va-et-vient

When silence filled the room, but for the gushing va-et-vient of the sea, the maman in question gathered the pajama-clad messengers into her arms and showered them with saltwater thanks.

Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

We are so lucky to have you; le va-et-vient m = comings and goings

Words in a French Life Kristin Espinasse 2007

We are so lucky to have you. ; le va-et-vient (m) = comings and goings

le lendemain - French Word-A-Day 2005

We are so lucky to have you. ; le va-et-vient (m) = comings and goings

French Word-A-Day: 2005

We are so lucky to have you. ; le va-et-vient (m) = comings and goings

French Word-A-Day: 2005

We are so lucky to have you.; le va-et-vient m = comings and goings

French Word-A-Day: 2005

We are so lucky to have you.; le va-et-vient m = comings and goings

le lendemain - French Word-A-Day 2005

J'ai également la possibilité de transmettre ou de recevoir des fichiers, des lettres, des photos, etc., dans un va-et-vient d'information constant.

Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas Marie Lebert

The Grand-Duke Michael of Russia, with his popular wife, Countess Torby, and three charming, well-bred children, who came sometimes to play with ours, lived also near by; and in all these houses there was a perpetual va-et-vient of the Russian imperial family, making a page of contemporaneous history rather interesting to observe and hear about in the gossip of the drawing-rooms.

Harrison, Mrs. Burton, 1843-1920. Recollections Grave and Gay 1911

Somewhat on the model of the French va-et-vient is the word li mounto-davalo, the ups and downs.

Frederic Mistral Downer, Charles A 1901