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accélérateur

accelerator

noun ak-say-lay-rah-TUR Rare

Usage Note

Accélérateur refers to the accelerator pedal in a vehicle (appuyer sur l'accélérateur) and in physics/chemistry to a particle accelerator or chemical catalyst. The verb is accélérer and the noun for the process is accélération. Appuyer sur l'accélérateur is also used figuratively to mean 'to speed things up'.

Examples

"Il a appuyé sur l'accélérateur pour doubler le camion."

Natural Translation

He pressed the accelerator to overtake the truck.

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