English → French
jam
[dʒæm]1.
noun
1) Culinary confiture f
2) (congestion) (of people) foule f; (of traffic) embouteillage m
3) (of machine, system, department) blocage m
4) (colloq) (difficult situation) pétrin (colloq) m
to help somebody out of a jam — tirer quelqu'un du pétrin (colloq)
5) (also jam session) Music boeuf (colloq) m, jam-session f
2.
transitive verb (p prés etc -mm-)
1) (stuff, pile)
to jam things into — entasser des choses dans [small space, suitcase, box]
to jam one's foot on the brake — freiner à bloc
2) (fix firmly, wedge) coincer
the key's jammed in the lock — la clé s'est coincée dans la serrure
3) (also jam up) (crowd) gen encombrer
cars jammed (up) the roads — les routes étaient embouteillées
4) (also jam up) (block) [dirt, malfunction, person] enrayer [mechanism]; coincer [lock, door, window, system]
5) Radio, Telecommunications brouiller [frequency, transmission]
3.
intransitive verb (p prés etc -mm-)
1) (become stuck) [mechanism, switch] s'enrayer; [lock, door, window] se coincer, se bloquer
2) Music improviser
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