Translation of "abrupt" to French

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Dictionary translations for "abrupt"

abrupt [əˈbrʌpt] adjective

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brusque

He made an abrupt departure.

Il a fait un départ brusque.

abrupt (mountain)

She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter.

Elle sembla perplexe face à la question abrupte posée par le journaliste.

rude (beh)

soudain (unexpected)

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Contexts with "abrupt"

He made an abrupt departure. Il a fait un départ brusque.

She looked puzzled at the abrupt question posed by a reporter. Elle sembla perplexe face à la question abrupte posée par le journaliste.

Don't make abrupt moves. Ne fais pas de mouvements brusques.

There is a fine line between speech that is terse and to the point and speech that is too abrupt. Il y a une subtile distinction entre une façon de s'exprimer qui est trop concise et pertinente et une façon de s'exprimer qui est trop abrupte.

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