Unit 8, Level 1 Flashcards
la forme
form
la configuration
configuration
la proportion
proportion
le contour
outline
le pourtour
circumference
le périmètre
perimeter
la périphérie
periphery, outskirts
l’enceinte
enclosure
la silhouette
silhouette
le profil
profile
le bord
side, edge, bank, rim, lip, brim
la bordure
edge, surround, frame, border, edging
la marge
margin
la limite
boundary, limit
la circonférence
circumference
le trait
stroke, line
l’alignement (m)
alignment, line
le linéament
lineament, line, outline
le tracé
layout, plan, line, course
le cercle
circle
le circuit
circuit, circumfernce
la circonvolution
convolution, twist
la rondelle
slice, round, disk, ring
la sphère
sphere
sphérique
spherical
l’orbite
orbit
le discque
disk
le cerceau
hoop
la spirale
spiral
spiral(e)
spiral
le méandre
meander, twist, turn
le détour
detour
l’ondulation
undulation
le schéma
outline, schema
le zigzag
zigzag
le graphique
graph
circulaire
circular
le cône
cone
conique
conical
le carré
square
carré
square
le diamètre
diameter
le rayon
radius
le triangle
triangle
triangulaire
triangular
le rectangle
rectangle
rectangulaire
rectangular
la pyramide
pyramid
pyramidal
pyramidal
le cylindre
cylinder
cylindrique
cylindrical
l’arc (m)
arc, arch
le diagonal
diagonal
parallèlle
parallel
le parallèlle
parallel (line)
irrégulier
irregular, uneven
asymétrique
asymmetrical
informe
formless, shapeless
inégal
uneven
ondulé
wavy, undulating
sinueux
sinuous, wavy
tortueux
tortuous
courbe
curved, curving
la courbe
the curve, bend
la courbure
curvature
tordre
to wring, wind, twist
tordu
twisted, crooked, bent, buckled
arrondi
round, rounded
convexe
convex
concave
concave
incurvé
curved
s’incurver
to bend, form a curve
la croix
cross
en croix
cross-wise
la croix celtique
Celtic cross
la croix grecque
Greek cross
la croisée
cross-roads, crossing
le croisement
crossing, cross-roads, junction
l’étoile (f)
star
le dessin
design, motif
le motif
motif
à motifs
patterned
imprimé
patterned, print, printed
l’ornament (m)
ornament, embellishment, adornment
la décoration
decoration
l’emblème (m)
emblem, symbol
l’embellissement (m)
embellishment
le motif floral
floral motif
la rayure
stripe
à rayures
striped
la bande
stripe, line, band, strip
la raie
line, mark, scratch, stripe
la rangée
row
le carreau (pattern)
check (pattern)
à careau
checked
étoilé
starry, studded
parsemé d’étoiles
star-spangled, star-studded
être assorti à quelque chose
to match something
s’harmoniser avec quelque chose
to match something
la taille
size
la dimension
dimension
le format
format
la superficie
surface, surface area, acreage
l’aire (f)
area, zone
la zone
zone, area
la région
area
la surface
surface
l’étendue (f)
extent
l’espace (m)
space
la place
space, room
spacieux
spacious
la grandeur
size, magnitude
grand
tall, high, big
grandir
to grow, increase, expand
grandissant
growing, ever-growing, increasing, ever-increasing
petit
small
minuscule
miniscule
compact
compact
la longueur
length
allonger
to lengthen
rallonger
to lengthen
raccourcir
to shorten
écourter
to shorten
la largeur
width, breadth
élargir
to widen (something else), broaden
s’élargir
to widen (itself), become wider
la hauteur
height
stature
stature
la profondeur
depth
approfondir
to deepen
au plus profond de
in the depths of
l’épaisseur
thickness; depth (snow)
au plus épais de
in the depths of
la grosseur
size, weight; fatness
gros
big, large, thick, heavy
le gros de
the bulk of
les poids et mesures
weights and measures
le poid
weight
peser
to weigh
vendre au poids
to sell by weight
la balance
scales
le gramme
gram
la livre
pound
le kilo
kilo
la tonne
ton, tonne
des tonnes de
tons of
la mesure
mesurement
mesurer
to measure
prendre la mesure de
to take the measurements of
l’unité de measure (f)
unit of measure
les mensurations (f)
measurements
le pouce
inch
le pied
foot
le mille
mile
le millimètre
millimetre
le centimètre
centimetre
le mètre
metre
le kilomètre
kilometre
le hectare
hectare
la règle
ruler
l’échelle (f)
scale
la proportion
proportion
proportionné à
proportional to
proportionnel à
proportional to
proportionnellement
proportionately
la capacité
capacity
le volume
