culminate

== Anglais == === Étymologie === (c. 1640) Du latin tardif culminatus, participé passé de culminare du latin culmen. === Verbe === culminate intransitif (Astronomie) Culminer ; atteindre, en parlant d’un astre, sa plus grande hauteur en passant au méridien. Exemple d’utilisation manquant. (Ajouter) Culminer ; atteindre un maximum. A crisis culminating at the New York Gold Exchange, with threatened disturbance of our foreign commerce, and a panic in the stock market, have been the leading financial features of September. — (Article « Monetary », page 124. The American Exhange & Review, vol. XVI (septembre 1869-février 1870), no 2 (octobre 1869).) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) Being without a name, the ridge may be appropriately referred to as the Elk Mountain ridge, from the so-called Elk Mountain, its most prominent landmark, in which, near the State line, 25 miles east-northeast of Jarbidge, it culminates at about 8,500 feet above the sea. — (lang)en, A Reconnaissance of the Jarbidge, Contact and Elk Mountain Mining Districts, Elko County, Nevada, page 21. United States Government Printing Office, 1912.) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) (Sens figuré) Aboutir à, déboucher sur, se terminer par, conduire à. Rapprochement with Spain, on the other hand, would diminish international tension and, if it culminated in a marriage alliance, result in the payment by Spain of a dowry which would eliminate the greater part of James’s debt. — (Roger Lockyer, The Early Stuarts: A Political History of England, 1603-1642, page 45. Longman, 1999.) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) The party quickly implemented a policy convention process, which culminated in a February 2005 convention. — (James Harold Farney et David Rayside, Conservatism in Canada, page 53. University of Toronto Press, 2013.) La traduction en français de l’exemple manque. (Ajouter) ==== Synonymes ==== peak climax crown ==== Dérivés ==== culmination culminated culminating ==== Apparentés étymologiques ==== culminant === Prononciation === (Royaume-Uni) \ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt\ Gloucestershire : écouter « culminate [ˈkʌl.mɪ.neɪt] » (États-Unis), (Canada) \ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt\ (États-Unis) : écouter « culminate [ˈkʌl.məˌneɪt] » (Australie) \ˈkal.mɪ.næɪt\ === Références === ==== Sources ==== ==== Bibliographie ==== “culminate”, dans Merriam-Webster, 2026 → consulter cet ouvrage