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Translate earthquake from English to French

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earthquake:
- tremblement de terre; séisme
Wiktionary:
- earthquake → séisme, tremblement de terre
- earthquake → tremblement, tremblement de terre, séisme, secousse tellurique

English

Detailed Translations for earthquake from English to French

earthquake:

earthquake [the ~] nom

the earthquake
le tremblement de terre; le séisme
- tremblement de terre [le ~] nom
- séisme [le ~] nom
the earthquake
le séisme
- séisme [le ~] nom

Translation Matrix for earthquake:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
séisme	earthquake
tremblement de terre	earthquake
-	quake; seism; temblor

Related Words for "earthquake":

earthquakes

Synonyms for "earthquake":

quake; temblor; seism; geological phenomenon
disturbance; disruption; commotion; flutter; hurly burly; to-do; hoo-ha; hoo-hah; kerfuffle

Related Definitions for "earthquake":

shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity¹
a disturbance that is extremely disruptive¹
- selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees¹

Wiktionary Translations for earthquake:

earthquake

noun

shaking of the surface of a planet
- earthquake → séisme; tremblement de terre

earthquake

noun

rupture en géophysique
- séisme → earthquake; quake
secousse qui ébranler violemment la terre.
- tremblement de terre → earthquake

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• earthquake	→ tremblement	↔ Beben — Erschütterungen des Bodens, die im Inneren der Erde aus natürlichen Ursachen entstehen
• earthquake	→ tremblement de terre; séisme	↔ Erdbeben — Erschütterungen des Erdbodens, die im Inneren der Erde aus natürlichen Ursachen entstehen
• earthquake	→ secousse tellurique	↔ aardschok — een plotselinge aardbeving
• earthquake	→ séisme; tremblement de terre	↔ aardbeving — een schokkende of trillende beweging van een gedeelte van de aardkorst, meestal te wijten aan verschuivingen van delen van de daaronder liggende aardmantel

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