The French word for stamp is
timbre

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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