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contre-courant:
- reverse current; crosscurrent; against the tide
à contre-courant:
- upstream; up the river; up-river
Wiktionary:
- contre-courant → countercurrent, eddy
- à contre-courant → against the grain, counter to
- à contre-courant → against the grain
- à contre-courant → upstream
- à contre-courant → upstream

French

Detailed Translations for contre-courant from French to English

contre-courant:

contre-courant [le ~] nomen

le contre-courant (reflux; courant contraire)
the reverse current; the crosscurrent; the against the tide
- reverse current [the ~] nomen
- crosscurrent [the ~] nomen
- against the tide [the ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for contre-courant:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
against the tide	contre-courant; courant contraire; reflux
crosscurrent	contre-courant; courant contraire; reflux
reverse current	contre-courant; courant contraire; reflux
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
against the tide		contre le courant; à contre-fil; à contre-poil

Wiktionary Translations for contre-courant:

contre-courant

noun

Courant d'un fluide au sens inverse de celui du courant principal
- contre-courant → countercurrent

contre-courant

noun

air or water running in an opposite direction to the main current
- eddy → contre-courant
Current that flows against the prevailing one
- countercurrent → contre-courant

à contre-courant:

à contre-courant adj

à contre-courant (en amont)
upstream; up the river; up-river
- upstream adj
- up the river adj
- up-river adj

Translation Matrix for à contre-courant:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
upstream		dans le sens ascendant
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
up the river	en amont; à contre-courant
up-river	en amont; à contre-courant
upstream	en amont; à contre-courant

Synonyms for "à contre-courant":

rebours; à contresens; à rebrousse-poil; à contre-poil; à contre-pied; au contraire

Wiktionary Translations for à contre-courant:

à contre-courant

adverb

Dans le sens contraire de l’habitude, de la norme, de l’usage.
- à contre-courant → against the grain; counter to

à contre-courant

prepositional ph

contrary to what is expected.
- against the grain → à contre-courant

adjective

-
- upstream → amont; montant

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- upstream → à contre-courant; en amont

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