fléchir

fléchir [fle∫iʀ]

➭ TABLE 2

1. transitive verb

   a. ( = plier) to bend ; [+ articulation] to flex

   b. ( = faire céder) to sway

• il s'est laissé fléchir he let himself be swayed

2. intransitive verb

   a. ( = plier) to bend ; [poutre, genoux] to sag

   b. ( = faiblir) to weaken

• sans fléchir with unflinching determination

   c. ( = diminuer) [attention] to flag ; [cours de Bourse] to drop

   d. ( = céder) to yield

   e. forme fléchie [de mot] inflected form

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fleʃiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (plier) to bend

2) (ébranler) to sway [personne, opinion]; to weaken [volonté]

2.

verbe intransitif

1) (ployer) [poutre] to sag; [genoux] to bend; [jambes] to give way

2) (faiblir) [attention] to flag; [courage] to waver; [volonté] to weaken; [production, demande] to fall off; [prix] to fall (de by)

3) (céder) [personne, armée] to yield; (s'adoucir) [personne] to relent

sans fléchir — (stoïquement) unflinchingly; (obstinément) stubbornly

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fleʃiʀ

1. vt

1) [corps, genou] to bend

2) fig, [personne] to sway, [rigueur] to weaken

2. vi

1) [poutre] to sag

2) fig, [personne] to relent, [moral] to weaken, [mobilisation] to fall off

faire fléchir qn — to sway sb

3) (= baisser) [prix] to fall off

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fléchir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 (plier) to bend;

2 (ébranler) to sway [personne, opinion]; to weaken [volonté, résistance].

B vi

1 (ployer) [poutre] to sag, to bend; [genoux] to bend; [jambes] to give way;

2 (faiblir) [attention] to flag, to falter; [courage] to waver; [volonté, résistance] to weaken; [production, demande] to fall off; [cours, euro] to weaken, to fall; [prix] to fall, to come down; fléchir de 2% to fall by 2%;

3 (céder) [personne, armée] to yield; (s'adoucir) [personne] to relent; se laisser fléchir to relent, to let oneself be swayed; sans fléchir (stoïquement) unflinchingly; (obstinément) stubbornly.

[fleʃir] verbe transitif

1. [ployer] to bend, to flex

fléchir le genou devant quelqu'un to bow the knee to somebody

2. [apitoyer - juge, tribunal] to move to pity

se laisser fléchir to relent

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[fleʃir] verbe intransitif

1. [se ployer] to bend

elle sentait ses genoux fléchir sous elle she could feel her knees giving way

2. [baisser] to fall

le dollar a de nouveau fléchi the dollar has fallen again

3. [céder] to weaken

nous ne fléchirons pas devant la menace we will not give in to threats

leur père ne fléchissait jamais their father was utterly inflexible