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Detailed Translations for shrinking from English to French

shrinking:

shrinking [the ~] nom

  1. the shrinking (decrease; shrinking back)
    la diminution

Translation Matrix for shrinking:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
contractant contracting party
diminution decrease; shrinking; shrinking back abatement; crash; curtailment; cut; cutting short; decline; decrease; deduct; deflation; degradation; diminishing; diminution; disgracement; dishonering; downfall; drop in price; fall; fall in price; falling off; inventory decrease; lessening; price cut; price reduction; reduction; reductions; restricting; salary cut; write-down adjustment
- shrinkage
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
contractant dwindling; shrinking; shrinking back; writhing
diminuant dwindling; shrinking; shrinking back; writhing abating; declining; decreasing; diminishing; fading; lessening; reducing; subsiding; weakening
décroissant dwindling; shrinking; shrinking back; writhing abating; declining; decreasing; diminishing; fading; lessening; reducing; subsiding; weakening
rétrécissant dwindling; shrinking; shrinking back; writhing

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Synonyms for "shrinking":


Related Definitions for "shrinking":

  1. the act of becoming less1
  2. process or result of becoming less or smaller1

shrinking form of shrink:

to shrink verbe (shrinks, shrank, shrinking)

  1. to shrink (diminish; decrease; reduce; )
    amoindrir; décroître; fondre; diminuer
    • amoindrir verbe (amoindris, amoindrit, amoindrissons, amoindrissez, )
    • décroître verbe (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • fondre verbe (fonds, fond, fondons, fondez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
  2. to shrink (decline; decrease; remove; )
    diminuer; réduire; baisser; décliner; décroître; amoindrir
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • baisser verbe (baisse, baisses, baissons, baissez, )
    • décliner verbe (décline, déclines, déclinons, déclinez, )
    • décroître verbe (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • amoindrir verbe (amoindris, amoindrit, amoindrissons, amoindrissez, )
  3. to shrink (decrease; go down; sink)
    diminuer; réduire; rétrécir; décroître; se rétrécir; se contracter
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • rétrécir verbe (rétrécis, rétrécit, rétrécissons, rétrécissez, )
    • décroître verbe (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
  4. to shrink (reduce; diminish; decrease)
    rappetisser; réduire; minimiser; rabaisser; diminuer; comprimer; dégonfler; ravaler; amoindrir; miniaturiser
    • rappetisser verbe
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • minimiser verbe (minimise, minimises, minimisons, minimisez, )
    • rabaisser verbe (rabaisse, rabaisses, rabaissons, rabaissez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • comprimer verbe (comprime, comprimes, comprimons, comprimez, )
    • dégonfler verbe
    • ravaler verbe (ravale, ravales, ravalons, ravalez, )
    • amoindrir verbe (amoindris, amoindrit, amoindrissons, amoindrissez, )
    • miniaturiser verbe
  5. to shrink (diminish; dwindle)
    réduire; diminuer; rétrécir; régresser; descendre; baisser; décroître; amoindrir; s'amoindrir
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • rétrécir verbe (rétrécis, rétrécit, rétrécissons, rétrécissez, )
    • régresser verbe (régresse, régresses, régressons, régressez, )
    • descendre verbe (descends, descend, descendons, descendez, )
    • baisser verbe (baisse, baisses, baissons, baissez, )
    • décroître verbe (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • amoindrir verbe (amoindris, amoindrit, amoindrissons, amoindrissez, )
    • s'amoindrir verbe
  6. to shrink (diminish; shrivel; shrink back; )
  7. to shrink (shrink back; recoil; recoil from; withdraw)
    reculer devant; décroître; diminuer; avoir un mouvement de recul; se décourager; caner; perdre courage
    • décroître verbe (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • diminuer verbe (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • caner verbe
  8. to shrink (diminishing)
  9. to shrink
    – To remove unused space from data tables. 2
    réduire
    • réduire verbe (réduis, réduit, réduisons, réduisez, )

Conjugations for shrink:

present
  1. shrink
  2. shrink
  3. shrinks
  4. shrink
  5. shrink
  6. shrink
simple past
  1. shrank
  2. shrank
  3. shrank
  4. shrank
  5. shrank
  6. shrank
present perfect
  1. have shrunk
  2. have shrunk
  3. has shrunk
  4. have shrunk
  5. have shrunk
  6. have shrunk
past continuous
  1. was shrinking
  2. were shrinking
  3. was shrinking
  4. were shrinking
  5. were shrinking
  6. were shrinking
future
  1. shall shrink
  2. will shrink
  3. will shrink
  4. shall shrink
  5. will shrink
  6. will shrink
continuous present
  1. am shrinking
  2. are shrinking
  3. is shrinking
  4. are shrinking
  5. are shrinking
  6. are shrinking
subjunctive
  1. be shrunk
  2. be shrunk
  3. be shrunk
  4. be shrunk
  5. be shrunk
  6. be shrunk
diverse
  1. shrink!
  2. let's shrink!
  3. shrunk
  4. shrinking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

