sway

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of swaying; a swaying motion; a swing or sweep of a weapon.
2. (countable, uncountable) A rocking or swinging motion.
3. (countable, uncountable) Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
4. (countable, uncountable) Preponderance; turn or cast of balance.
5. (countable, uncountable) Rule; dominion; control; power.
6. (countable, uncountable) A switch or rod used by thatchers to bind their work.
7. (countable, uncountable) The maximum amplitude of a vehicle's lateral motion.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
2. (transitive) To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
3. (transitive) To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
4. (transitive) To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
5. (transitive) To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
6. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
7. To have weight or influence.
8. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

Concepts

tituber

se balancer

balancer

osciller

onduler

dodeliner

palpiter

secouer

tibuber

dodiner

s’agiter

roche

🪨

s'agiter

rocher

🪨

influencer

influer

domination

vaciller

planer

balancement

agiter

roc

🪨

vigueur

en titubant

maîtrise

oscillation

puissance

balançoire

ballotter

bercer

chanceler

convaincre

courber

ébranler

empire

emprise

entraîner

force

hégémonie

heurter

inspirer

persuader

rock

🪨

rouler

secousse

suprématie

tanguer

trembler

Synonymes

swing

rock

🪨

shake

🫨

wave

👋

stagger

wobble

totter

oscillate

influence

reel

waver

flutter

roll

lurch

affect

control

rule

tremble

persuade

brandish

wabble

vibrate

authority

teeter

induce

flicker

careen

heave

dominion

dangle

pitch

power

vacillate

tilt

convince

unsteady

wag

swag

be unsteady

domination

bend

command

fluctuate

flourish

jurisdiction

jolt

carry

agitate

supremacy

hang

Traductions

schwanken

schwingen

zwaaien

schaukeln

balancear

cullare

🪨

wehen

beeinflussen

slingeren

zwiepen

sich schaukeln

ondeggiare

zwieren

sich bewegen

schwenken

👋

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/sweɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sweyen

Appartenant à saterlandais: swooie

Appartenant à néerlandais: zwaaien

Appartenant à lituanien: svaĩgti

Appartenant à avestique: 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀

Appartenant à sanskrit: स्वजते

In summary

From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old English *swǣġan (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-West Germanic *swaigijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (compare Lithuanian svai̇̃gti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”).
The noun derived from the verb.

Phrases

These reports helped to sway public opinion against the war .