No. 12,216 in French
volatiles
Birds or poultry.
In a sentence
Les oiseaux, ces volatiles gracieux, volent dans le ciel au-dessus de nous.
Birds, those graceful fowl, fly in the sky above us.
Here, 'volatiles' refers to fowl or birds, which is the primary zoological use of the word.
La situation économique actuelle est extrêmement volatile.
The current economic situation is extremely unstable.
In this case, 'volatile' is used to describe instability or rapid changeability in a figurative sense, related to dynamics or fluctuations.
Certains composés chimiques sont très volatiles et s'évaporent rapidement.
Certain chemical compounds are very volatile and evaporate quickly.
Here, 'volatiles' refers to the property of substances that evaporate quickly, indicating a physical characteristic relevant in chemistry.
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