pétrifier

pétrifier [petʀifje]

➭ TABLE 7

1. transitive verb

[+ personne] to paralyze

• être pétrifié de terreur to be petrified

2. reflexive verb

► se pétrifier [sourire] to freeze ; [personne] to be petrified

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petʀifje
1.

verbe transitif

1) lit to petrify

2) fig to transfix

2.

se pétrifier verbe pronominal

1) lit to become petrified

2) fig [personne] to be transfixed; [cœur] to harden; [sourire] to freeze

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petʀifje vt

1) (= paralyser) to transfix

2) (= changer en pierre) to petrify

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pétrifier verb table: plier

A vtr

1 lit to petrify; forêt pétrifiée petrified forest;

2 fig to transfix; cette nouvelle nous a pétrifiés we were transfixed by the news.

B se pétrifier vpr

1 lit to become petrified;

2 fig [personne] to be transfixed; [cœur] to harden; [sourire] to freeze.

[petrifje] verbe transitif

1. [abasourdir] to petrify, to transfix

être pétrifié de terreur to be rooted to the spot ou rigid with terror

2. GÉOLOGIE to petrify

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se pétrifier verbe pronominal intransitif

1. [se figer]

son visage se pétrifia his face froze

2. GÉOLOGIE to petrify, to become petrified