affleurer

affleurer [aflœʀe]

➭ TABLE 1 intransitive verb

[rochers, couche] to show on the surface ; [sentiment, sensualité] to rise to the surface

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aflœʀe

verbe intransitif

1) lit [récif] to show on the surface

affleurer au niveau du sol — [eau, pétrole] to come up to ground level; [roche, minerai] to come through the soil

2) fig [thème, sentiment] to surface, to crop up

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aflœʀe

1. vi

[récif, roches] to show, fig, [sentiments] to surface

2. vt

TECHNIQUE, [planches, surface] to make flush

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affleurer verb table: aimer

A vtr

1 Tech to make [sth] flush [planches, battants];

2 (arriver au même niveau) la rivière affleure les quais the river is almost level with the banks.

B vi

1 lit [roche, glace, récif] to show on the surface; affleurer au niveau du sol [eau, pétrole] to come up to ground level; [roche, minerai] to come through the soil, to outcrop spéc;

2 fig [thème, sentiment] to surface, to crop up.

[aflɶre] verbe transitif

[étagère, planches] to level

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[aflɶre] verbe intransitif

[écueil] to show on the surface

GÉOLOGIE [filon] to outcrop

(figuré) to show through