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The French word for choke is
étouffer





choke

French Definition


choke
     1. n. (Mécanique) Starter, enrichisseur.
           He pulled out the choke in order to let the petrol in before starting his car.
     2. n. (armes à feu) Rétrécissement de l'extrémité du canon
     3. v. S'étouffer.
           Use the Heimlich maneuver. He's choking on his food!
     4. v. Étrangler.
           The murderer choked her to death.

Translations for choke and their definitions

étouffer ©
     1. v. to smother, to choke
     2. v. (figuratively, by extension) to stop, to inhibit, to prevent


réduit
     1. Participle. past participle of réduire
     2. v. third-person singular present indicative of réduire
     3. n-m. a cubbyhole
     4. n-m. a recess, a nook


starter
     1. n-m. starter (person or device)
     2. v. Canada synonym of démarrer


mainmise
     1. n-f. domination, control
     2. n-f. (legal) seizure


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