English-French Dictionary
French Translation of “shrunk”
shrink (ˈʃrɪŋk
)
Word forms: past tense shrank, past participle shrunk
Translations
intransitive verb
- (= become smaller)
- [clothing, fabric]
rétrécir
- [wood]
se contracter
- [area, forest]
se réduire
- [budget, income, sales, profits]
diminuer
- [market]
se réduire
- [economy]
se replier
- [tumour]
rapetisser
- [clothing, fabric]
- (= recoil)
reculer
⇒He shrank against the wall.
Il a reculé jusqu'à toucher le mur.
to shrink from sth [+ danger, responsibility]
se dérober devant qch
not to shrink from doing sth
ne pas hésiter à faire qch
to shrink from the use of sth or to shrink from using sth
hésiter à utiliser qch
,être réticent(e) à utiliser qch
transitive verb
- [+ wool, clothing]
(faire) rétrécir
noun
- (informal(= psychiatrist, psychoanalyst)
psy masculine and feminine (informal)
- See shrink away
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