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thorn

/θɔːn/ /θɔɹn/

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noun

Épine

A sharp protective spine of a plant.

Examples :

"The rose bush has a thorn on its stem, so be careful when you pick the flowers. "

Le rosier a une épine sur sa tige, alors faites attention lorsque vous cueillez les fleurs.

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noun

Épine

Any shrub or small tree that bears thorns, especially a hawthorn.

Examples :

"the cockspur thorn"

l'épine de l'aubépine

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noun

Épine, souci, sujet d'irritation

That which pricks or annoys; anything troublesome.

Examples :

"The constant arguing between siblings was a thorn in their mother's side. "

Les disputes constantes entre les frères et sœurs étaient une épine dans le pied de leur mère.

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noun

Lettre Þ, þ

A letter of Latin script (capital: Þ, small: þ), borrowed from the futhark; today used only in Icelandic to represent the voiceless dental fricative, but originally used in several early Germanic scripts, including Old English where it represented the dental fricatives that are today written th (Old English did not have phonemic voicing distinctions for fricatives).

Examples :

"The student struggled to decipher the Old English text, noticing the unfamiliar thorn letter. "

L'étudiant a eu du mal à déchiffrer le texte en vieil anglais, remarquant la lettre Þ inconnue.

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verb

Percer, transpercer

To pierce with, or as if with, a thorn

Examples :

"The sharp twig thorned my finger, making it bleed. "

La brindille pointue a percé mon doigt, le faisant saigner.

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