va-et-vient
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French va-et-vient.
Noun edit
va-et-vient m (uncountable)
French edit
Etymology edit
From aller et venir.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
va-et-vient m (plural va-et-vient)
- comings and goings, toing and froing
- le va-et-vient des touristes ― the comings and goings of tourists
- (by extension) back and forth, in and out, up and down, to and fro
- Le balancier d’une pendule fait un mouvement de va-et-vient.
- The pendulum in a clock moves to and fro.
- Un oscillateur est un objet qui fait des mouvements de va-et-vient de manière plus ou moins longue et plus ou moins stable.
- An oscillator is an object which moves back and forth, either for a long or a short time, and in a stable or an unstable manner.
- (electronics) two-way switch
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: va-et-vient
Further reading edit
- “va-et-vient”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.