discharge

discharge
discharge
1. transitive verb
   a. [+ cargo] décharger
   b. [+ gas] émettre ; [+ liquid, pollutants, sewage] déverser
   c. [+ soldier] démobiliser ; (for health reasons) réformer ; [+ prisoner] libérer ; (from hospital) autoriser à quitter l'hôpital
• to discharge o.s. (from hospital) signer sa décharge
2. noun
   a. (in eyes, nose) écoulement m
   b. [of prisoner] libération f ; [of patient] sortie f
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Lorsque discharge est un verbe, l'accent tombe sur la deuxième syllabe : dɪsˈt∫α:dʒ, lorsque c'est un nom, sur la première : ˈdɪst∫α:dʒ.
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1. ['dɪstʃɑːdʒ]
noun
1) (release) renvoi m au foyer

to get one's discharge — [soldier] être libéré

2) (pouring out) (of gas) émission f; (of liquid) écoulement m; Medicine (of pus) suppuration f; (of blood) perte f
3) (emptying out) (of waste) déversement m
4) (substance released) (waste) déchets mpl; Medicine (from eye, wound etc) sécrétions fpl
5) Finance (of debt) règlement m
6) Electricity décharge f
7) (performance) exercice m
8) (firing) décharge f
9) (unloading) déchargement m
2. [dɪs'tʃɑːdʒ]
transitive verb
1) (release) renvoyer [patient]; donner son congé à [soldier]; décharger [accused]

to be discharged from hospital — être autorisé à quitter l'hôpital

he has discharged himself — il a quitté l'hôpital

to be discharged from the army — être libéré de l'armée

2) (dismiss) renvoyer [employee]

to discharge somebody from his duties — démettre quelqu'un de ses fonctions

3) (give off) émettre [gas]; déverser [sewage, waste]
4) Medicine

to discharge pus — suppurer

5) Finance s'acquitter de [debt]; réhabiliter [bankrupt]
6) (perform) s'acquitter de [duty]; remplir [obligation]
7) (unload) décharger [cargo]; débarquer [passengers]
8) (fire) décharger [rifle]

English-French dictionary. 2013.

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