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Summary

English to French: more detail...

digression:
- digression; aberration; égarement; écart
Wiktionary:
- digression → digression

French to English: more detail...

digression:
- digression; aberration; wandering; straying
Wiktionary:
- digression → digression, discursion
- digression → excursion

English

Detailed Translations for digression from English to French

digression:

digression [the ~] noun

the digression
la digression
- digression [la ~] noun
the digression (straying; aberration; wandering)
l'aberration; l'égarement; la digression; l'écart
- aberration [la ~] noun
- égarement [le ~] noun
- digression [la ~] noun
- écart [le ~] noun
the digression (diversion; deviation; deflection; deflexion; divagation)

– a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) ¹
l'aberration
- aberration [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for digression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
aberration	aberration; deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion; straying; wandering	deflection; warp
digression	aberration; digression; straying; wandering
écart	aberration; digression; straying; wandering	span; variance; width
égarement	aberration; digression; straying; wandering	astonishment; bewilderment; blunder; confusion; disorder; error; failing; fault; flaw; folly; gas; hoot; howler; incorrectness; infatuation; mistake; oversight; perplexedness; perplexity; puzzlement; scream; slip; standing agape; stay speechless; stupidity
-	aside; divagation; excursion; excursus; parenthesis
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	deviation

Related Words for "digression":

digressions

Synonyms for "digression":

aside; excursus; divagation; parenthesis; message; content; subject matter; substance
diversion; deviation; deflection; deflexion; turn; turning
excursion; journey; journeying

Related Definitions for "digression":

wandering from the main path of a journey¹
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)¹
- a digression into irrelevant details¹
a message that departs from the main subject¹

Wiktionary Translations for digression:

digression

noun

departure from the subject
- digression → digression

digression

noun

Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarter du sujet principal.
- digression → digression

Related Translations for digression

make a digression

French

Detailed Translations for digression from French to English

digression:

digression [la ~] noun

la digression
the digression
- digression [the ~] noun
la digression (égarement; aberration; écart)
the aberration; the wandering; the straying; the digression
- aberration [the ~] noun
- wandering [the ~] noun
- straying [the ~] noun
- digression [the ~] noun

Translation Matrix for digression:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
aberration	aberration; digression; écart; égarement	trouble mental; trouble psychique
digression	aberration; digression; écart; égarement	aberration
straying	aberration; digression; écart; égarement
wandering	aberration; digression; écart; égarement	course à l'aventure; errance; excursion; odyssée; pérégrination; randonnée; vagabondage; voyage à pied
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
wandering		errant; nomade; vagabond

Synonyms for "digression":

détour; boucle; courbe; angle; coude; tournant; zigzag; circonvolution; crochet; déviation; lacet; dédale; labyrinthe; raccourci; écart; sinuosité; biais; circonlocution; diversion; périphrase; ruse; subterfuge; subtilité; parenthèse; épisode; excursion; divagation

Wiktionary Translations for digression:

digression

noun

Ce qui dans un exposé, dans une conversation, un discours ou un développement s’écarter du sujet principal.
- digression → digression

digression

noun

digression
- discursion → détours; digression
departure from the subject
- digression → digression

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• digression	→ excursion	↔ Exkurs — Einschub eines Themas in einen Text, der mit den übrigen Themen nur entfernt zu tun hat

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