SIZE AND QUANTITY Flashcards
area
la zone
area, zone
la zone la superficie
bathroom scale
le pèse-personne la balance
big, large, thick, heavy
gros
breadthwise
en largeur
bulky
encombrant
capacity
la capacité
compact
compact
cubic content
le contenu cubique
demarcation, boundary marking
le bornage
the depth
la profondeur
the dimension
la dimension
the extent
l’ampleur le degré (the degree)
format
le format
fullness, roominess, scope, extent, scale
plénitude, habitabilité, portée, étendue, échelle
fully, amply
pleinement, amplement
gauge
jauge jauger
grading, calibrating
classement, étalonnage
grain
le grain(e)
growing, ever growing, increasing, ever-increasing
growing, ever growing, increasing, ever-increasing
height
la hauteur, la taille
in miniature
en miniature
in the depths of
au plus profond de
in the ratio of…to ..
dans le rapport de
kitchen scales
la balance de cuisine
the length
la longueur de (dimension) la durée (time)
lengthways
dans le sens de la longueur
milestone; boundary stone; marker
la borne
minuscule, minute
minuscule
of limited scope
de portée limitée
ratio
le rapport
roomy; extensive; wide-ranging
spacieux; extensif; large gamme
size
la taille
magnitude
la magnitude, la grandeur
size (as in weight, fatness)
la grosseur
small
petit
space
l’espace (m)
space, room
espace, place
spacing out, placing at intervals, staggering
espacement, placement à intervalles, échelonnement
spacious
spacieux
surface
la surface
surface area
la superficie
to survey
faire un sondage, l’arpentage
surveyor
l’arpenteur (m)
tall, high, big
grand
tape measure
le ruban à mesurer
the bulk of
la majeur partie de
thickener
l’épaississant
thickness
l’épaisseur (f )
to be to scale
être à l’échelle
to deepen
approfondir
to gauge, size up
jauger
to grade, calibrate
calibrer
to grow, increase, expand
grandir, augmenter, s’étendre
to increase in scale/scope
prendre de l’ampleur /augmenter l’échelle
to lengthen
pour allonger
to make a space between
faire un espace entre
to make space for
faire de la place pour
to shorten
raccourcir / écourter
to space out, place at intervals
échelonner
to thicken
épaissir
to widen, to become wider
élargir, devenir plus large
to broaden
élargir
the tonnage
le tonnage
the weighing machine
la machine à peser
the width, breadth
la largeur
wingspan
l’envergure (f )
accumulation
accumulation
a whole heap of
tout un amas de
distance, gap, space; difference
distance, écart, espace; différence
heap, to pile up
tas, l’amoncellement entasser,
heap, pile
un tas
out-of-the way, remote
hors du chemin, à distance
pile (neat), stack
la pile
pile, heap
le tas
to be out of the way
être à l’écart
to bunch up, squeeze up
se regrouper, serrer
to move apart, to separate
s’écarter, se séparer
to pack down, push down, cram
emballer, enfoncer, entasser
to stack
empiler
to pile up (wealth, evidence)
s’amonceler, s’entasser, accumuler
to amass
s’amasser
to pile up, accumulate (mail, wealth, evidence)
s’amonceler
to pile up, be stacked
s’empiler
to pile up; to squeeze, pack, pile into
s’entasser
Capacity, volume, quantity
Capacité, volume, quantité
a few
quelques
a little
un peu (de)
a lot, much, many
beaucoup, beaucoup, beaucoup
about fifteen
une quinzaine
about fifty
une cinquantaine
about forty
une quarantaine
about one hundred
une centaine
about one thousand
un millier
about sixty
une soixantaine
about ten
une dizaine
about thirty
une trentaine
about twelve
une douzaine
about twenty
une vingtaine
abundance
l’abondance (f )
abundant, plentiful
abondant, copieux
amount (money)
la somme d’argent
amount, total (money)
le montant
approximation
l’approximation
as many, as much
autant, autant
bottle
la bouteille
box
la boîte
capacity
la capacité
considerable
considérable
considerably
considérablement
cup
la tasse
double
le double
enormous, massive
énorme, massif (ive)
few
peu (de)
a fourth
le quart
glass
le verre
gram
le gramme
half
la moitié
handful
la poignée
how many (exclamation)
combien!