volume
volumineux
voluminous, bulky
la quantité
quantity, amount
la somme
amount (money)
le montant
amount, total (money)
abondant
abundant, plentiful
l’abondance (f)
abundance
la profusion
profusion
considérable
considerably
énorme
enormous, massive
vaste
vast
insuffisant
insufficient, scanty
insuffisament
insufficiently, scantily
simple
mere
la minorité
minority
le minimum
minimum
la majorité
majority
la plupart
most
le maximum
maximum
nombreux
numerous
multiple
multiple
la multitude
multitude
innombrable
inummerable, countless
la masse
mass, bulk; body, expanse (water); bank (cloud)
masser
to assemble, gather together, mass
massif, -ve
massive, heavy
la portion
portion
la part
portion, slice, share
la partie
part
partiel
partial
en partie
in part, partly
partiellement
partly, partially
le morceau
piece
la section
section
partager
to divide up, share out
se partager
to be divided up, to be shared
le partage
dividing up, sharing, factoring
la fraction
fraction
le fragment
fragment
fragmentaire
fragmentary
le pourcentage
percentage
le bout
scrap
la trace
trace
la tranche
slice
couper en tranches
to slice
la pile
pile (neat), stack
le tas
pile, heap
empiler
to pile (neatly), stack
s’empiler
to pile up, be stacked
entasser
to pile
s’entasser
to pile up; to squeeze, pack, pile into
tasser
to pack down, push down, cram
se tasser
to bunch up, squeeze up
l’augmentation (f)
increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, difficulty, interest)
augmenter
to increase (size, quantity, price, salary, number, dose, difficulty, interest)
la croissance
growth, development (person, plant, industry, economics)
croître
to grow, increase (person, plant, company, town), to swell (river); to rise (wind)
s’accroître
to increase, augment (number, fortune, share)
l’accroissement (m)
increase, growth (number, production, population)
grossir
to increase (sum); to magnify; to become louder (noise)
agrandir
to make bigger, enlarge, widen, extend, blow up (photograph)
s’agrandir
to grow, expand (town, family); to become wider
l’agrandissment (m)
expansion; enlargement (photograph)
le développement
growth, development (body, muscle, intelligence)
se développer
to grow, develop (person, plant, economics, body, muscle, intelligence)
s’amplifier
to grow, expand, develop (thought tendency), amplify (sound), magnify (image)
pousser
to grow (child, plant, hair, beard, tooth)
l’expansion (f)
expansion (economy); spread (theory, belief, doctrine)
l’expansionnisme (m)
expansionism
la propogation
propagation (species), spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
propager
to spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
la diffusion
diffusion, spreading, circulation, broadcasting
diffuser
to spread (news, ideas), circulate, broadcast, diffuse (heat, light)
répandre
to spread (news); to spill, scatter; to shed (light, tears); to give off (smell)
se répandre
to spread (liquid, fire, unrest); to become widespread (view, opinion, method)
répandu
widespread
allonger
to lengthen, stretch, extend
s’allonger
to lengthen, stretch, become longer; to grow taller (child), to drag out
l’allongement (m)
elongation, lengthening
allongé
elongated, long; stretched out, recumbent, supine
étendre
to stretch out, open out; to extend (limb, powers, business, research), stretch, hang out (washing)
s’étendre
to stretch out; to spread (disease, weather); to expand (city), to broaden (research), to widen (knowledge)
étendu
spread out, sprawling (conurbation), extensive, wide-ranging, widespread, broad
l’extension (f)
extension
étaler
to spread (butter, jam), strew; to spread out (newspaper, map); to display, lay out (merchandise)
prolonger
to extend (time and space)
se prolonger
to go on, persist, last, continue
la prolongation
extension
gonfler
to inflate (tyre, price), pump up, blow up; to swell (river); to swell up (limb, joint, wood); to rise (pastry)
se gonfler
to swell (river, chest)
enfler
to cause to swell (limb, joint, river)
ajouter à
to add to, increase
s’ajouter à
to add to
le supplémentaire
additional, supplementary
multiplier
to multiply
doubler
to double
tripler
to triple
la diminution
decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed), reduction, cut
diminuer
to decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed), diminish, reduce, cut, bring down
la réduction
reduction, decrease, discount
réduire
to reduce, lessen, cut, bring down (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed), scale down, downscale (staffing, production), shorten (text)
contracter
to contract
la contraction
contraction (body, liquid, muscle, throat)
comprimer
to compress (air, gas); to reduce (expenses)
la distance
distance
garder ses distances
to keep one’s distance
près
near
proche
nearby, close (space, time degree)
voisin
neighboring
avoisinant
nearby, close
de près
closely
loin
far
éloigné
far, remote
lointain
far, distant
le lointain
distance
le récipient
container, receptacle
le conteneur
container
contenir
to contain
le contenu
contents
le pot
jar, pot, tin
le gobelet
beaker, tumbler
le gobelet en plastique
plastic tumbler
le gobelet en papier
paper cup
la coupe
dish, goblet
le verre
glass
le verre à dents
tooth mug
le bol
bowl
la tasse
cup
la marmite
cooking pot
la casserole
saucepan
le vase
vase, bowl
la boîte
box
la boîte d’allumettes
box of matches
la boîte à bijoux
jewel box
la boîte de conserve
tin, can of food
la caisse
box, crate; till
la caisse d’emballage
packing crate
la caisse à outils
toolbox
la cuve à eau
water-tank
la petite caisse
petty cash
le caisson
box, case
le coffre
chest, trunk; boot
la cassette
casket
le coffret
casket
le coffret à bijoux
jewel box
la valise
suitcase
la malle
trunk
la mallette
small case
le carton
cardboard box, carton
le carton de lait
carton of milk
la brique de lait
carton of milk
la cartouche de cigarettes
carton of cigarettes
le coffre-fort
safe, strongbox
le tonneau
barrel, cask
le baril
barrel, cask
le bouchon
cork
la poubelle
dustbin
le seau
bucket
le seau à charbon
coal bucket, coal scuttle
le seau à glace
ice-bucket
l’anse (f)
handle
la vitrine
glass cabinet, display cabinet
l’étagère (f)
shelving unit
le support
support, prop, stand
le rayon
shelf
le rayonnage
shelving, set of shelves
le panier
basket
la corbeille
basket
la corbeille à papiers
wastepaper basket
la corbeille à courrier
mail tray
le sac
bag, sack
le sac à provisions
shopping bag
le sac à main
handbag
le sac de voyage
travelling bag, overnight bag
le sac à dos
rucksack
le sac de couchage
sleeping bag
le sac-poubelle
bin liner
le cabas
shopping bag
le sachet
bag, sachet, packet
le sachet de bonbons
bag of sweets
le sachet de soupe
soup packet
la trousse
case, kit, pencil case
la poche
pocket; paper/plastic bag
la serviette
briefcase
la sacoche
bag, saddlebag, satchel, postbag
le plastique
plastic bag
le porte-documents
briefcase, document case
l’attaché-case (m)
attaché case
le porte-baggages
luggage rack
le porte-bébé
baby sling, baby carrier
le porte-bouteilles
wine rack
le porte-parapluies
umbrella stand
le porte-cartes
card wallet
le porte-cigarettes
cigarette case
le porte-clefs
key ring, key case
le porte-monnaie
purse, wallet
le porte-musique
music case
le porte-revues
magazine rack
le porte-savon
soapdish
le porte-serviettes
towel rail
l’anneau porte-serviettes (m)
towel ring
le porte-vélos
bicycle rack
le porte-bloc à pince
clipboard
le porte-copie
copyholder
le bloc porte-couteaux
knife-stand
le porte-lettres
letter rack
la ceinture porte-monnaie
money belt
le porte-aiguilles
needle case
le porte-plume
pen holder
le porte-skis
ski rack
le porte-cravates
tie rack
le porte-toasts
toast rack
la bouteille
bottle
la bière en bouteille
bottled beer
la bouteille Thermos
Themos flask
le Thermos
Thermos
la flasque
flask
le flacon
small bottle (stoppered)
le flacon à parfum
perfume bottle
la carafe
decanter, carafe
le carafon
small decanter, carafe
le réservoir
tank, reservoir
le réservoir d’eau
water tank
la citerne
tank
la citerne à eau
water tank
le tank à lait
milk churn
une baratte à lait
milk churn
la fosse septique
septic tank
le bac
tub, tank, sink, tray
le bac à laver
washtub
le bac à glace
ice-tray
le bac à légumes
vegetable compartment
le bac à sable
sand pit
le baquet
tub
la cuvette
basin, bowl; washbasin
la cuvette de plastique
plastic basin
