| anglais > français | |
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| strait | |
| 1. adj. (Archaïque) Étroit. | |
| 2. adj. (Archaïque) Strict. | |
| 3. n. (Géographie) Détroit. | |
| Strait of Magellan | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| strait | |
| 1. adj. (archaic) Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close. |  |
| 2. adj. (archaic) Righteous, strict. | |
| to follow the strait and narrow | |
| 3. adj. (obsolete) Tight; close; tight-fitting. | |
| 4. adj. (obsolete) Close; intimate; near; familiar. | |
| 5. adj. (obsolete) Difficult; distressful. | |
| 6. adj. (obsolete) Parsimonious; stingy; mean. | |
| 7. n. (geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. | |
| The Strait of Gibraltar | |
| 8. n. A narrow pass or passage. | |
| 9. n. A neck of land; an isthmus. | |
| 10. n. A difficult position (often used in plural). | |
| to be in dire straits | |
| 11. v. (obsolete) To confine; put to difficulties. | |
| 12. adv. (obsolete) Strictly; rigorously. | |
| français > anglais | |
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| détroit | |
| 1. n-m. strait (narrow channel of water) | |
