weather

weather
weather [{{t}}'weðə(r)]
1 noun
(a) {{}}Meteorology{{}} temps m;
what's the weather like? quel temps fait-il?;
it's beautiful/terrible weather il fait beau/mauvais;
the weather is awful or foul il fait un temps de chien;
weather permitting si le temps le permet;
surely you're not going out in this weather? vous n'allez tout de même pas sortir par un temps pareil?;
we had good weather for the time of year nous avons eu du beau temps pour la saison;
in hot weather par temps chaud, en période de chaleur;
in all weathers par tous les temps;
there was a change in the weather il y eut un changement de temps, le temps changea
(b) {{}}Radio{{}} & {{}}Television{{}}
weather (forecast) (bulletin m) météo f;
did you listen to the weather? as-tu écouté la météo?
(c) (idioms) {{}}familiar{{}}
to feel under the weather ne pas être dans son assiette;
{{}}familiar{{}} keep your weather eye open! veillez au grain!;
{{}}familiar{{}} I'll keep a weather eye on the kids je vais surveiller les enfants
2 compound-forming noun
(conditions) climatique, atmosphérique
3 transitive verb
(a) (survive → storm) réchapper à; (→ crisis) survivre à, réchapper à;
the ship weathered the storm le navire a traversé la tempête;
{{}}figurative{{}} will he weather the storm? va-t-il se tirer d'affaire ou tenir le coup?
(b) (wood) exposer aux intempéries; (rock) éroder;
the rocks had been weathered by wind and rain le vent et la pluie avaient érodé les rochers
4 intransitive verb
(bronze, wood) se patiner; (rock) s'éroder;
this paint weathers well cette peinture vieillit bien ou résiste bien aux intempéries;
the brickwork has weathered to a pleasant shade of pink la brique a pris une jolie couleur rose avec le temps
►► weather balloon ballon-sonde m;
weather bulletin bulletin m météorologique;
{{}}American{{}} weather bureau office m national de la météorologie;
{{}}British{{}} weather centre centre m météorologique régional;
the London weather centre la station de météorologie de Londres;
weather chart carte f météorologique;
weather deck (on ship) pont m découvert; (on bus) impériale f découverte;
weather forecast prévisions fpl météorologiques, météo f;
what's the weather forecast for tomorrow? quelle est la météo pour demain?;
weather house = sorte de baromètre décoratif représentant une petite maison d'où sortent deux figurines, l'une par beau temps, l'autre par mauvais temps;
weather map carte f météorologique;
weather report bulletin m météorologique;
weather satellite satellite m météorologique;
weather ship navire m météorologique;
weather side (of house etc) côté exposé au vent; {{}}Nautical{{}} bord du vent;
weather station station f ou observatoire m météorologique;
weather strip (for door, window) bourrelet m isolant, calfeutrage m;
weather vane girouette f;
weather warning alerte f météorologique;
to issue a weather warning lancer une alerte météorologique

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