"quandary" meaning in Anglais

See quandary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈkwɒn.də.ɹi\, \ˈkwɑn.də.ɹi\, \ˈkwɒn.də.ɹi\ Audio: En-au-quandary.ogg Forms: quandaries [plural]
  1. Embarras, perplexité, incertitude.
    Sense id: fr-quandary-en-noun-n4C8Af8J Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
  2. Dilemme.
    Sense id: fr-quandary-en-noun-YC5i7KHS Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: perplexity, uncertainty

Inflected forms

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    "(XVIᵉ siècle) Incertain, peut-être du vieil anglais wandreth, du vieux norrois vandræði (« difficulté »). Référence nécessaire"
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          "ref": "Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.",
          "text": "Piaggi nodded understanding while his mind was in a quandary. The existence of highly skilled Mafia assassins was for the most part a fiction created by TV and movies.",
          "translation": "Piaggi acquiesca, tandis que son esprit était dans un état de perplexité. L'existence d'assassins mafieux hautement compétents était dans l'ensemble une fiction créée par la TV et les films."
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          "text": "Then I would begin contemplating the next quandary: \"Does the Torah say it’s okay to portray a hooker, and is a heart of gold a mitigating factor?\"",
          "translation": "Je commencerais ensuite à réfléchir au dilemme suivant : « La Torah dit-elle qu'il est acceptable de dépeindre une prostituée, et un cœur d'or est-il un facteur atténuant?»."
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    "(XVIᵉ siècle) Incertain, peut-être du vieil anglais wandreth, du vieux norrois vandræði (« difficulté »). Référence nécessaire"
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          "translation": "Piaggi acquiesca, tandis que son esprit était dans un état de perplexité. L'existence d'assassins mafieux hautement compétents était dans l'ensemble une fiction créée par la TV et les films."
        }
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          "text": "Then I would begin contemplating the next quandary: \"Does the Torah say it’s okay to portray a hooker, and is a heart of gold a mitigating factor?\"",
          "translation": "Je commencerais ensuite à réfléchir au dilemme suivant : « La Torah dit-elle qu'il est acceptable de dépeindre une prostituée, et un cœur d'or est-il un facteur atténuant?»."
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