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Summary

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stilt:
- échasse
Wiktionary:
- stilted → affété, artificiel, emprunté, précieux
- stilt → échasse, pilotis, échassier
- stilt → échasse

English

Detailed Translations for stilted from English to French

stilted:

Translation Matrix for stilted:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	artificial; contrived; hokey
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	affected

Related Words for "stilted":

stiltedly, stilt

Synonyms for "stilted":

artificial; contrived; hokey; affected; unnatural

Related Definitions for "stilted":

artificially formal¹
- a stilted letter of acknowledgment¹
- when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation¹

Wiktionary Translations for stilted:

stilted

adjective

Qui est plein d’afféterie dans son air, dans ses manières, dans son langage.
- affété → affected; artificial; prim; showy; stilted
Qui remplace la nature par l’art ou l’artifice.
- artificiel → artificial; affected; prim; showy; stilted
Qui a été pris ailleurs, chez quelqu’un d’autre.
- emprunté → borrowed; stilted
péjoratif|nocat=1
- précieux → affected; artificial; prim; showy; stilted

stilt:

stilt [the ~] noun

the stilt
l'échasse
- échasse [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for stilt:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
échasse	stilt	scaffold pole; wooden leg
-	Australian stilt; Himantopus stilt; long-legs; longlegs; pile; piling; spile; stilt plover; stiltbird

Related Words for "stilt":

stilted, stilts

Synonyms for "stilt":

pile; spile; piling; column; pillar
pole
Australian stilt; shorebird; shore bird; limicoline bird
stiltbird; longlegs; long-legs; stilt plover; Himantopus stilt

Related Definitions for "stilt":

long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons¹
long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia¹
a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure¹
one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walking high above the ground¹
- he was so tall I thought he was on stilts¹

Wiktionary Translations for stilt:

stilt

noun

walking pole
- stilt → échasse
pillar
- stilt → pilotis
bird
- stilt → échassier

stilt

noun

Pilier servant de fondation
- pilotis → stilt
Pieu de marche (1)
- échasse → stilt
Oiseau (2)
- échasse → stilt

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• stilt	→ échasse	↔ Stelze — Stange zum Verlängern eines Beines (paarweise verwendet)

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