English-French translations for pivot

• pivot
  Je partage l'avis général selon lequel ce pays est le pivot de la région. I share the general view that this country is pivotal in the region.
  Ces amendements mettaient également l’accent sur le rôle pivot de la dimension urbaine dans le développement des zones rurales adjacentes. The amendments also emphasised the pivotal role of the urban dimension in developing the immediately adjacent rural fringes.
  Le rôle pivot que nous jouons dans le cadre de la Convention elle-même requiert un exercice particulier de communication.The pivotal role that we play in the Convention itself also requires a special exercise in communication.
• pivotement
• pivoter

Definition of pivot

• A thing on which something turns; specifically a metal pointed pin or short shaft in machinery, such as the end of an axle or spindle
• Act of turning on one foot
• The officer or soldier who simply turns in his place while the company or line moves around him in wheeling
• An element of a set to be sorted that is chosen as a midpoint, so as to divide the other elements into two groups to be dealt with recursively
• Any of a row of captioned elements used to navigate to subpages, rather like tabs
• A quarterback
• To turn on an exact spot

Related words

• pivotal
• pivoting
• pivoted
• pivotboard
• pivot table
• pivot tooth
• pivot element
• pivot leg
• pivotal point