Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
progresse par capillarité
English translation:
filters through and is gradually absorbed by people
French term
progresse par capillarité
| 3 +1 | permeates |
Alain Pommet
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Proposed translations
permeates
I think the idea is that it is gradually absorbed by people - a kind of trickle effect.
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Note added at 42 mins (2012-03-30 08:56:58 GMT)
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Just seen freefluweel's reference to the same phrase on wordreference - I see that my idea concurs with one idea there - but as to the direction I think it is "trickle down" rather than up.
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