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Record 1 2011-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

To make moans [for example long, low sounds of suffering]; to complain or bewail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

«jérémiade» (n.f.) (terme familier) : Plainte sans fin qui importune.

OBS

Le néologisme lexical «jérémier» est attesté depuis 1988 dans la presse française.

CONT

De livre en livre, Robert Pinget, ce géronte maniaco-dépressif, n'a pas arrêté de maronner, geindre, de bisquer contre l'humanité tout entière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
DEF

Moquear, especialmente llorando.

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