English-French translations for crucial

• crucial
  Et pourtant la question cruciale reste celle-là. Yet this is still the crucial issue.
  L'adhésion de la Croatie est la première étape cruciale de ce processus. Croatian accession is the first crucial step.
  Les petites entreprises sont cruciales. Small enterprises are crucial.
• important
  Il s’agit d’un élément important, et même crucial. That is an important, indeed crucial point.
• indispensable
  Les États-Unis demeurent un acteur indispensable et essentiel au Moyen-Orient. The US remains an indispensable and crucial actor in the Middle East.
  Il était indispensable de renforcer ce financement de Natura 2000. It was crucial to increase this funding for Natura 2000.
  Je pense que cet avis scientifique est indispensable. I believe that this scientific opinion is crucial.

Definition of crucial

• Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important
• Cruciform or cruciate; cross-shaped

Examples

• The battle of Tali-Ihantala in 1944 is one of the crucial moments in the history of Finland
• A secure supply of crude oil is crucial for any modern nation, let alone a superpower
• Delbert Wilkins is the most crucial pirate radio DJ in Brixton

Related words

• excruciating
• excruciate
• Rosicrucian
• cruciate
• excruciatingly
• Rosicrucianism
• crucian
• Delacrucian
• crucian carp