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stamp

French Definition


stamp
     1. v. (Intransitif) Taper du pied.
           Tell the child to stop stamping.
     2. v. (Transitif) Taper (du pied).
           He stamped his foot on the ground in annoyance.
     3. v. Estamper.
           This machine stamps out special commemorative coins.
     4. v. Estampiller.
           This document needs to be stamped to be official.
     5. v. Étamper.
           The mark of the engraver was stamped on the ring.
     6. v. Timbrer.
           The company has stamped the document with its logo.
     7. v. Tamponner.
           He stamped the tobacco into the pipe.
     8. n. Cachet, marque.
           He placed his personal stamp on the document.
     9. n. Timbre, timbre à cachet.
           The king placed his personal stamp on the wax seal of the letter.
     10. n. Timbre-poste, timbre.
           The letter needs a stamp.
     11. n. Estampe.
           The government has a special paper stamp for merchandise for which the tax has been paid.
     12. n. Estampille.
           This printed stamp indicates that the merchandise is of high quality.
     13. n. Vignette.
           He gave the child some little stamps to stick onto her books.

Translations for stamp and their definitions

estamper
     1. v. to emboss
     2. v. to stamp (mark by pressing quickly and heavily)


estampiller
     1. v. to stamp (mark with a stamp)


timbre ©
     1. n-m. small bell
     2. n-m. (postage) stamp, postage stamp
     3. n-m. stamp (mark)
     4. n-m. (music) timbre


taper du pied
     1. to stamp (with the foot)


cachet ©
     1. n-m. seal
     2. n-m. pill
     3. n-m. cachet


timbrer
     1. v. to stamp (attach a postage stamp to)
     2. v. to stamp (mark with a stamp)


taper
     1. v. to slap, knock, beat
     2. v. to type (use a keyboard or typewriter)
     3. v. (indtr, sur) to hit, beat, rap
     4. v. to beat down (of the sun); to go to one's head (of wine etc.)
     5. v. to stink, pong, reek
     6. v. to put away (a meal etc.)
           Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir. - I put away a good, tiny hamburger last night.
     7. v. to fuck (have sex)
           Il s'est tapé la fille de son patron. - He fucked his boss' daughter.
     8. v. to put up with
           J'ai dû me taper trois heures d'embouteillage pour rejoindre l'aéroport. - I had to put up with three hours of traffic jam to get to the airport.


tampon ©
     1. n-m. Piece of wood or other material to close an opening
           …un petit orifice qui, pendant l'emplissage, est bouché par un tampon de bois.
     2. n-m.          (musical instrument) Same, closing the opening of a flute, a saxophone.
                   Tampons spéciaux montés sur plaques aluminium pour saxophone alto à tampons vissés.
     3. n-m.          (boat) Same, closing a leak.
                   Tampon d'étoupe.
     4. n-m. (medical) a plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid
     5. n-m. tampon to stop menstruation
           Tampon hygiénique.
     6. n-m. sponge, piece of porous material
     7. n-m.          used for washing.
                   tampon à récurer.
     8. n-m.          to varnish or apply wax to a piece of furniture.
                   vernissage au tampon.
     9. n-m.          to apply ink.
                   Tampon encreur.
     10. n-m. stamp
           Donner un coup de tampon.
     11. n-m. (figuratively) mitigator, mediator, buffer between people having a dispute
           jouer le rôle de tampon.
     12. n-m.          In this sense, often used in apposition, such as in solution tampon, État tampon, zone tampon, etc.
                   Cette zone accueillerait une partie des 3,6 millions de réfugiés syriens et ferait office de zone tampon avec la Syrie.
     13. n-m. (chemistry) buffer
           Solution tampon. - Buffer solution
     14. n-m. (computing) buffer
     15. n-m. Elastic part that prevents damaging when a collision occurs, e.g. buffer in rail transport


affranchir
     1. v. to free, liberate, enfranchise, emancipate
     2. v. to discharge, exempt
     3. v. to prepay (postage), frank (a letter)
     4. v. (slang) to pervert
     5. v. (slang) to inform
     6. v. to release or free oneself


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