compound

compound
compound
A n
1 (enclosure) enceinte f ; diplomatic/industrial/military/prison compound enceinte f diplomatique/industrielle/militaire/de prison ; workers'/miners' compound quartier m de travailleurs/de mineurs ;
2 Chem composé m (of de) ; carbon compounds les composés du carbone ;
3 (word) mot m composé ;
4 (mixture) composé m (of de).
B adj
1 gen, Biol, Bot, Chem [leaf, flower, eye, substance] composé ;
2 Ling [tense, noun, adjective] composé ; [sentence] complexe ;
3 Med [fracture] multiple.
C vtr
1 (exacerbate) aggraver [difficulty, error, offence, problem, damage, anxiety] (by par ; by doing en faisant) ; to compound misfortune with error ajouter l'erreur au malheur ;
2 (combine) combiner (with à) ; compounded of composé de ;
3 Jur to compound a debt transiger sur une dette ; to compound an offence ou a felony accepter de ne pas porter plainte en contrepartie d'un dédommagement.
D vi Jur (come to terms) composer (avec ses créanciers).

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