melt

melt [melt]

1. intransitive verb

   a. [ice, butter] fondre

• her heart melted with pity elle fondit devant ce spectacle

• one colour melted into another les couleurs se fondaient les unes dans les autres

• he looks as if butter wouldn't melt in his mouth on lui donnerait le bon Dieu sans confession (inf)

   b. ( = be too hot) to be melting (inf) être en nage

2. transitive verb

[+ butter] (faire) fondre ; [+ metal] fondre

• to melt sb's heart attendrir qn

• melted butter beurre m fondu

3. compounds

► melting point noun point m de fusion

► melting pot noun melting-pot m

• the country was a melting pot of many nationalities ce pays a été un melting-pot

► melt away intransitive verb

[confidence] disparaître ; [crowd] se disperser

► melt down separable transitive verb fondre

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[melt] 1.

noun

1) (thaw) dégel m, fonte f des neiges

2) US Culinary sandwich m recouvert de fromage fondu

2.

transitive verb lit [heat, sun, person] faire fondre [snow, plastic, butter]; fig attendrir [heart]

3.

intransitive verb

1) lit fondre

to melt in your mouth — fondre dans la bouche

2) fig (soften) [heart, person] fondre (with de)

3) (merge)

to melt into — se fondre dans [crowd]

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Phrasal Verbs:

- melt away

- melt down

English-French dictionary. 2013.