What does engrenage in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word engrenage in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use engrenage in French.

The word engrenage in French means gears, spiral, cycle, filling the hopper, glitch, minor glitch. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word engrenage

gears

nom masculin (mécanisme de roues dentées)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
C'est la rotation des roues dentées qui constitue l'engrenage.
The gears are made up of rotating toothed wheels.

spiral, cycle

nom masculin (suite inéluctable de faits, spirale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ses mensonges successifs constituent un engrenage infernal.
His successive lies have created an infernal spiral.

filling the hopper

nom masculin (ajout de graine dans une trémie) (with grain)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Le meunier maîtrise l'engrenage.
The miller is an expert at filling the hopper.

glitch, minor glitch

nom masculin (figuré (petit élément perturbateur)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il suffit parfois d'un grain de sable dans l'engrenage pour enrayer un grand projet.

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