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The storms of winter had long since unroofed the house, and decay had eaten into the logs.
Les tempêtes des hivers en avaient renversé la couverture, et la pourriture avait attaqué les troncs d’arbres qui en formaient les murailles.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
The place had that ragged, forlorn appearance, which is always produced by the evidence that the care of the former owner has been left to go to utter decay.
L’habitation avait ce triste aspect de délaissement, de désordre, suite habituelle de l’abandon des plans d’un premier propriétaire.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
They still presented the same aspect of ancient princely pomp falling into decay and dust.
C’était la même sensation d’ancienne pompe princière, dans l’usure et dans la poussière du passé.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
... To be unprepared for war is a sign of a nation's physical and moral decay.
... L'absence de préparation à la guerre est chez un peuple signe de décadence physique et morale.
Le Bon, Gustave / The Psychology of the Great WarLe Bon, Gustave / Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Enseignements psychologiques de la guerre européenne
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1915, by Ernest Flammarion.
The Psychology of the Great War
Le Bon, Gustave
© 1999 by Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, New Jersey
The place had that peculiar sickening, unwholesome smell, compounded of mingled damp, dirt and decay, which one often notices in close old houses.
Une odeur nauséabonde et malsaine, mélange d’humidité, de poussière et de pourriture, odeur particulière aux vieilles maisons désertes et longtemps fermées, s’y faisait sentir.
Beecher Stowe, Harriet / Uncle Tom's CabinBeecher Stowe, Harriet / La case de l'oncle Tom
La case de l'oncle Tom
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Beecher Stowe, Harriet
And, despite his physical decay, he retained an extraordinary head--the head of an apostle and martyr, at once noble and tragic in its expression, and encompassed by bristling snowy hair and beard.
Mais, dans sa déchéance physique, il gardait une tête extraordinaire, une face d’apôtre et de martyr, d’une expression noble et tragique, encadrée dans un hérissement de barbe et de chevelure blanches.
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
increased land instability in alpine regions due to permafrost decay, with related impacts on regional socio-economic activities;
augmentation de l'instabilité du terrain dans les régions alpines consécutive à la dégradation du pergélisol, et accompagnée d'impacts sur les activités socio- économiques de la région;
© Ministre des Travaux publics et des Services gouvernementaux
© Minister of Public Works and Government Services
The decay, however, had attacked its centre, even while it stood erect in the pride of vegetation, bellowing out its heart, as disease sometimes destroys the vitals of animal life, even while a fair exterior is presented to the observer.
Cependant un chancre en avait déjà attaqué le centre quand il était encore debout et dans tout l’orgueil de sa végétation, comme une maladie détruit quelquefois les parties vitales de la vie animale, quand tout l’extérieur annonce encore la santé.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995
In addition, the thawing and subsequent decay of peat causes the release of greenhouse gases.
De plus, la fonte et la décomposition des tourbières entraînent la libération de gaz à effet de serre.
The corpse, moreover, looked pinched. It had a thin, poor appearance. It had shrunk up in its decay, and the heap it formed was quite small.
Le cadavre avait, en outre, un air étriqué, une allure maigre et pauvre; il se ramassait dans sa pourriture; il faisait un tout petit tas.
Zola, Emile / Therese RaquinZola, Emile / Therese Raquin
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Therese Raquin
Zola, Emile
Ah! that confession of decay, of paralysis which grew more and more complete amidst the scornful indifference of the nations.
Ah ! cette misère de ruine, cet aveu de vieillesse infirme, de paralysie générale et croissante, au milieu de l’indifférence railleuse des peuples !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - RomeZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Rome
Les Trois Villes - Rome
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Rome
Zola, Emile
When she had noticed the horrible filth of the place, a curious smile passed over her lips. It was fitting that she should end her life among this decay and desolation.
Quand elle en eut aperçu la malpropreté honteuse, il lui monta aux lèvres un singulier sourire: il était digne d’elle d’en finir au milieu de cette pourriture et de cette désolation.
Zola, Emile / Madeleine FeratZola, Emile / Madeleine Ferat
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
Madeleine Ferat
Zola, Emile
The accumulation of OM within soil is a balance between the return or addition of plant and animal residues and their subsequent loss due to the decay of these residues by soil micro-organisms.
L'accumulation de matière organique dans le sol représente un équilibre entre le retour ou l'ajout de débris végétaux et animaux et leur perte subséquente due à la décomposition de ces débris par les micro-organismes présents dans le sol.
© Sa Majesté du chef du Canada (Environnement Canada) 2007
© Her Majesty in Right of Canada (Environment Canada) 2007
On the banks of this rivulet stood the old smelting-houses and ruined ranches of the miners. Most of them were roofless and crumbling to decay.
Sur le bord du ruisseau, on voyait quelques vieilles constructions enfumées, et des cabanes de mineurs en ruine; la plupart étaient effondrées et croulantes de vétusté.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
Les chausseurs de chevelures
Reid, Mayne
The Scalp Hunters
Reid, Mayne
© 2008 BiblioBazaar
It seems to me that the people who live in such places must be always thinkin' of their own inds, and of universal decay; and that, too, not of the decay that is brought about by time and natur', but the decay that follows waste and violence.
Il me semble que ceux qui habitent de semblables lieux, doivent penser sans cesse à leur propre fin et au dépérissement universel ; non pas au dépérissement qu’entraînent la nature et le temps, mais à celui qui résulte des ravages et de la violence.
Cooper, James Fenimore / The DeerslayerCooper, James Fenimore / Le tueur de daims
Le tueur de daims
Cooper, James Fenimore
The Deerslayer
Cooper, James Fenimore
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1995

