Le mot anglais du jour

lemon

citron

Définitions

anglais > français
lemon
1. n. (Fruits) Citron jaune.
2. n. (Popu) Automobile vendue avec d'importants défauts.
3. n. (Popu) Produit vendu avec d'importants défauts.
4. adj. Jaune citron.
anglais > anglais
lemon
1. n. A yellowish citrus fruit.
2. n. A semitropical evergreen tree, Citrus limon, that bears such fruits.
3. n. A taste or flavour/flavor of lemons.
4. n. A more or less bright shade of yellow associated with lemon fruits.
(color panel, lemon flesh, 2=FADA5E)
(color panel, lemon rind, 2=FDE910)
5. n. (slang) A defective or inadequate item or individual.
He didn’t realise until he’d paid for it that the car was a lemon.
6. n. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from “lemon flavour”) Favor.
A thousand quid for that motor? Do me a lemon, I could get it for half that.
7. n. (fandom) A piece of fanfiction involving explicit sex (named after the erotic anime series Cream Lemon).
8. adj. Containing or having the flavour/flavor and/or scent of lemons.
9. adj. Of the pale yellow colour/color of lemons.
10. adj. (Cockney rhyming slang) Smart; cheeky, vocal.
11. v. To flavour with lemon.
You can start the vegetables cooking while you are lemoning the fish.
français > anglais
citron
1. n-m. lemon
2. n-m. lime (citrus)
3. n-m. brimstone (butterfly)
4. n-m. (colloquial) noggin (head)
5. n-m. (Quebec, informal) lemon (defective item)
6. n-m. (slang) East Asian