English-French translations for symbol

symbole
La Pologne est un symbole de l’Europe. Poland is a symbol for Europe. Il est un symbole de morts vivants. It is a symbol of dead men walking. Les symboles ne représentent pas uniquement des États. Symbols do not represent only states.
attribut
C'est ce que j'ai fait et c'est la raison pour laquelle nous avons renoncé dans le traité modificatif aux symboles et désignations qui sont les attributs d'un État. We decided, therefore, to refrain from mentioning any symbols or designations similar to those of the Member States in the Reform Treaty. Je proposerais plutôt que nous nous limitions à une absence d'attributs symboliques, à un compromis sur le système de vote du Conseil, ou à des accords sur la décision de participer ou non. I would rather propose that we come to terms with an absence of symbolic attributes, with compromises on the Council voting system, or with opt-in/opt-out agreements.

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object
A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object
A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index
The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes
Share; allotment
An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code
To symbolize

$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
Chinese people use word symbols for writing.
The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols.

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