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Summary

French to English: more detail...

friction:
- friction; controversy
Wiktionary:
- friction → rub, rubbing, friction
- friction → friction

English to French: more detail...

friction:
- friction; frottement; heurt; consonne fricative
Wiktionary:
- friction → frottement, friction, désaccord
- friction → friction, frottement

French

Detailed Translations for friction from French to English

friction:

friction [la ~] noun

la friction (frottement; heurt)
the friction; the controversy
- friction [the ~] noun
- controversy [the ~] noun

Translation Matrix for friction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
controversy	friction; frottement; heurt	conflit; controverse; discorde; dispute; querelle
friction	friction; frottement; heurt	consonne fricative

Synonyms for "friction":

bouchonnement; pansage; frottement; brouille; massage

Wiktionary Translations for friction:

friction

noun

frottement que l’on fait sur quelque partie du corps, à sec ou autrement, avec les mains, avec une brosse, avec de la flanelle, etc., pour activer la circulation, calmer une douleur, etc.
- friction → rub; rubbing; friction

friction

noun

A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact
- friction → frottement; friction
The rubbing of one object or surface against another
- friction → friction; frottement

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• friction	→ friction	↔ Friktion — Fremdwort für Reiberei
• friction	→ friction	↔ Reibung — Physik, nur Singular: Kraft, die einer Relativbewegung zweier berührender Körper auf Grund deren Berührung entgegenwirkt

Related Translations for friction

disque de friction

English

Detailed Translations for friction from English to French

friction:

friction [the ~] noun

the friction (controversy)
la friction; le frottement; l'heurt
- friction [la ~] noun
- frottement [le ~] noun
- heurt [le ~] noun
the friction
la consonne fricative
- consonne fricative [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for friction:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
consonne fricative	friction
friction	controversy; friction
frottement	controversy; friction	scrubbing; scrubbing work; strain; tenseness; tension; tightness
heurt	controversy; friction	argument; blow; buffer; bump; bumper; clout; collision; conflict; crash; difference of opinion; disagreement; discord; dispute; hit; jab; labyrinth; maze; nudge; punch; push; quaking; quarrel; quivering; row; shake; shaking; shove; smash; struggle; thrust; trembling; wallop; whopper; wrestle
-	clash; detrition; rubbing
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	discord; wear

Related Words for "friction":

frictions

Synonyms for "friction":

clash; conflict
rubbing; resistance
detrition; effort; elbow grease; exertion; travail; sweat

Related Definitions for "friction":

effort expended in moving one object over another with pressure¹
the resistance encountered when one body is moved in contact with another¹
a state of conflict between persons¹

Wiktionary Translations for friction:

friction

noun

A force that resists the relative motion or tendency to such motion of two bodies in contact
- friction → frottement; friction
conflict
- friction → désaccord
The rubbing of one object or surface against another
- friction → friction; frottement

friction

noun

frottement que l’on fait sur quelque partie du corps, à sec ou autrement, avec les mains, avec une brosse, avec de la flanelle, etc., pour activer la circulation, calmer une douleur, etc.
- friction → rub; rubbing; friction

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• friction	→ friction	↔ Friktion — Fremdwort für Reiberei
• friction	→ frottement; friction	↔ Reibung — Physik, nur Singular: Kraft, die einer Relativbewegung zweier berührender Körper auf Grund deren Berührung entgegenwirkt

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