English-French translations for ripen

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• mûrir
  Il faut permettre à ce processus de mûrir lentement. This, then, should be a process allowed to ripen slowly.
  Là encore, nous savons que le consensus devra mûrir longuement. Here again, we know that consensus will take a long time to ripen.
  La directive sur l'échange des quotas d'émission n'est pas mûre. Il aurait fallu lui laisser le temps de mûrir davantage. The Directive on emissions trading is a raw fruit, which should have been allowed to ripen longer.
• amener à maturité
• aoûter
• arriver à maturité
  Les événements de ces deux prochains mois permettront de déterminer si les fruits de la révolution orange pourront arriver à maturité ou s’ils tomberont avant de mûrir. Events in the next two months will determine whether the fruits of the Orange Revolution will be able to ripen fully, or whether they will fall to the ground unripe.
• faire mûrir

Definition of ripen

• to grow ripe; to become mature (said of grain, fruit, flowers etc
• To approach or come to perfection
• To mature; to fit or prepare; to bring to perfection

Examples

• Grapes ripen in the sun.
• The warm sun ripened the corn.
• ripen the judgment

Related words

• ripening
• ripened
• ripeness
• overripen
• unripened cheese
• ripening process
• matureness; ripeness
• smear ripened
• fruit ripening