exciter

exciter [εksite]

➭ TABLE 1

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = provoquer) [+ intérêt, désir] to arouse ; [+ curiosité] to excite ; [+ imagination] to stimulate

   b. ( = aviver) [+ colère] to intensify

   c. ( = rendre nerveux) exciter un animal/un enfant to get an animal/a child excited

• le café, ça m'excite trop coffee makes me too nervous

   d. (sexuellement) to arouse

   e. ( = irriter) [situation, réunion] (inf) to get worked up

• il commence à m'exciter he's getting on my nerves

   f. ( = encourager) to spur on

• exciter qn contre qn to set sb against sb

   g. [+ nerf, muscle] to excite

2. reflexive verb

► s'exciter

   a. ( = s'enthousiasmer) (inf) to get excited (sur, à propos de about, over ) ; ( = devenir nerveux) to get worked up (inf)

• t'excite pas ! ( = ne te fâche pas) calm down!

   b. (sexuellement) to get excited

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ɛksite
1.

verbe transitif

1) (attiser) to stir up [colère]; to kindle [désir]

2) (enthousiasmer) to thrill

3) (émoustiller) to arouse [personne]

4) (énerver) [personne] to tease [animal]; to get [somebody] excited [enfant]; [café] to make [somebody] nervy [personne]; [alcool] to excite [personne]

5) (stimuler) to stimulate [palais]; to excite [nerf, tissu]

2.

s'exciter verbe pronominal (s'enthousiasmer) to get excited

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ɛksite vt

1) (= énerver)

exciter qn — to get sb worked-up

2) [café] to stimulate

3) (sexuellement) to arouse

4) (= inciter)

exciter qn à qch [révolte] — to incite sb to sth

exciter qn contre qn — to incite sb against sb

5) [passion, sentiment, envie] to arouse

exciter qch chez qn — to arouse sth in sb

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exciter verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 (attiser) to stir up [colère, haine]; to kindle [convoitise, désir]; to inflame [passions, imagination]; to whet [appétit];

2 (enthousiasmer) to thrill [personne]; le jazz/la physique ne m'excite pas jazz/physics doesn't do a lot for me;

3 (émoustiller) [stimulus] to arouse [personne]; [alcool] to work [sb] up [personne, groupe];

4 (énerver) [personne] to tease [animal]; to get [sb] excited [enfant]; to provoke [adulte]; [café] to make [sb] nervy [personne]; [alcool] to excite [personne]; exciter qn contre to set sb against;

5 Physiol (stimuler) to stimulate [zone érogène, palais]; to excite [nerf, tissu].

B s'exciter vpr

1 (s'enthousiasmer) to get excited; s'exciter à propos de to rave about○ [œuvre, personne];

2 (s'énerver) to get worked up (contre qch about sth); to get angry (contre qn with sb).

[ɛksite] verbe transitif

1. [exalter] to excite, to exhilarate

la vitesse l'excite speed exhilarates her

n'excite pas les enfants avant le coucher don't get the children excited before bed

2. [rendre agité - drogue, café] to make excited, to overstimulate, to stimulate

3. [pousser]

exciter à : exciter quelqu'un à la révolte to urge somebody to rebel, to incite somebody to rebellion

exciter un chien à l'attaque to egg a dog on to attack

exciter quelqu'un contre quelqu'un to work somebody up against somebody

4. [attiser - admiration, envie] to provoke ; [ - curiosité, intérêt, soupçons] to arouse, to stir up (separable) ; [ - amour, jalousie] to arouse, to inflame, to kindle

5. [intensifier - appétit] to whet ; [ - rage] to whip up (separable) ; [ - désir] to increase, to sharpen ; [ - douleur] to intensify

6. [sexuellement] to excite, to arouse

7. (familier) [intéresser] to excite, to thrill, to get worked up

cette perspective ne m'excite pas vraiment! I can't say I'm thrilled ou wild about the idea!

8. (familier) [mettre en colère] to annoy, to bug

9. BIOLOGIE to stimulate

10. ÉLECTRICITÉ to excite

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s'exciter verbe pronominal intransitif

1. (familier) [se mettre en colère] to get worked up

2. (familier) [s'acharner]

j'ai commencé à m'exciter sur la serrure I was losing my patience with the lock

3. [s'exalter] to get carried away ou excited ou overexcited