What does impasse in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word impasse in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use impasse in French.
The word impasse in French means cul-de-sac, dead end, impasse, deadlock, skip, be at an impasse, reach an impasse, give it a miss, give a miss, find yourself at an impasse, break the deadlock, break the stalemate. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word impasse
cul-de-sac, dead endnom féminin (rue sans issue) (road) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Cette rue est une impasse. This road is a cul-de-sac. |
impasse, deadlocknom féminin (figuré (situation sans issue) (situation) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La situation est dans une impasse. The situation has reached an impasse. |
skipnom féminin (familier (fait de ne pas étudier un sujet) (revision) (transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.") J'ai fait plusieurs impasses pour l'examen. I skipped a few subjects when I was revising for my exam. |
be at an impasselocution verbale (figuré (ne pas voir d'issue) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Les négociations sont dans l'impasse. |
reach an impasselocution verbale (faire face à une situation inextricable) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
give it a misslocution verbale (ne pas prendre en considération) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
give a miss(décider de ne pas traiter [qch]) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") In history we skipped the whole 19th century. |
find yourself at an impasse(figuré (ne pas avoir de solution) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") |
break the deadlock, break the stalematelocution verbale (trouver une solution) (verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.") Ils sont finalement sortis de l'impasse après des heures de négociations. They finally broke the deadlock after hours of negotiations. |
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