- section
- sectionA n1 (part) (of train, aircraft, town, forest, area) partie f ; (of pipe, tunnel, road, river) tronçon m ; (of object, kit) élément m ; (of orange, grapefruit) quartier m ; (of public, population, group) tranche f ; women's sections Pol sections fpl féminines ;2 (department) (of company, office, department, government) service m ; (of library, shop) rayon m ; computer/consular section service m informatique/consulaire ;3 (subdivision) (of act, bill, report) article m ; (of newspaper) rubrique f ; under section 24 aux termes de l'article 24 ; sports/books section rubrique f sportive/littéraire ;4 (passage) (of book) passage m (on sur) ; (larger) partie f (on qui traite de) ; there's a section on verbs at the end il y a un chapitre sur les verbes à la fin ;5 Mil groupe m ;6 Biol, Geol lamelle f ;7 Math section f ;8 Med sectionnement m ;9 Rail (part of network) canton m (de voie ferrée) ;10 US Rail (of sleeping car) compartiment-couchettes m ;11 US Rail (relief train) train m supplémentaire.B vtr1 (divide) sectionner [document, text] ; segmenter [computer screen] ;2 Med (in surgery) sectionner ;3 GB Med (confine to mental hospital) décider l'internement de [person].Phrasal verb■ section off :▶ section off [sth], section [sth] off séparer [part, area].
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.