consumer

consumer
consumer [kɔ̃syme]
➭ TABLE 1
1. transitive verb
to consume
• des débris à demi consumés charred debris
2. reflexive verb
► se consumer
   a. ( = brûler) to burn
   b. (literary = dépérir) to waste away (de with)
• il se consume à petit feu he is slowly wasting away
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kɔ̃syme
1.
verbe transitif
1) (brûler) to consume [forêt]
2) fig, liter

l'amour le consumait — he was consumed with love

la maladie qui la consume — the illness which is eating away at her

il a consumé son temps/sa vie en vains plaisirs — he wasted his time/his life in idle pleasures


2.
se consumer verbe pronominal
1) (brûler) to be burning

la mèche devrait se consumer en quelques minutes — the fuse should burn out in a few minutes

2) fig, liter to waste away

se consumer d'amour — to be consumed with love (pour for)

se consumer en vains efforts — to weary oneself in vain efforts

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kɔ̃syme vt
to consume
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consumer verb table: aimer
A vtr
1 (brûler) to consume [forêt];
2 fig, liter l'amour le consumait he was consumed with love; la maladie qui la consume the illness which is eating away at her; il a consumé son temps/sa vie en vains plaisirs he wasted his time/his life in idle pleasures.
B se consumer vpr
1 (brûler) to be burning; la mèche devrait se consumer en quelques minutes the fuse should burn out in a few minutes;
2 fig, liter to waste away; se consumer d'amour to be consumed with love (pour for); se consumer en vains efforts to weary oneself in vain efforts.
[kɔ̃syme] verbe transitif
1. [brûler] to burn, to consume
les bûches consumées dans la cheminée the charred logs in the fireplace
2. (littéraire) [tourmenter]
la jalousie la consume she's consumed with jealousy
il est consumé de chagrin ou par le chagrin he is racked with grief
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se consumer verbe pronominal intransitif
1. [brûler] to burn
laisser une cigarette se consumer to let a cigarette burn (out)
2. (littéraire) [être tourmenté]
il se consume de désespoir he's wasting away in ou with despair
se consumer d'amour pour quelqu'un to pine for somebody

Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. 2013.

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