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 Translation for 'impervious to water' from English to French
imperméable (à l'eau) {adj}impervious to water
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insensible aux compliments {adj}impervious to compliments
méd.
insensible à la douleur {adj}
impervious to pain
météo.
insensible au froid {adj}
impervious to the cold
être imperméable à un argumentto be impervious to an argument
imperméable (à l'eau) {adj}impermeable to water
hydro.urban
alimenter une ville en eau
to supply water to a town
porter la température de l'eau à 80 °Cto heat the water to 80°C
avoir de l'eau jusqu'à la ceintureto be up to one's waist in water
réfractaire {adj} [insensible]impervious
insensible {adj} [sans réaction]impervious
imperméable {adj} [aussi fig.]impervious [also fig.]
glisser sur qn. comme l'eau sur l'aile d'un canard [fig.] [loc.] to be like water off a duck's back to sb. [fig.] [idiom]
eau {f} <H2O>water
530
bot.T
bouleau {m} verruqueux [Betula occidentalis, syn. : B. fontinalis]
water birch
bot.T
bouleau {m} blanc [Betula occidentalis, syn. : B. fontinalis]
water birch
bot.T
bouleau {m} (blanc) d'Europe [Betula occidentalis, syn. : B. fontinalis]
water birch
outil.
chauffe-eau {m}
water heater
orn.T
pipit {m} spioncelle [Anthus spinoletta]
water pipit
bot.T
bouton {m} d'or [genre Ranunculus]
water crowfoot
tech.
arrivée {f} d'eau
water inlet
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Usage Examples English
  • The lake lies in a volcanic depression lined with a very fine covering of volcanic ash a few feet deep that has compacted to become impervious to water.
  • A lower water content makes the concrete stronger and more impervious to water penetration.
  • Paved surfaces, such as asphalt and concrete are impervious to water penetrating them.
  • Among the European physicians, he is the theoretician of architecture with large windows and use of materials impervious to water and parasitics, architecture that was developed by Le Corbusier.
  • The tree fibers are 100% cellulose, able to float, impervious to water, and have a low thermal conductivity.

  • The seeds of many plant species are often impervious to water and gases, thus preventing or delaying germination.
  • Grudgingly rescuing a water nymph along the way, she is granted her wish to become impervious to water so that she will not melt like her late cousin, the Wicked Witch of the West.
  • Stoneware, fired at higher temperatures, and naturally impervious to water, was developed very early and continued to be used for fine pottery in many areas at most periods; the tea bowls in Jian ware and Jizhou ware made during the Song dynasty are examples.
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