dérailler

dérailler [deʀαje]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

   a. [train] to derail

• faire dérailler [+ train, négociations] to derail

   b. ( = divaguer) (inf) to talk nonsense ; ( = mal fonctionner) (inf) to be on the blink (inf)

• tu dérailles ! ( = tu es fou) you're crazy! (inf) ; ( = tu te trompes) you're talking nonsense!

• son père déraille complètement ( = est gâteux) his father has lost his marbles (inf)

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deʀɑje

verbe intransitif

1) Chemin de Fer to be derailed

faire dérailler un train — to derail a train

2) (colloq) (perdre l'esprit) [vieillard] to go senile, to lose one's marbles (colloq); (tenir des propos incohérents) to rave, to ramble; (se tromper) to talk through one's hat (colloq)

3) [voix] (chantée) to waver; (parlée) to crack; [instrument] to go out of pitch

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deʀɒje vi

1) [train] to derail, to be derailed

faire dérailler — to derail

2) * to be off one's rocker *

Il déraille complètement. — He's completely off his rocker.

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dérailler verb table: aimer vi

1 Rail to derail, to go off the rails; faire dérailler un train to derail a train;

2 ○(perdre l'esprit) [vieillard] to go senile, to lose one's marbles○; (tenir des propos incohérents) to rave, to ramble; (se tromper) to talk through one's hat○; mais tu dérailles! you're talking through your hat○!;

3 [voix] (chantée) to waver; (parlée) to crack; [instrument] to go out of pitch.

[deraje] verbe intransitif

1. RAIL to go off ou to leave the rails

faire dérailler un train to derail a train

2. (familier) [fonctionner mal] to be on the blink

faire dérailler les négociations to derail the talks

3. (familier) [déraisonner] to go off the rails

[se tromper] to talk through one's hat

tu dérailles complètement! you're talking utter nonsense!