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radioactive decay
décroissance de la radioactivité
radioactive decay
désintégration radioactif
radioactive decay
désintégration radioactive
radioactive decay
décroissance radioactive

Word forms

decay

noun
SingularPlural
Common casedecaydecays
Possessive casedecay'sdecays'

decay

verb
Basic forms
Pastdecayed
Imperativedecay
Present Participle (Participle I)decaying
Past Participle (Participle II)decayed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I decaywe decay
you decayyou decay
he/she/it decaysthey decay
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am decayingwe are decaying
you are decayingyou are decaying
he/she/it is decayingthey are decaying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have decayedwe have decayed
you have decayedyou have decayed
he/she/it has decayedthey have decayed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been decayingwe have been decaying
you have been decayingyou have been decaying
he/she/it has been decayingthey have been decaying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I decayedwe decayed
you decayedyou decayed
he/she/it decayedthey decayed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was decayingwe were decaying
you were decayingyou were decaying
he/she/it was decayingthey were decaying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had decayedwe had decayed
you had decayedyou had decayed
he/she/it had decayedthey had decayed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been decayingwe had been decaying
you had been decayingyou had been decaying
he/she/it had been decayingthey had been decaying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will decaywe shall/will decay
you will decayyou will decay
he/she/it will decaythey will decay
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be decayingwe shall/will be decaying
you will be decayingyou will be decaying
he/she/it will be decayingthey will be decaying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have decayedwe shall/will have decayed
you will have decayedyou will have decayed
he/she/it will have decayedthey will have decayed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been decayingwe shall/will have been decaying
you will have been decayingyou will have been decaying
he/she/it will have been decayingthey will have been decaying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would decaywe should/would decay
you would decayyou would decay
he/she/it would decaythey would decay
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be decayingwe should/would be decaying
you would be decayingyou would be decaying
he/she/it would be decayingthey would be decaying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have decayedwe should/would have decayed
you would have decayedyou would have decayed
he/she/it would have decayedthey would have decayed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been decayingwe should/would have been decaying
you would have been decayingyou would have been decaying
he/she/it would have been decayingthey would have been decaying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am decayedwe are decayed
you are decayedyou are decayed
he/she/it is decayedthey are decayed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being decayedwe are being decayed
you are being decayedyou are being decayed
he/she/it is being decayedthey are being decayed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been decayedwe have been decayed
you have been decayedyou have been decayed
he/she/it has been decayedthey have been decayed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was decayedwe were decayed
you were decayedyou were decayed
he/she/it was decayedthey were decayed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being decayedwe were being decayed
you were being decayedyou were being decayed
he/she/it was being decayedthey were being decayed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been decayedwe had been decayed
you had been decayedyou had been decayed
he/she/it had been decayedthey had been decayed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be decayedwe shall/will be decayed
you will be decayedyou will be decayed
he/she/it will be decayedthey will be decayed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been decayedwe shall/will have been decayed
you will have been decayedyou will have been decayed
he/she/it will have been decayedthey will have been decayed