English-French translations for remnant

• reste
  Il y aura aussi un volet «haute couture» au sein de l’Union européenne, mais ce ne sera rien de plus qu’un reste. There will still be a remnant of in the European Union, but it will be no more than a remnant.
  Le Belarus reste un vestige de l’empire soviétique, un reliquat du modèle de cet empire. Belarus is left as a remnant of the Soviet empire, a hangover from it in its image.
  Les opérations de nettoyage des restes explosifs de guerre font peser une charge de plus en plus lourde sur les membres de la communauté internationale. The clearance of explosive remnants of war is an ever-growing burden for the international community.
• remaindre
• rémanent
• retaillé

Definition of remnant

• The small portion remaining of a larger thing or group
• An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc
• Remaining; still left

Examples

• Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.

Related words

• remnants
• ceremnonial
• supernova remnant