shrink [the ~] nom

  1. the shrink (psychiatrist)
    le psychiatre

Translation Matrix for shrink:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
diminuer tiring out; wearing out
décroître die away
psychiatre psychiatrist; shrink
- head-shrinker; psychiatrist
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
amoindrir be shortcoming; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; go thieving; lessen; reduce; remove; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; take away; wain curtail; cut down; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; lessen; make smaller; mark down; reduce; regress; save; scale down; shrink away; waining
avoir un mouvement de recul recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw
baisser be shortcoming; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; go thieving; remove; shrink; take away; wain bring down; curtail; cut down; decline; decrease; dim; diminish; drop; dwindle; economise; economize; fall; lessen; lower; mark down; reduce; regress; save; scale down; shrink away; sink; tumble; waining
caner recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw
comprimer decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink clamp; clasp; clutch; compress; constrict; crush; flatten; gag; grasp; grip; oppress; pack; pinch; press; press in; press together; seize; squash; squeeze
descendre diminish; dwindle; shrink become lower; bring down; carry down; climb down; climb off; come down; descend; dismount; drive down; drop; elapse; end up somewhere; execute; execute capital punishment; expire; finish off; fire at; get finished; get off; go by; go down; kill; land; let descent; lift down; lower; murder; pass; put down; put someone off; put to the sword; shoot; shoot dead; shoot down; slide down; step down; step out; take down; take someone's life
diminuer be shortcoming; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; go thieving; lessen; recoil; recoil from; reduce; remove; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; take away; wain; withdraw abridge; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; economise; economize; fall; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; save; scale down; shorten; shrink away; sink; trim; tumble; use sparingly; waining
déclinant diminishing; shrink
décliner be shortcoming; decline; decrease; dwindle; go thieving; remove; shrink; take away; wain balk at; conjugate; decline; dwindle; inflect; refuse; refuse flatly; regress; reject; turn down; waining
décroître be shortcoming; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; go thieving; lessen; recoil; recoil from; reduce; remove; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; take away; wain; withdraw curtail; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; fall; lessen; make smaller; mark down; reduce; regress; scale down; shrink away; sink; tumble; waining
dégonfler decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink
fondre decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; go down; lessen; reduce; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up become less stiff; burn out; defrost; dissolve; fuse; fuze; melt; melt away; melt down; melt together; merge; smelt; stop freezing; thaw
miniaturiser decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink
minimiser decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink crop; gloss over; minimise; minimize; play down; reduce; scale down; shorten; smooth over; trim; trivialise; trivialize
perdre courage recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw become despondent; become disheartened; become dispirited; despond; falter; flinch
rabaisser decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink belittle; break down; break up; demolish; destroy; disregard; drag down; get down; hold cheap; hold in contempt; humiliate; look down upon; pull down; scorn; sharply critize; slight; take down; tear down; tear loose; treat unkindly; treat with disregard; wreck
rappetisser decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink
ravaler decrease; diminish; reduce; shrink bring down; chip away; chip off; hack away; scrape
reculer devant recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw shrink from
réduire be shortcoming; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; go down; go thieving; reduce; remove; shrink; sink; take away; wain abbreviate; abridge; boil down; clip; collapse; concentrate; condense; convert; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; dwindle; economise; economize; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; save; scale down; shorten; shrink away; thicken; trim; use sparingly; waining
régresser diminish; dwindle; shrink decline; give in; regress; surrender; waining
rétrécir decrease; diminish; dwindle; go down; shrink; sink constrict; narrow
s'amoindrir diminish; dwindle; shrink make smaller; reduce
se contracter decrease; diminish; dwindle; go down; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; subside; wizen contract
se crisper diminish; dwindle; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; subside; wizen
se décourager recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw become despondent; become disheartened; become dispirited; despond; falter; flinch
se ratatiner diminish; dwindle; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; subside; wizen shrivel up; wither
se rétrécir decrease; diminish; dwindle; go down; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; subside; wizen
se serrer diminish; dwindle; shrink; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; subside; wizen move closer; move up
- contract; cringe; flinch; funk; quail; recoil; reduce; shrivel; shrivel up; squinch; wince; wither
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- psychiatrist
ModifierRelated TranslationsOther Translations
déclinant waning

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Related Definitions for "shrink":

  1. a physician who specializes in psychiatry1
  2. decrease in size, range, or extent1
    • His earnings shrank1
  3. become smaller or draw together1
    • The fabric shrank1
    • The balloon shrank1
  4. reduce in size; reduce physically1
    • Hot water will shrink the sweater1
    • Can you shrink this image?1
  5. wither, as with a loss of moisture1
  6. draw back, as with fear or pain1
  7. To remove unused space from data tables.2

Wiktionary Translations for shrink:

shrink
verb
  1. intransitive: to contract, to become smaller
  2. transitive: to cause something to shrink
noun
  1. psychiatrist or therapist (informal, belittling)
    • shrinkpsy
shrink
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
shrink se racornir verschrompelen — door uitdroging rimpelig en klein worden
shrink se rétrécir krimpen — kleiner in omvang worden
shrink psychiatre PsychiaterFacharzt für Geistes- und Gemütskrankheiten
shrink psychologue; psy Psychologe — jemand, der ein Studium der Psychologie, der Wissenschaft vom Erleben und Verhalten des Menschen, erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat
shrink reculer scheuen — (transitiv) etwas aus Angst vermeiden oder meiden

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