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Summary

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subsidence:
- bassin; affaissement; éboulement; écroulement; tassement de terrain
Wiktionary:
- subsidence → abaissement, subsidence

French to English: more detail...

subsidence:
- Wiktionary:
  subsidence → subsidence

English

Detailed Translations for subsidence from English to French

subsidence:

subsidence [the ~] nomen

the subsidence (water-basin; basin; socket; bowl)
le bassin
- bassin [le ~] nomen
the subsidence (sinking in; prolapse; sinking; hollow; going under)
l'affaissement; l'éboulement; l'écroulement; le tassement de terrain
- affaissement [le ~] nomen
- éboulement [le ~] nomen
- écroulement [le ~] nomen
- tassement de terrain [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for subsidence:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
affaissement	going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence	bulge; caving in; collapse; collapsing; decline; sag
bassin	basin; bowl; socket; subsidence; water-basin	basin; collecting basin; container; coxa; hip joint; holder; melting-pan; receptacle; reservoir; storage basin; tank; wash-hand basin
tassement de terrain	going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence
éboulement	going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence	collapsing
écroulement	going under; hollow; prolapse; sinking; sinking in; subsidence	bust-up; caving in; collapse; collapsing; crash; fall; falling down; sagging; slump; smash
-	cave in; remission; remittal; settling; subsiding

Synonyms for "subsidence":

remission; remittal; suspension; respite; reprieve; hiatus; abatement
settling; subsiding; sinking
cave in; collapse

Related Definitions for "subsidence":

the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it¹
a gradual sinking to a lower level¹
an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)¹

Wiktionary Translations for subsidence:

subsidence

noun

action d’abaisser, de s’abaisser, ou résultat de cette action.
- abaissement → lowering; pulling down; dropping; reduction; dip; abasement; humiliation; fall; subsidence; sinking; cut; couching; prolapse; derogation; decay; destruction; ruin; adversity; failure; abatement; decrease; diminishment; curtailment; retrenchment; descent; decrepitude; abjection; abjectness; degradation; demotion; disrating; relegation; reduction to the ranks; deterioration
Géologie
- subsidence → subsidence

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University