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Translate meandering from English to French

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meandering:
- sinueux; tortueux; qui va en serpentant; oscillant; serpentant
Wiktionary:
- meandering → méandre
- meander → errer, méandrer
- meander → méandre, grecque
- meander → méandre, grecquer

English

Detailed Translations for meandering from English to French

meandering:

meandering adj

meandering (winding; twisting)
sinueux; tortueux; qui va en serpentant; oscillant; serpentant
- sinueux adj
- tortueux adj
- qui va en serpentant adj
- oscillant adj
- serpentant adj

Translation Matrix for meandering:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	rambling; wandering; winding
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
oscillant	meandering; twisting; winding	changing; drifting; fluctuating; swaying; swinging; unstable; unsteady; wobbling; wobbly
qui va en serpentant	meandering; twisting; winding
serpentant	meandering; twisting; winding	swaying; swinging
sinueux	meandering; twisting; winding	bendy; swaying; swinging; twisting; winding
tortueux	meandering; twisting; winding	bendy; bent; crooked; curved; swaying; swinging; twisting; warped; winding

Related Words for "meandering":

meanderings

Synonyms for "meandering":

rambling; wandering; winding; indirect

Related Definitions for "meandering":

of a path e.g.¹
- meandering streams¹

Wiktionary Translations for meandering:

meandering

noun

sinuosité d'un cours d'eau
- méandre → meandering; meander
Chose tortueuse
- méandre → meandering; meander

meander:

Translation Matrix for meander:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	ramble
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	thread; wander; weave; wind
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	wind

Synonyms for "meander":

curve; curved shape
ramble; amble; promenade; saunter; stroll; perambulation
weave; wind; thread; wander; travel; go; move; locomote

Related Definitions for "meander":

an aimless amble on a winding course¹
a bend or curve, as in a stream or river¹
to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course¹
- the path meanders through the vineyards¹

Wiktionary Translations for meander:

meander

verb

to wander idly
- meander → errer
wind or turn
- meander → méandrer

noun

tortuous or intricate movement
- meander → méandre
winding, crooked or involved course
- meander → méandre

meander

noun

ornement|fr ornement composé d’une suite de lignes droites qui revenir sur elles-mêmes, en formant toujours des angles droits.
- grecque → meander; meandros; greek key
sinuosité d'un cours d'eau
- méandre → meandering; meander
Chose tortueuse
- méandre → meandering; meander

verb

Faire des méandres.
- méandrer → meander

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• meander	→ méandre	↔ Mäander — physische Geographie, Orographie: eine Folge von starken, die Richtung wechselnden Flusswindung oder Bachwindungen,
• meander	→ méandre	↔ Mäander — allgemein: ein kurvenreicher, vielgewundener Verlauf eines Weges, einer Straße, eines Flusses und Ähnliches; kurvenreiches, verschlungenes Muster, Design
• meander	→ méandre	↔ Mäander — Kunst, Architektur: ein wellenförmiges Linienornament oder Zierband auf Vasen, Teppichen oder anderen Kunsthandwerksgegenständen, Kleidungsstücken (Bordüren), Gebäudeteilen (benannt nach den vielen Krümmungen und Biegungen von [1])
• meander	→ méandre; grecquer	↔ mäandern — Geographie: (bezogen auf Flüsse, Bäche) einen gewundenen Verlauf wie der Mäander aufweisen, sich in Mäanderform bewegen

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