What does extraire in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word extraire in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use extraire in French.
The word extraire in French means extract, dig up, extract, pull out, take out, dig out, extract. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word extraire
extractverbe transitif (récupérer) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Pour extraire l'huile essentielle de lavande, on recourt à l'hydrodistillation. To extract essential oil from lavender, hydro distillation is used. |
dig upverbe transitif (retirer de quelque part) (from the ground) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Les archéologues extraient une statue. The archaeologists were digging up a statue. |
extractverbe transitif (retirer du corps) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le médecin a extrait la balle du bras de la victime. The doctor extracted the bullet from the victim's arm. |
pull out, take outverbe transitif (tirer, sortir) Elle extrait les clés du fond de sa poche. She pulled the keys out from the bottom of her pocket. |
dig outverbe transitif (tirer) (figurative) (phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.") Le journaliste extrait de ses notes les informations importantes. The journalist digs out the important information from his notes. |
extractverbe transitif (soutirer, extorquer) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") Le voleur extrait les informations à la vieille dame. The robber is extracting the information from the old lady. |
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