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self

/sɛlf/

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noun

Soi, personnalité, caractère

One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.

Examples :

"My sister's self is very outgoing and friendly. "

Le caractère de ma sœur est très extraverti et amical.

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noun

Soi, moi

The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.

Examples :

"My self-perception is that I'm a good student, even though I sometimes struggle in math class. "

Ma perception de moi-même est que je suis un bon élève, même si j'ai parfois du mal en mathématiques.

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noun

Soi, moi-même

An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).

Examples :

"My younger self would have been terrified of public speaking, but now I find I enjoy it. "

Mon moi plus jeune aurait été terrifié par la prise de parole en public, mais maintenant j'aime ça.

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noun

Intérêt personnel, avantage personnel

Self-interest or personal advantage.

Examples :

"The student's self was driving her to study hard for the exam. "

L'intérêt personnel de l'étudiante la poussait à étudier dur pour l'examen.

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noun

Identité, personnalité

Identity or personality.

Examples :

"My sister's strong sense of self helps her make important decisions. "

Le fort sentiment d'identité de ma sœur l'aide à prendre des décisions importantes.

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noun

Autofécondation

A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).

Examples :

"The farmer carefully planted several selfs, seedlings produced from the previous year's crops. "

L'agriculteur a soigneusement planté plusieurs plantes issues de l'autofécondation, des semis produits à partir des récoltes de l'année précédente.

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noun

Fleur unie

A flower having its colour uniform as opposed to variegated.

Examples :

"The daffodil had a simple, self-coloured yellow; no spots or stripes. "

La jonquille avait un jaune uni et simple ; pas de taches ni de rayures.

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noun

Soi

Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).

Examples :

"My immune system attacked the foreign self, recognizing it as a threat. "

Mon système immunitaire a attaqué le soi étranger, le reconnaissant comme une menace.

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verb

S'autoféconder

To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.

Examples :

"The farmer chose to self the tomato plants to ensure a consistent crop. "

L'agriculteur a choisi de s'autoféconder les plants de tomates pour assurer une récolte constante.

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verb

S'auto-féconder, pratiquer la consanguinité

To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.

Examples :

"The farmer chose to self-fertilize his prize-winning tomato plants to maintain their desirable characteristics. "

L'agriculteur a choisi de s'auto-féconder ses plants de tomates primés pour maintenir leurs caractéristiques souhaitables.

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adjective

Propre, même

Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.

Examples :

"a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood"

Un arc propre : un arc fait d'une seule pièce de bois.

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adjective

Même, identique

Same, identical.

Examples :

"My brother and I have the same, self-same birthday. "

Mon frère et moi avons le même anniversaire, le même jour.

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adjective

Propre, personnel

Belonging to oneself; own.

Examples :

"My self-care routine includes a daily walk after work. "

Ma routine de soins personnels comprend une marche quotidienne après le travail.

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adjective

Propre, du soi

Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).

Examples :

"The doctor checked for a self-reactive immune response in the patient's body. "

Le médecin a vérifié la présence d'une réponse immunitaire propre au corps du patient.

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pronoun

Soi-même

Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).

Examples :

"This argument was put forward by the defendant self."

Cet argument a été avancé par le défendeur lui-même.

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pronoun

Moi-même

Examples :

"I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat."

J'ai fait un chèque à mon nom, ce qui m'a quelque peu remonté le moral.

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