period Signification, définition

Signification de period en français

• 0 a measure of time -- période [ feminine ]

  • a 3-hour period une période de 3 heures

  • a period of three weeks une période de trois semaines

• 1 a written mark (.) that indicates the end of a sentence -- point [ masculine ]

  • Remember to use a period at the end of your sentences. Rappelez-vous d’utiliser un point à la fin de vos phrases.

• 2 the flow of blood from a woman’s uterus each month -- règles [ feminine, plural ]

  • the time when a woman gets her period le moment où une femme a ses règles

• 3 any length of time -- période

  • a period of three days

  • a period of waiting.

• 4 a stage in the Earth’s development, an artist’s development, in history etc -- ère, période

  • the Pleistocene period

  • the modern period.

• 5 the punctuation mark (.), put at the end of a sentence; a full stop. -- point (final)

• 6 (of furniture, costumes etc) of or from the same or appropriate time in history; antique or very old -- d’époque

  • period costumes

  • His house is full of period furniture (=antique furniture).