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period

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noun

Période, durée

A length of time.

Examples :

"There was a period of confusion following the announcement."

Il y a eu une période de confusion suite à l'annonce.

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noun

Époque, ère

A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

Examples :

"Food rationing continued in the post-war period."

Le rationnement alimentaire s'est poursuivi dans l'après-guerre.

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noun

Point, un point

The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

Examples :

"The teacher said, "The class is over, period." "

Le professeur a dit : « Le cours est terminé, point. »

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Période, durée

The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.

Examples :

"The period of the school day dedicated to math lessons is 45 minutes long. "

La période de la journée scolaire consacrée aux cours de mathématiques dure 45 minutes.

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noun

Règles, menstruations

Female menstruation.

Examples :

"When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."

Quand elle a ses règles, elle préfère ne pas aller nager.

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Période, époque

A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.

Examples :

"This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."

C'est l'une des dernières peintures que Picasso a créées pendant sa période bleue.

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noun

Période, heure de cours

Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

Examples :

"I have math class in second period."

J'ai cours de maths pendant la deuxième heure.

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Période, manche

Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.

Examples :

"Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."

Gretzky a marqué dans la dernière minute de la deuxième période.

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Durée, période

The length of time for a disease to run its course.

Examples :

"The flu had a long period; my brother was sick for two weeks. "

La grippe a eu une longue période ; mon frère a été malade pendant deux semaines.

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Fin, conclusion

An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.

Examples :

"The project's period of development ended last week. "

La période de développement du projet s'est terminée la semaine dernière.

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Phrase, période

A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.

Examples :

""The teacher's explanation of the historical context was a single, well-structured period." "

L'explication du professeur sur le contexte historique était une seule phrase bien structurée.

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Période, étape, phase

A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.

Examples :

"The period of intense studying before the exam was very stressful. "

La période d'étude intense avant l'examen était très stressante.

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Période

A row in the periodic table of the elements.

Examples :

"The element sodium is in period three of the periodic table. "

L'élément sodium se trouve dans la troisième période du tableau périodique.

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Période

A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.

Examples :

"The Paleozoic period saw the evolution of early amphibians. "

La période paléozoïque a vu l'évolution des premiers amphibiens.

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Période, le gène de la drosophile

A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.

Examples :

"The researchers are studying the period gene in fruit flies to understand how their internal clocks work. "

Les chercheurs étudient le gène period chez les mouches des fruits pour comprendre comment fonctionnent leurs horloges internes.

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Période, phrase

Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).

Examples :

"The teacher's explanation had a clear period: if students studied diligently, they would pass the exam. "

L'explication du professeur avait une période claire : si les élèves étudiaient avec diligence, ils réussiraient l'examen.

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Période

The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Examples :

"The repeating pattern of homework assignments, with a period of two weeks, makes planning easier. "

Le schéma répétitif des devoirs, avec une période de deux semaines, facilite la planification.

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Fin, conclusion

End point, conclusion.

Examples :

"The meeting reached its period at 3 pm. "

La réunion a pris fin à 15 heures.

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verb

Conclure, clore

To come to a period; to conclude.

Examples :

"The meeting will period at 3:00 pm. "

La réunion se terminera à 15h00.

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verb

Mettre fin à, clore

To put an end to.

Examples :

"The teacher period the class discussion when the students started arguing too loudly. "

Le professeur a mis fin à la discussion en classe lorsque les élèves ont commencé à se disputer trop fort.

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adjective

D'époque, historique

Designating anything from a given historical era.

Examples :

"a period TV commercial"

Une publicité télévisée d'époque

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adjective

D'époque, historique

Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

Examples :

"The play's costumes and set design were very period, perfectly capturing the style of Victorian England. "

Les costumes et les décors de la pièce étaient très d'époque, capturant parfaitement le style de l'Angleterre victorienne.

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interjection

Point final, c'est fini

That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story

Examples :

""We've discussed this about the project deadline, period." "

Nous avons discuté de cela concernant le délai du projet, point final.

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