stifle – English–Français translations

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stifle verb

  /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ , /ˈstaɪfl̩/
  • to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate
  • to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat
  • to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium
 étouffer
  • to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)
 réprimer
  • to die of suffocation
 suffoquer

stifle noun

  /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ , /ˈstaɪfl̩/
  • joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses
 grasset

stifling adjective

  /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/
  • that stifles
 étouffant
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