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The French word for sieve is
tamis





sieve

French Definition


sieve
     1. n. Passoire.
           Use the sieve to get the water from the pasta.
     2. n. Tamis.
     3. n. Crible.
           Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.
     4. v. Tamiser.

Translations for sieve and their definitions

tamis ©
     1. n-m. sieve, riddle
           Déplacez le tamis de gauche à droite 30 fois, en faisant un mouvement de tamisage. - Move the sieves from left to right 30 times using a sifting motion.
     2. n-m. screen (mesh for filtering)
           Enlever les filtres, les tamis et les pastilles et les laver séparément. - Remove and clean filters, screens and nozzle tips separately.


tamiser
     1. v. to sieve, to sift (use a sieve)


sasser
     1. v. to sieve, to sift


crible
     1. n-m. sieve, sifter, riddle (any device with holes in used to separate small things from larger things)
     2. n-m. (category theory) sieve
     3. v. first-person singular present of cribler
     4. v. third-person singular present of cribler
     5. v. second-person singular imperative of cribler


passoire ©
     1. n-f. sieve
     2. n-f. colander


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