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The French word for strike is
grève





strike

Plural

The plural of grève is grèves.

French Definition


strike
     1. v. Rayer, barrer.
     2. v. Frapper, battre, terrasser.
     3. v. Faire la grève, se mettre en grève.
     4. n. Grève.
           The workers voted for a strike.
     5. n. Coup.
           They initiated a strike for freedom.
     6. n. (Géologie) Direction, azimut d'un filon ou d'une faille.
     7. n. (Baseball) Prise.
           Three strikes and you're out!
     8. n. (Bowling) Strike (France), abat (Québec).
           You need to bowl twelve consecutive strikes for a perfect game of 300 points.
     9. n. (Finance) Prix d'exercice.
           What is the strike price?

Translations for strike and their definitions

frapper
     1. v. to hit, to strike, to bash
           Il m'a frappé le bras. - He hit me on the arm.
     2. v. to knock (e.g. on a door)
     3. v. to bang (to get attention)
     4. v. (music) to beat time (as a conductor)
     5. v. (music) to strike (a chord)
     6. v. to strike down
           frappé par Dieu - struck down by God
     7. v. to hit (to be affected by a punishment)
     8. v. (figuratively) to strike
           frapper l'imagination - to strike the imagination.
     9. v. (bartending) to shake


grève ©
     1. n-f. bank (of a river); shore, strand
     2. n-f. strike (cessation of work)
           En raison de la grève, il nous faudra prendre le train. - Because of the strike, we will need to take the train.
     3. n-f. greave


heurter
     1. v. to strike, hit
     2. v. to clash, conflict with
     3. v. to crash, collide (together)
     4. v. to clash


battre
     1. v. to beat; to defeat
     2. v. to beat up
     3. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fight
     4. v. (cooking) to whisk or whip (eggs)
     5. v. (agriculture) to thresh
     6. v. (cards) to shuffle


affaler
     1. v. (nautical, of sails) to lower, let down
     2. v. to slump, slouch, plop down


coup
     1. n-m. blow, hit, strike
     2. n-m.          sound of the action
                   coup de tonnerre - crash of thunder
     3. n-m.          physical consequences of the action (marks)
                   marqué de coups - scratched
     4. n-m. (by extension) fast and instantaneous action
           jeter un coup d'œil - to have a look
           boire un coup - to have a drink
     5. n-m. (firearm) load, shot
           pistolet à six coups - six-shot pistol
     6. n-m. bit (small quantity)
           mettre un coup de peinture - to put a stroke of paint
     7. n-m. planned action
           préparer son coup - to make preparations
     8. n-m. (slang) lay
           Cette meuf, c'était le meilleur coup de ma vie. - This bird was the best shag of my life.
           un bon coup - a good lay


baisser pavillon


biffer
     1. v. to cross out, strike through
     2. v. to cancel, annul


strike
     1. n-m. (bowling) a strike


faire grève
     1. v. to strike; to be on strike


frappe
     1. n-f. hit
     2. n-f. strike, striking, kick
           une frappe aérienne - air-strike
           une frappe puissante - a powerful kick
     3. n-f. (pejorative) knave, thug, villain
           une petite frappe - a little thug
     4. v. first-person singular present of frapper
     5. v. third-person singular present of frapper
     6. v. second-person singular imperative of frapper


amener
     1. v. to bring (a person), take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride
           Je peux t'amener chez toi? - Can I give you a lift home?
           Elle m'a amené en voiture à la gare. - She gave me a lift to the station.
     2. v. to reel in (a fish)
     3. v. to lead


rayer
     1. v. to line, to make lines on, to mark with lines (e.g. a piece of paper)
     2. v. to cross out, to cross off (remove something from a list)
           Quand il arrivera, tu pourras rayer son nom. - When he arrives, you can cross off his name.
     3. v. to wipe off (remove)
           Je l'ai rayé du tableau. - I wiped it off the board.
           J'ai rayé de la carte. - I wiped off the map


barrer
     1. v. to bar, bar up (to lock or bolt with a bar)
     2. v. to bar off
     3. v. to cross out, strike out (put written lines through written text, to show it is erroneous)
     4. v. (colloquial) to go away, to leave, to fuck off
           Barre-toi ! - Get out!
     5. v. (Canada, Québec, Louisiana) to lock, as in a door, not necessarily with a bar.


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