in extremis

in extremis° [inεkstʀemis]

1. adverbial phrase

[sauver, arriver] at the last minute

2. adjectival phrase

[sauvetage, succès] last-minute

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inɛkstʀemis
1.

locution adjective invariable (de dernière minute) [sauvetage, accord] last-minute

2.

locution adverbiale (au dernier moment) at the last minute

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inɛkstʀemis

1. adv

at the last minute

Ils ont évité un accident in extremis. — They avoided an accident at the last minute.

2. adj

1) (nomination, qualification) last-minute

2) (testament) death-bed modif

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in extremis

A loc adj

1 (de dernière minute) [sauvetage, accord] last-minute;

2 (avant la mort) [mariage, baptême] deathbed.

B loc adv

1 (au dernier moment) at the last minute; on l'a sauvée in extremis she was rescued at the last minute;

2 (avant la mort) on one's deathbed, in extremis sout.

[inɛkstremis] locution adverbiale

1. [de justesse] at the last minute, in the nick of time, at the eleventh hour

réussir quelque chose in extremis to (only) just manage to do something

2. [avant la mort] in extremis (soutenu)

baptiser un enfant/un adulte in extremis to christen a child before he dies/an adult on his deathbed