English-French translations for rut

ornièreJ’ai l’impression que nous sommes enlisés dans une ornière. It seems to me that we are stuck in a rut. Nous proposons donc un programme d'action pour sortir de cette ornière. We advocate an action plan to get us out of this rut. Mais il est évident que le gouvernement de M. Zeroual ne sortira pas l'Algérie de l'ornière où elle est. But it is clear that Mr Zeroual's government will not take Algeria out of the rut it has fallen into.
être en rut

Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote
To be in the annual rut or mating season
To have sexual intercourse with
A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
A dull routine
To make a furrow

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