English-French translations for nerve

• nerf
  Or, un gouvernement se doit d'avoir davantage de nerf et de courage. A government must have more nerve and more courage.
  Rappelons-nous que l’on parlait, au siècle dernier, de maladies honteuses et, en anatomie, pour désigner le nerf qui parcourt les zones génitales, de nerf honteux. In the last century, of course, the talk was of shameful diseases and, in anatomy, the term shameful nerve was used to describe the nerve which passes through the genital areas.
  Il faut savoir que, en débattant sur ce rapport de Hedy d'Ancona, nous touchons à un nerf de la politique européenne. We must bear in mind the fact that, with this report by Hedy d'Ancona, we have touched a raw nerve in European policy.
• aplomb
• cran
  Pourquoi n'avons-nous pas le cran d'indiquer que nous pouvons atteindre ce en quoi nous croyons en disant "non"? Why do we not have the nerve to indicate what we believe we are able to succeed with by saying 'no'?
• culot
  Et, comble du culot, un haut fonctionnaire proche de Khatami a même osé en faire l'éloge. And a top official close to Khatami even had the nerve to praise them.
  Et les députés ont le culot de qualifier 15 États sur 27 une minorité de blocage; le Parlement est dans le déni! And MEPs had the nerve to call 15 states out of 27 a blocking minority - Parliament is in denial!
  De plus, la Commission agit de la sorte puis a le culot d'affirmer que son intention est bonne et qu'elle se soucie de la santé des Ålandais. Moreover, the Commission does this and has the nerve to claim that it means well and refers to concern for the health of the Ålanders.
• nervure
• toupet
  Eh bien, les choses sont claires... et, de surcroît, avoir le toupet de parler de durabilité et de responsabilité. Oh well, things are clear ... and, on top of that, having the nerve to speak about sustainability and responsibility.
  Il a le toupet de déclarer qu’il ne pense pas que cela engendrera d’autres attentats terroristes. He has the nerve to say that he does not believe it will lead to further terrorist attacks.
  - Monsieur le Président, ces gens ont du toupet et je m’étonne qu’ils aient le front de se montrer dans cette enceinte. Mr President, these people have got a nerve and I am amazed they have the temerity to turn up here.

Definition of nerve

• A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics
• A neuron
• Courage, boldness
• Patience
• Stamina, endurance, fortitude
• Audacity, gall
• The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing
• Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion
• Sinew, tendon
• To give courage
• To give strength; to supply energy or vigour

Examples

• The nerves can be seen through the skin
• Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves
• He hasnt the nerve to tell her he likes her. What a wimp!
• The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
• He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited
• A nervy tank lining will be difficult to lay around tight bends or in corners because it tends to spring back.Blair Rubber company glossary of terms. [https://blairrubber.com/wp-content/uploads/glossary-of-terms.pdf]
• Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test
• May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
• The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.

Related words

• unnerve
• nerves
• nerve-racking
• nerveless
• palminerved
• parallelinerved
• peltinerved
• penninerved
• nerve cell