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fuite

flight, escape

noun fweet Less Common
Travel & Places Movement

Also means

leak

Usage Note

Fuite covers a hasty escape (prendre la fuite = 'to flee'), a leak of gas or water (une fuite de gaz), and a leak of confidential information (une fuite de données = 'a data leak'). The verb fuir means 'to flee' or 'to leak'. En fuite describes a fugitive — il est en fuite means 'he is on the run'.

Examples

"Le suspect a pris la fuite."

Natural Translation

The suspect fled.

Literal Translation

The suspect took the flight.

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