"sway" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Anglais]

IPA: \sweɪ\, \sweɪ\, sweɪ Audio: En-us-sway.ogg Forms: sways [plural]
  1. Mouvement balayé, balancé, circulaire
    Sense id: fr-sway-en-noun-ruS-G2Xf
  2. Emprise, domination.
    Sense id: fr-sway-en-noun-kVLBRhK~
  3. Influence, poids ou autorité qui va faire pencher la balance dans une direction.
    Sense id: fr-sway-en-noun-QMw1yKSh
  4. Embardée, mouvement de translation le long de l’axe transversal.
    Sense id: fr-sway-en-noun-vCGZQXde Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la marine Topics: nautical
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: under the sway of Related terms (Mouvements de rotation): lacet, tangage, roulis Related terms (Mouvements de translation): pilonnement, cavalement

Verb [Anglais]

IPA: \sweɪ\, \sweɪ\, sweɪ Audio: En-us-sway.ogg Forms: to sway [infinitive], sways [present, third-person, singular], swayed [preterite], swayed [participle, past], swaying [participle, present]
  1. Dodeliner, se balancer, osciller. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: fr-sway-en-verb-EBV9pVaz Categories (other): Verbes intransitifs en anglais
  2. Influer. Tags: figuratively, transitive
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: influence Related terms: act, effect, operate

Inflected forms

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieux norrois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "under the sway of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux norrois sveigja (planer, flatter)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sways",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de translation",
      "word": "pilonnement"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de translation",
      "word": "cavalement"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "lacet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "tangage"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "roulis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mouvement balayé, balancé, circulaire"
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-noun-ruS-G2Xf"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Emprise, domination."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-noun-kVLBRhK~"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Influence, poids ou autorité qui va faire pencher la balance dans une direction."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-noun-QMw1yKSh"
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Lexique en anglais de la marine",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Embardée, mouvement de translation le long de l’axe transversal."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-noun-vCGZQXde",
      "topics": [
        "nautical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sway.ogg",
      "ipa": "sweɪ",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/En-us-sway.ogg/En-us-sway.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-sway.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sway"
}

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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieux norrois",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Verbes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux norrois sveigja (planer, flatter)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to sway",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sways",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swayed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swayed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swaying",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈsweɪ.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "agir",
      "word": "act"
    },
    {
      "word": "effect"
    },
    {
      "translation": "opérer",
      "word": "operate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbes intransitifs en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dodeliner, se balancer, osciller."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-verb-EBV9pVaz",
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Métaphores en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Verbes transitifs en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sway people's opinions"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Influer."
      ],
      "id": "fr-sway-en-verb-Q8gE8ATk",
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
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      "ipa": "sweɪ",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "influer",
      "word": "influence"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sway"
}
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  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieux norrois",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "under the sway of"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux norrois sveigja (planer, flatter)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sways",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de translation",
      "word": "pilonnement"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de translation",
      "word": "cavalement"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "lacet"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "tangage"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Mouvements de rotation",
      "word": "roulis"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Mouvement balayé, balancé, circulaire"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Emprise, domination."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Influence, poids ou autorité qui va faire pencher la balance dans une direction."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Lexique en anglais de la marine"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Embardée, mouvement de translation le long de l’axe transversal."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "nautical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sway.ogg",
      "ipa": "sweɪ",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/En-us-sway.ogg/En-us-sway.ogg.mp3",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "sway"
}

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    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en vieux norrois",
    "Verbes en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du vieux norrois sveigja (planer, flatter)"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "to sway",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sways",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swayed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swayed",
      "ipas": [
        "\\sweɪd\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "swaying",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈsweɪ.ɪŋ\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "pos_title": "Verbe",
  "related": [
    {
      "translation": "agir",
      "word": "act"
    },
    {
      "word": "effect"
    },
    {
      "translation": "opérer",
      "word": "operate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Verbes intransitifs en anglais"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dodeliner, se balancer, osciller."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais",
        "Exemples en anglais à traduire",
        "Métaphores en anglais",
        "Verbes transitifs en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "sway people's opinions"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Influer."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\sweɪ\\"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-sway.ogg",
      "ipa": "sweɪ",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/En-us-sway.ogg/En-us-sway.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/En-us-sway.ogg",
      "raw_tags": [
        "États-Unis"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "translation": "influer",
      "word": "influence"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sway"
}

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