape) (gen):

spiral MATH, AVIAT

spirale f

in a spiral object, spring, curl

en forme de spirale

2. spiral (trend):

spiral

spirale f

inflationary spiral

spirale inflationniste

the wage-price spiral

la spirale des prix et des salaires

a spiral of violence

une escalade de violence

a downward/upward spiral

une descente/montée en spirale

II.spiral [Brit ˈspʌɪr(ə)l, Am ˈspaɪrəl] ADJ

spiral motif, spring, structure:

spiral

en spirale

III.spiral <pres part etc spiralling, spiralled Brit spiraling, spiraled Am> [Brit ˈspʌɪr(ə)l, Am ˈspaɪrəl] VB intr

1. spiral ECON:

spiral costs, interest rates etc:

monter en flèche

to spiral downwards

tomber en flèche

2. spiral (of movement):

to spiral up(wards)/down(wards) (gently)

monter/descendre en spirale or en tournoyant

to spiral up(wards)/down(wards) (rapidly)

monter/descendre en vrille

IV.spiralling Brit spiraling Am ADJ

spiralling Brit spiraling Am costs, interest rates, rents:

spiralling Brit spiraling Am

qui montent en flèche

logarithmic spiral N

logarithmic spiral

spirale f logarithmique

spiral notebook N

spiral notebook

cahier m à spirales

spiral binding N

spiral binding

reliure f à spirales

spiral binding

spirales fpl

spiral galaxy N

spiral galaxy

galaxie f spirale

spiral staircase N

spiral staircase

escalier m en colimaçon

Translations for spiral in the French»English Dictionary

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spiralé (spiralée)

spiral attr

spiral (spirale)

spiral

spirale

spiral

monter/descendre en spirale

to spiral up/down

escalier en spirale

spiral staircase

cahier à spirales

a spiral bound notebook

spirale

spiral

la spirale des prix et des salaires

the wage-price spiral

hélicoïdal (hélicoïdale) escalier

spiral

vrille

spiral

vrille SPORTS

spiral

vrille AVIAT

tailspin, spiral

faire une vrille avant/arrière SPORTS

to do a forward/backward spiral

descendre en vrille avion:

to go into a spiral dive

spiral in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for spiral in the English»French Dictionary

I.spiral [ˈspaɪərəl, Am ˈspaɪ-] N

spiral

spirale f

II.spiral [ˈspaɪərəl, Am ˈspaɪ-] ADJ

spiral

en spirale

III.spiral <-ll-> [ˈspaɪərəl, Am ˈspaɪ-] VB intr

1. spiral (travel in a spiral):

spiral

tourner en spirale

spiral smoke

faire des volutes

spiral leaf, plane

vriller

to spiral downwards

descendre en spirale

2. spiral (increase):

to spiral upwards

monter en flèche

to spiral downwards

chuter

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a spiral staircase

un escalier en colimaçon

Translations for spiral in the French»English Dictionary

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spirale

spiral

cahier à spirale

spiral-bound notebook

spirale de prix

price spiral

hélicoïdal(e)

spiral

escalier en hélice

spiral staircase

vriller avion

to spiral

engrenage de la violence

the (downward) spiral of violence

être pris dans un/l'engrenage

to be caught in a downward spiral

spiral Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to spiral downwards

descendre en spirale

to spiral upwards

monter en flèche

to spiral downwards

chuter

a spiral staircase

un escalier en colimaçon

to be caught in a downward spiral

être pris dans un/l'engrenage

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The tower is six-stories high, with a spiral staircase of 119 steps.

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However, the organization went into a spiral of decline.

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An original feature is a spiral stair in the north-east corner.

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The sculpture consists of a well-developed spiral rib that girdles the periphery.

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I'm 40 feet in the air, spiraling around.

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In 1998, a two million dollar plant renovation and extension took place, including installation of a spiral freezer.

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The term commonly refers to the central group of stars found in most spiral galaxies.

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Critics also commented on the number of drug references amongst the lyrics, and spiraling drugged up guitar solos.

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This spiral has a wobble frequency introduced into it, which the drive can read while it is writing.

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One other spiral shape is the twisting compotier.

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