flare

flare
flare [flεər]
1. noun
   a. [of torch] éclat m
   b. ( = signal) signal m ; ( = distress signal) fusée f de détresse
   c. (Clothing) évasement m
2. plural noun
flares (inf) pantalon m à pattes d'éléphant
3. intransitive verb
   a. [match] s'enflammer
   b. [fighting] éclater
• tempers flared les esprits se sont échauffés
   c. [skirt] s'évaser ; [nostrils] se dilater
• flared skirt jupe f évasée
• flared trousers pantalon m à pattes d'éléphant
4. compounds
► flare-up noun [of fighting] intensification f
► flare up intransitive verb
[person] s'emporter ; [fighting] éclater
• his eczema flared up il a eu une nouvelle poussée d'eczéma
* * *
[fleə(r)] 1.
noun
1) (light signal) Aviation (on runway) balise f lumineuse; Military (on target) fusée f éclairante; Nautical (distress signal) fusée f (de détresse)
2) (burst of light) (of match, lighter) lueur f; (of fireworks) flamboiement m
3) (also solar flare) éruption f solaire
2.
flares plural noun (trousers) pantalon m à pattes d'éléphant
3.
intransitive verb
1) (burn briefly) [firework, match] jeter une brève lueur
2) (erupt) [violence] éclater
3) (also flare out) (widen) [skirt] s'évaser; [nostrils] se dilater
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