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The French word for swarm is
essaim





swarm

Plural

The plural of essaim is essaims.

French Definition


swarm
     1. n. (Zoologie) Essaim.
           For a swarm to develop the locusts must transform from a solitary phase into a gregarious phase. (Reuters, janvier 2009)
           (Pour qu'un essaim se forme, les criquets doivent passer d'une phase solitaire à une phase grégaire.
     2. n. Amas, foule, masse, multitude, tas, essaim.
     3. n. (Réseaux) Ensemble d'hôtes partageant le même torrent (ensemble de fichiers) dans un réseau BitTorrent.
     4. v. Fourmiller, grouiller.
     5. v. (Zoologie) Essaimer.

Translations for swarm and their definitions

essaimer
     1. v. (of bees) to swarm
           Ces abeilles ont essaimé. - Those bees have swarmed.
     2. v. (figuratively, of people) to swarm (to go in a massive group)


grouiller
     1. v. to mill about, swarm with people
     2. v. to swarm or crawl
           La place grouille de touristes. - The square is crawling with tourists.
     3. v. to hurry; to get a move on
           Grouille-toi, hein? - Hurry up, will you?


essaim
     1. n-m. swarm (of bees, insects etc.)


grouillement
     1. n-m. swarming; swarm


nuée
     1. n-f. (chiefly formal, or literary) thick cloud
     2. n-f. cloud (of arrows, insects)
     3. n-f. horde, host, swarm (of people, birds, enemies etc.)


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