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name as in all its

Zephyr, Zephyr, Zephyr

In The Treasury of the French Language Computerized [TLFi]



  • Literature
. - Wind west ; P. ext. , gentle breezes and pleasant. Sweet, fresh, light, warm breeze ; the slightest zephyr ; perfume, breath of zephyr . When the storm had subsided, we wanted to go back to the west, but the constant breeze (...) long pushed our sails ( Chateaubr. , Martyrs , t . 1, 1810 , p. 212). I see clearly rocked by the branches Marshmallow ( Moreas , Iphigenia , 1900 , V, 5, p. 168).


- In plur. Here meadows , lawns, woods harmonious , mobile streams Hill animated the soul of a thousand flowers in seeded Zephyrs ( Chenier , Elegies , 1794 , p. 139).

- By personification. Breath of zephyr / zephyrs of ; kisses zephyr ; on the wing zephyrs. The zephyr love Whisper low in dark wood ( Baour - Lormian , Ossian , 1827 , p. 179).
- [With attribute value p. allusive. The to Fontaine, Fables , The Oak and the Reed, I, 22: Everything you north wind, everything seems zephyr ] If you were a child of the North, you'd laugh our wintry weather, and all you seem zephyr Italy ( Courier , Letters and Ital Fr. , 1809 , p. 785) .




  • Mythology
. - God of west wind generally represented as a young man with butterfly wings . His wispy hair that kiss Thetis astonish winged zephyr by their finesse ( Banville , Exiles , 1874 , p. 77).


- In plur. Son of the god of the west wind. Everything went without omitting the invocation to Venus, the Zephyrs and Amours ( Flaub. , Bouvard, t. 1, 1880 , P. 80).





  • By exaggeration, or as the original meaning
. - strong wind, unpleasant. In the narrow little street well, he spent a frigid zephyr ( Celine , Death on , 1936 , P. 263).

  • Figuratively
. - Trend , pulse. This is not a fool, however, but a small breeze fortune turns her head like other ( Courier , Letters and Ital Fr. 1806, p . 715).

  • Choreography

. - No zephyr (e) . Not where one stands on one leg while swinging the other back and forth . [ Dancers under the Empire ] made their debut By no zephyr or not stuffed ( Pommier , swagger , 1842 , p. 131) .



  • Textiles
.- Cotton shaped used in making light clothing, underwear. He appears on the threshold of a cheeky drawers purple striped zephyr ( Bernanos , Mr. Ouine , 1943 , P. 1436).

- By affixing: Marshmallow Wool / zephyr (e) or subst. masc., zephyr. , modern wool spun and twisted with `` son of different colors ( Leloir 1961).



  • Slang Military
.- Soldier belonging to the African light infantry ; bataillonnaire. A recent villainy committed Lectoure, which, with two former Zephyrs, he was strongly suspected ( Cladel , Ompdrailles , 1879 , p. 256).



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