How many mistakes!
combien de fautes!
innumerable, countless
innombrable, innombrable
insufficient
insuffisant
insufficiently, scantily
insuffisamment, à peine
kilogram
le kilogramme
less
moins (de)
litre
le litre
majority
la majorité
the mass, the bulk, the body, the expanse
la masse, le volume, le corps, l’étendue
massive, heavy
massif, -ve, lourd (e)
the maximum
le maximum
mere
simple
the minimum
le minimum
the minority
la minorité
the most of
la plupart de
mouthful
la bouchée
multiple
plusieurs
a multitude
une multitude
numerous
nombreux (euse)
the pair
la paire
percent
pour cent
percentage
le pourcentage
piece
le morceau
a pinch
une pincée
pound
la livre
profusion
la profusion
Quantities
Les quantités
quantity, amount
la quantité, le montant
several
plusieurs
the slice
la tranche
so many, so much
tellement, tellement
some
quelque, certains, des
spoonful
la cuillerée
the maximum
le maximum
a third
un tiers
to assemble, to gather together, to mass
assembler, rassembler, masser
ton
la tonne
too many, much
trop (de)
to triple it is a triple threat
tripler c’est une triple menace
vast
vaste
volume
le volume
voluminous, bulky
volumineux, -euse, encombrant
the distance
la distance
closely
étroitement, attentivement
distance
la distance
far
loin (adv)
remote
éloigné (adj), à distance
near
près de
nearby, close
à proximité, proche
neighbouring
avoisinant
to keep one’s distance
garder ses distances
to increase and to decrease
augmenter, diminuer
additional, supplementary
supplémentaire, supplémentaire
contraction (body, liquid, muscle, throat)
la contraction
the decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consump- tion, speed), the reduction
la diminution, la réduction
diffusion, spreading, circulation, broadcasting
diffusion, diffusion, circulation, diffusion
dilation, extension, swelling (part of the body)
dilatation, extension, gonflement (partie du corps)
elongated, stretched out, recumbent, supine
allongé, allongé, couché, couché
elongation, lengthening
allongement, allongement
the excess
l’excès
expansion (economy);spread (theory, belief, doctrine)
l’expansion (f )
expansion; enlargement (photograph)
l’agrandissement (m)
expansionism
l’expansionnisme (m)
expansionist (body)
expansionniste
extension
l’extension (f ) / la prolongation
growth, development (body, muscle, intelligence), expan- sion (industry)
le développement
growth, development (person, plant, industry, economics)
la croissance
increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, diffi- culty, interest)
l’augmentation (f )
increase, growth (number, production, population)
l’accroissement (m)
proliferating, multiplying
proliférer
proliferation
la prolifération
propagation (species), spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
la propagation
reduction, decrease; discount
la réduction
shrinkage (garment), narrowing (passage, conduit, open- ing, road); contraction (pupil)
le rétrécissement
spread out, sprawling (conurbation), extensive, wide-rang- ing, widespread, broad
étendu
supplement, excess
le supplément
to add to
ajouter à
to add to, increase
à augmenter
to cause to swell (limb, joint, river)
enfler
to compress (air, gas);to reduce (expenses)
comprimer
to contract (to contract)
contracter
to decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, con- sumption, speed), diminish, reduce, cut, bring down
diminuer
to dilate (pupil); to distend (stomach);to expand (metal, gas, liquid)
dilater
to dilate, distend, extend
se dilater
to double
doubler
to dwindle (money); to lessen, grow slimmer (hope)
s’amenuiser
to extend (time and space), prolong
prolonger
to go on, persist, last, continue
se prolonger
to grow (child, plant, hair, beard, tooth)
pousser
to grow, cultivate
faire pousser
to grow, develop (person, plant, economics, body, muscle, intelligence); to expand (industry)
se développer
to grow, expand (town, family); to become wider
s’agrandir
to grow, expand, develop (thought, tendency), amplify (sound), magnify (image)
s’amplifier
to grow, increase (person, plant, company, town), to swell (river); to rise (wind)
croître
to increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, difficulty, interest)
augmenter
to increase (sum); to magnify; to become louder (noise)
grossir
to increase, augment (number, fortune, share)
augmenter, accroître
to inflate (tyre, price), pump up, blow up; to swell (river); to swell up (limb, joint, wood); to rise (pastry)
gonfler
to lengthen, stretch, become longer; to grow taller (child); to drag out
