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Translate straits from English to French

Summary

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strait:
- détroit
Wiktionary:
- straits → détroit, embarras
- strait → détroit
- strait → détroit

English

Detailed Translations for straits from English to French

straits:

Translation Matrix for straits:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	head; pass; strait

Synonyms for "straits":

pass; strait; situation
head; juncture; occasion

Related Definitions for "straits":

a difficult juncture¹
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs¹

Wiktionary Translations for straits:

straits

noun

toponymie|fr passage naturel par lequel deux mers communiquer.
- détroit → strait; channel; straits
Ce qui embarrasse ou résultat de l’action d’embarrasser.
- embarras → embarrassment; predicament; difficulty; straits; abashment; perplexity

straits form of strait:

strait [the ~] nomen

the strait (sound)
le détroit
- détroit [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for strait:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
détroit	sound; strait	isthmus; narrow; narrowing; narrowness; neck of land; passage; stricture; stringency; tightness
-	pass; sound; straits

Related Words for "strait":

straits, straiten

Synonyms for "strait":

Related Definitions for "strait":

narrow¹
- strait is the gate¹
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water¹
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs¹

Wiktionary Translations for strait:

strait

noun

narrow channel of water
- strait → détroit

strait

noun

toponymie|fr passage naturel par lequel deux mers communiquer.
- détroit → strait; channel; straits

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• strait	→ détroit	↔ Meerenge — enge Stelle im Meer zwischen zwei Landmassen, enge Stelle auf einer Schifffahrtsroute im Meer
• strait	→ détroit	↔ Straße — Meerenge

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