| anglais > français | |
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| lapse | |
| 1. v. Erreur, faute. | |
| 2. v. Retomber. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| lapse | |
| 1. n. A temporary failure; a slip. |  |
| 2. n. A decline or fall in standards. | |
| 3. n. A pause in continuity. | |
| 4. n. An interval of time between events. | |
| 5. n. A termination of a right etc., through disuse or neglect. | |
| 6. n. (meteorology) A marked decrease in air temperature with increasing altitude because the ground is warmer than the surrounding air. | |
| 7. n. (legal) A common-law rule that if the person to whom property is willed were to die before the testator, then the gift would be ineffective. | |
| 8. n. (theology) A fall or apostasy. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To fall away gradually; to subside. | |
| 10. v. (intransitive) To fall into error or heresy. | |
| 11. v. To slip into a bad habit that one is trying to avoid. | |
| 12. v. (intransitive) To become void. | |
| 13. v. To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of somebody, such as a patron or legatee. | |
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