"à deux vitesses" meaning in French

See à deux vitesses in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /a dø vi.tɛs/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à deux vitesses.wav
Etymology: Possibly a reference to gears in a car. Head templates: {{fr-adj|inv=1}} à deux vitesses (invariable)
  1. (derogatory, relational) two-tier, double-standard; discriminatory, unequal, inegalitarian Tags: derogatory, invariable, relational Synonyms: à géométrie variable, discriminatoire, inégalitaire, inéquitable Related terms: deux poids, deux mesures
    Sense id: en-à_deux_vitesses-fr-adj-auXbMQnl Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a reference to gears in a car.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "inv": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "à deux vitesses (invariable)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "two-tier justice, a discriminatory system",
          "text": "une justice à deux vitesses, un système à deux vitesses",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two-tier, double-standard; discriminatory, unequal, inegalitarian"
      ],
      "id": "en-à_deux_vitesses-fr-adj-auXbMQnl",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "two-tier",
          "two-tier"
        ],
        [
          "double-standard",
          "double standard"
        ],
        [
          "discriminatory",
          "discriminatory"
        ],
        [
          "unequal",
          "unequal"
        ],
        [
          "inegalitarian",
          "inegalitarian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, relational) two-tier, double-standard; discriminatory, unequal, inegalitarian"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "deux poids, deux mesures"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "à géométrie variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "discriminatoire"
        },
        {
          "word": "inégalitaire"
        },
        {
          "word": "inéquitable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "invariable",
        "relational"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a dø vi.tɛs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à deux vitesses.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "à deux vitesses"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly a reference to gears in a car.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "inv": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "à deux vitesses (invariable)",
      "name": "fr-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "deux poids, deux mesures"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "French adjectives",
        "French derogatory terms",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French multiword terms",
        "French relational adjectives",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "French terms with usage examples",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "two-tier justice, a discriminatory system",
          "text": "une justice à deux vitesses, un système à deux vitesses",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "two-tier, double-standard; discriminatory, unequal, inegalitarian"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "two-tier",
          "two-tier"
        ],
        [
          "double-standard",
          "double standard"
        ],
        [
          "discriminatory",
          "discriminatory"
        ],
        [
          "unequal",
          "unequal"
        ],
        [
          "inegalitarian",
          "inegalitarian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(derogatory, relational) two-tier, double-standard; discriminatory, unequal, inegalitarian"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "à géométrie variable"
        },
        {
          "word": "discriminatoire"
        },
        {
          "word": "inégalitaire"
        },
        {
          "word": "inéquitable"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "invariable",
        "relational"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a dø vi.tɛs/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-à deux vitesses.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-LoquaxFR-%C3%A0_deux_vitesses.wav.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "à deux vitesses"
}

Download raw JSONL data for à deux vitesses meaning in French (1.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable French dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-20 using wiktextract (c15a5ce and 5c11237). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.