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envolée




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French > English
envolée
     1. n-f. (literal and figurative) flight
           envolée lyrique - flight of lyricism, waxing lyrical
     2. n-f. a group of objects in flight or being blown by the wind
           une envolée de feuilles d'automne - autumn leaves in flight
     3. n-f. surge, rise
     4. Participle. feminine singular of envolé
envoler
     1. v. to take off, to take flight
     2. v. to blow away
     3. v. to fly (of time)
     4. v. to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen)
French > French
envolée
     1. n-f. (Figuré) Action de s'envoler.
     2. v. Participe passé féminin singulier de envoler.



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