s’allonger
to lessen, weaken, diminish
amoindrir
to lessen, weaken, grow weaker
s’amoindrir
to make bigger, enlarge, widen, extend, blow up (photo- graph)
agrandir
to multiply
se multiplier
to proliferate, multiply
pulluler
to reduce, lessen, cut, bring down (dimensions quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed), scale down, down- scale (staffing, production),shorten (text)
réduire
to shrink, take in (garment); to narrow make narrower (passage, conduit, opening, road); to contract (pupil)
rétrécir
to spread (butter, jam), strew; to spread out (newspaper, map); to display, lay out (merchandise)
étaler
to spread (liquid, fire, unrest); to become widespread (view, opinion, method)
se répandre
to spread (news); to spill, scatter; to shed (light, tears); to give off (smell)
répandre
to spread (news, ideas), circulate, broadcast, diffuse (heat, light)
diffuser
to spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
propager
to spread out, open out; to extend (limb, powers, business, research), stretch, hang out (washing)
étendre
to stretch out; spread (disease, weather);to expand (city), to broaden (research), to widen (knowledge)
s’étendre
to swell (river, chest)
se gonfler
to thin down
amenuiser
to triple, treble
tripler
widespread
répandu
Scale and proportion
L’échelle et proportion
proportion
la proportion
proportional to
proportionné à
proportionately
proportionnellement
scale
l’échelle (f )
Portions, parts and segments
Portions, partie et segments
dividing up, sharing, factoring
le partage
fraction
la fraction
fragment
le fragment
fragmentary
fragmentaire
part
la partie
partial
partiel
partly
en partie
partly, partially
partiellement
percentage
le pourcentage
piece
le morceau
portion
la portion
portion, slice, share
la part
scrap
le bout
section
la section
slice
la tranche
to be divided up, to be shared
se partager
to divide up, share out
partager
to slice
couper en tranches
trace
la trace
Quantity and portion
Quantité et portion
atom
l’atome (m)
calibre, bore
le calibre
copious
copieux
dividing up, parcelling out, splitting up
le morcellement
fragment; plot (land)
la parcelle
fragmented
parcellaire
handful
la poignée
meagre (money, food)
maigre
measly
misérable
milling, swarming (people, insects)
le grouillement
milling, swarming, teeming (insects, people)
le fourmillement
milling, swarming, teeming (insects, people)
fourmillant
milling, swarming, teeming (people, insects)
grouillant
particle
la particule
scrap (cloth); strand (thread); touch
le brin
section (tube); stretch (road)
le tronçon
sharing out, dividing up (inheritance)
le lotissement
sharing out, dividing, allocation
la répartition
to be divided up, split up
se répartir
to divide into lots (ground); to divide up (inheritance)
lotir
to divide up (land)
parcelliser
to divide up, parcel out, split up
morceler
to divide, share out, distribute
répartir
to mill, swarm, teem (insects, people)
fourmiller
to mill, swarm, teem (people, insects)
grouiller
trace
le soupçon
Weights and measures
Poids et mesures
a little bit of …
un peu de …
ampere
l’ampère
area
la surface
centimetre
le centimètre
degree
le degré
depth
la profondeur
dozen
la douzaine
foot
le pied
gram
le gramme
half
la moitié
hectare
le hectare
height
la hauteur
horsepower
le cheval-vapeur
inch
le pouce
kilo
le kilo
kilogram
le kilogramme
kilometre
le kilomètre
length
la longueur
litre
le litre
match
assortir
maximal(adj)
maximal(adj)
measurement
la mesure / les mensurations (f )
medium(adj)
moyen(adj)
meter
le mètre / le mètre
mile
le mille
milligram
le milligramme
millimetre
le millimètre
minimal(adj)
minimal(adj)
ounce
la once
piece (item)
la pièce
pleated
plissé(e)
polka
dot à petits points
pound
la livre
quantity
la quantité
ruler
la régle
sateen
la satinette
satin
le satin
scale (map ~)
l’échelle
scales
la balance
shrunk
rétréci(e)
silk
la soie
size
la dimension
square meter
le mètre carré
striped
à rayures
the largest(adj)
le plus grand(adj)
the smallest(adj)
le plus petit (adj)
tight
serré(e)
to measure
mesurer
to sell by weight
vendre au poids
to take the measurements of
prendre la mesure de
to weigh
peser
ton
la tonne
ton, tonne
la tonne
tons of
des tonnes de
unit of measure
l’unité de mesure (f )
velvet
le velours
volt
le volt
volume
le volume
weight
le poids
weights and measures
les poids et mesures
width
la largeur
wool
la laine
yard
la cour
to measure
measurer
measurement
la mesure
to make longer
rallonger
the range
la gamme
scanty
maigre
