flétrir

flétrir [fletʀiʀ]

➭ TABLE 2

1. transitive verb

( = faner) to wither

2. reflexive verb

► se flétrir [fleur] to wilt ; [beauté] to fade ; [peau, visage] to become wizened

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fletʀiʀ
1.

verbe transitif

1) (faner)

le temps a flétri sa beauté — her beauty has faded with time

2) (stigmatiser) to blacken [nom]

3) (souiller) to corrupt [enfant]

2.

se flétrir verbe pronominal

1) [plante] to wither; [fleur] to fade; [fruit] to shrivel

2) [beauté, peau] to fade

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fletʀiʀ vt

1) [fleur] to wither

2) (= stigmatiser) [réputation, nom] to blacken

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flétrir verb table: finir

A vtr

1 (faner) le temps a flétri sa beauté her beauty has faded with time;

2 (stigmatiser) to blacken [nom, mémoire, réputation];

3 (souiller) to corrupt [enfant, innocence];

4 Hist (marquer au fer) to brand [criminel].

B se flétrir vpr

1 [plante] to wither; [fleur] to fade; [fruit] to shrivel;

2 [beauté, visage, peau] to fade.

[fletrir] verbe transitif

1. BOTANIQUE to wither, to wilt

2. (littéraire) [ôter l'éclat de - couleur] to fade ; [ - teint] to wither

3. (littéraire) [avilir - ambition, espoir] to sully, to corrupt, to debase

4. (littéraire) [condamner] to condemn, to denounce

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se flétrir verbe pronominal intransitif

1. BOTANIQUE to wither, to wilt

2. (littéraire) [peau] to wither

[couleur, beauté] to fade