instinct

instinct
instinct [ɛ̃stɛ̃]
masculine noun
instinct
• instinct maternel maternal instinct
• instinct de mort death wish
• instinct de vie will to live
• instinct grégaire herd instinct
• instinct de conservation instinct of self-preservation
• il l'a fait d'instinct he did it instinctively
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ɛ̃stɛ̃
nom masculin instinct

d'instinct — instinctively

l'instinct de conservation — the instinct of self-preservation

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ɛ̃stɛ̃ nm
instinct

instinct grégaire — herd instinct

instinct de conservation — instinct of self-preservation

d'instinct — instinctively

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instinct nm instinct; agir à l'instinct to act instinctively; d'instinct instinctively; l'instinct de conservation the instinct of self-preservation; instinct grégaire/maternel herd/maternal instinct.
[ɛ̃stɛ̃] nom masculin
1. PSYCHOLOGIE & ZOOLOGIE instinct
instinct de conservation instinct of self-preservation
instinct maternel maternal instinct
2. [intuition] instinct
il eut l'instinct de parer le coup he instinctively fended off the blow
se fier à son instinct to trust one's instincts ou intuition
3. [don] instinct
elle a l'instinct de la scène she has a natural talent ou an instinct for the stage
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d'instinct locution adverbiale
instinctively, by instinct
{{ind}}par instinct locution adverbiale
1. PSYCHOLOGIE & ZOOLOGIE instinctively, by instinct
2. [intuitivement] instinctively

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