retombée

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/

Noun

retombée f (plural retombées)

1. fallout

   une retombée nucléaire ― a nuclear fallout

2. (chiefly in the plural) spillover, fallout, side effects

   Synonym: répercussion

Participle

retombée f sg

1. feminine singular of retombé

Further reading

• “retombée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.