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leaf noun

  /liːf/
  • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
  • (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
  • (programming, x86) A particular value of the EAX register when a program runs the CPUID instruction; each leaf represents a different category of information returned about the processor.
 feuille
  • (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc. (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
 feuille, feuillet
  • (plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
 battant, ouvrant, vantail
  • A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
 plateau, rallonge

leaf verb

  /liːf/
  • (intransitive) To produce leaves; put forth foliage.
 feuiller
four-leaf clover
trèfle à quatre feuilles
bay leaf
feuille de laurier
leaf through
feuilleter
leaf fat
panne
fig leaf
feuille de figuier, feuille de vigne
Pallas's leaf warbler
pouillot de Pallas
shake like a leaf
trembler comme une feuille
Hume's leaf warbler
pouillot de Hume
take a leaf out of someone's book
en prendre de la graine, prendre exemple
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