French-English translations for doux

sweet
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You will be made to eat a sweet onion. On vous fera manger un oignon doux. This will have a bitter-sweet effect on farmers and their families. Ceci aura un effet aigre-doux sur les agriculteurs et leurs familles. For us sugar is sweet, yet in Brazil the landless speak of sugar with the taste of blood. Pour nous, le sucre est doux, mais au Brésil, les sans-terre parlent du sucre avec un goût d’amertume.
soft
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'Softly, softly' will not do anymore. "Tout doux, tout doux", cet air ne fonctionne plus. The Presidency representative just spoke about soft power, where the European Union is successful. Le représentant de la présidence vient de parler du pouvoir doux, que l’Union européenne manie avec succès. Soft power in foreign policy has been defined as making others want what we want. Le pouvoir doux employé en politique étrangère revient à faire en sorte que les autres souhaitent ce que nous voulons.

blanda bland oila bland dietThe coffee was bland
fresh
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He followed the fresh hoofprints to find the deerI seem to make fresh mistakes every time I start writingWith his recent divorce still fresh in his mind, he was unable to concentrate on his work
mild
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These three arguments are therefore purely and simply populist, to put it mildly. Ces trois arguments sont donc plats et simplement populistes, et j'utilise un doux euphémisme. Experience has taught us that the present sanctions for infringements of European and national environmental legislation are inadequate, to put it mildly. L'expérience nous a appris que les sanctions actuelles en cas d'infraction aux législations environnementales européennes et nationales ne sont pas suffisantes et c'est un doux euphémisme. a mild man
affable
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balmy
dulcet
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gentle
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Akin Birdal is a gentle and peaceful man. M. Akin Birdal est un homme au tempérament doux et pacifique. Stuart is a gentle man; he would never hurt youI felt something touch my shoulder; it was gentle and a little slimy
kind
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What kind of a person are you?This is a strange kind of tobaccoThe opening served as a kind of window
silent
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The wind is silent.The e is silent in fable.Silent letters can make some words difficult to spell.
smooth
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We hope for a smooth transition to the new systemto smooth a persons temperCan I smooth your cat?
swishThis restaurant looks very swish — it even has linen tableclothsThe cane swishes.to swish a cane back and forth
tender
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tender plants; tender flesh; tender fruitSuzanne was such a tender mother to her childrentender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain

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