English-French translations for wound

• blessure
  C'est une blessure qu'il faut guérir. It is a wound that needs healing.
  Les blessures subies par la région cicatrisent lentement. The wounds of this area are healing slowly.
  À cet égard, Delphi est une douloureuse blessure dans mon pays. Delphi is a painful wound in my country in this regard.
• blesser
  Cette mesure ne vise pas à punir des idées, mais des comportements incitant d'autres personnes à commettre des délits, à agresser, blesser, tuer et attaquer violemment. The measure is not intended to punish ideas, but behaviour inciting other people to commit criminal acts, to attack, to wound, to kill and to commit real acts of violence.
• coupure
• lésion
• navrer
• offense
• offenser
• plaie
  La Tchétchénie est une plaie ouverte pour l’Europe, pas seulement pour la Russie. Chechnya is an open wound in Europe, not just in Russia.
  Il y a en Europe une plaie sanglante : en Tchétchénie, dans la Fédération de Russie. There is an open wound in Europe: in Chechnya, in the Russian Federation.
  Et je dois le dire une nouvelle fois ce soir: vingt ans après, la plaie reste ouverte et vive. I have to tell you once again this evening: twenty years on, that wound is still open and sore.

Definition of wound

• An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a part of the body
• A hurt to a person's feelings, reputation, prospects, etc
• An injury to a person by which the skin is divided or its continuity broken
• To hurt or injure by cutting, piercing, or tearing the skin
• To hurt (a person's feelings

Examples

• It took a long time to get over the wound of that insult.
• The police officer wounded the suspect during the fight that ensued
• The actors pride was wounded when the leading role went to his rival

Related words

• wounded
• wounding
• unwound
• death-wound
• woundwort
• wound-up
• unwounded
• wound damage
• wound up