Wednesday, May 6, 2009

allumer (note also colloq. of mad or tipsy)

allumer /alyme/ (conjugate⇒)
  1. transitive verb
    1. to light [candle, gas];
      to start [fire];
    1. to switch [sth] on, to turn [sth] on;
      laisser ses phares allumés to leave one's headlights on.
  1. s'allumer reflexive verb (+ v être)
    1. [heating, radio, lighting] to come on;
    1. son regard s'alluma his face lit up.


Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:
allumé, ~e /alyme/ adjective (familiar)
  1. mad (colloquial);
  1. tipsy (colloquial).

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