What does nausée in French mean?

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

The word nausée in French means nausea, sickness, revulsion, disgust, feel sick, have travel sickness, have motion sickness, be sickened by , be disgusted by, it/that makes me feel sick, make feel sick, make nauseous, make sick, make feel sick. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word nausée

nausea, sickness

nom féminin (envie de vomir)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Durant le voyage, il ressentit des nausées.
He experienced nausea during the journey.

revulsion, disgust

nom féminin (figuré (dégoût)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tous les journalistes notèrent la nausée des jurés.
All the reporters noted the jurors' revulsion (or: disgust).

feel sick

locution verbale (avoir envie de vomir)

have travel sickness, have motion sickness

locution verbale (figuré (avoir le mal de mer, de l'air)

be sickened by , be disgusted by

locution verbale (figuré (être dégoûté)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

it/that makes me feel sick

(familier (ça me donne la nausée)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

make feel sick, make nauseous

locution verbale (dégoûter, donner envier de vomir)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Les odeurs fortes donnent souvent la nausée aux femmes enceintes.

make sick, make feel sick

locution verbale (figuré (dégoûter, révulser)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Ce discours extrémiste leur a donné la nausée.

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