culminer

culminer [kylmine]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. [sommet] le Mont Blanc culmine à 4 807 mètres Mont Blanc is 4,807 metres high

   b. [salaire, bénéfice, récession] to peak (à at)

   c. [astre] to reach its highest point

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kylmine

verbe intransitif

1) [sommet, massif]

culminer au-dessus de quelque chose — to tower above something

2) fig [inflation, chômage] to reach its peak; [crise, carrière] to reach its height; [soirée] to reach its climax

l'inflation a culminé à 5% en mai — inflation peaked at 5% in May

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kylmine vi

1) [sommet]

culminer à 4000 m — to be 4000 m at its highest point

Le Cervin culmine à 4478m. — The Matterhorn is 4,478m at its highest point.

2) [fréquentation, chiffre] to peak, to reach a peak

culminer à — to peak at

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culminer verb table: aimer vi

1 Géog [sommet, massif] culminer au-dessus de qch to tower above sth; l'Everest culmine à 8 848 mètres Everest reaches 8,848 metres^GB at its peak; les Alpes françaises culminent au mont Blanc Mont Blanc is the highest peak in the French Alps;

2 fig [inflation, chômage] to reach its peak, to peak; [fureur, crise, carrière] to reach its height ou peak; [soirée, festival] to reach its climax; l'inflation a culminé à 5% en mai inflation peaked at 5% in May;

3 Astron [astre] to reach culmination.

[kylmine] verbe intransitif

1. GÉOGRAPHIE

les plus hauts sommets culminent à plus de 8 000 mètres the highest peaks are more than 8,000 metres high

l'Everest culmine à 8 848 mètres Everest is 8,848 metres at its highest point

2. [être à son maximum] to reach its peak, to peak

3. ASTRONOMIE to culminate