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 Translation for 'vade mecum' from English to French
NOUN1   a vade mecum | vade mecums
NOUN2   a vade-mecum | vade-mecums
SYNO enchiridion | handbook | vade mecum
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vade-mecum {m} [aussi : vadémécum]
vade mecum [handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation]
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  • vade-mecum {m} [aussi : vadémécum] = vade mecum [handbook or guide that is kept constantly at hand for consultation]
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Usage Examples English
  • He is the author of "An Operating Systems Vade Mecum", a textbook on operating systems, and "Advanced Programming Language Design", an introductory book on programming paradigms.
  • The Law Journal said they expected it to become a vade mecum for those studying law.
  • His spiritual "vade mecum" was David’s "Book of Psalms", in which he sought comfort and inspiration.
  • While there he wrote in 1349 his "Visiones seu revelationes", and in 1356 "Vade Mecum in tribulatione" and "Liber Ostensor".
  • Wilsdorf published his autobiography in 1946 as part of a four volume set of books named "Rolex Jubilee Vade Mecum".

  • Finally, a fourth type of portable book was the "vade mecum" (go with me), consisting of a booklet or folded sheets that contained an almanac or medical information and could be suspended from a belt.
  • A handbook is sometimes referred to as a "vade mecum" (Latin, "go with me") or pocket reference. It may also be referred to as an enchiridion.
  • an unprecedented "vade-mecum" for the spectator".
  • After Miller's death, John Mottley (1692–1750) brought out a book called "Joe Miller's Jests, or the Wit's Vade-Mecum" (1739), published under the pseudonym of Elijah Jenkins Esq.
  • In 1866, the poet finished his work on "Vade-Mecum", a vast anthology of verse.

  • He wrote about the multiple sand filtration method in his work "Soldier's Vade Mecum".
  • Serrane's masterwork was his "Vade-Mecum du specialiste en timbres-poste", published in two volumes in 1927 and 1929.
  • At the conference, a draft of a vade mecum, or handbook, for people who minister to those with AIDS was presented. Fiorenza Deriu Bagnato, an Italian social researcher, also spoke at the conference.
  • Rowley noted, "Professor Young is a scholar who is widely acquainted with views he does not share, and his work is a "vade mecum" of views that he accepts and rejects; few will not learn from it or fail to find it valuable for consultation."
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