Le mot anglais du jour

lightning

éclair

Définitions

anglais > français
lightning
1. n. Foudre.
That tree was hit by lightning.
2. n. Éclair.
3. n. (Figuré) Se dit de tout ce qui bouge très rapidement.
4. adj. Furtivement.
5. adj. Qui bouge à la vitesse de l'éclair.
6. v. Produire des éclairs.
anglais > anglais
lightning
1. n. A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
Although we did not see the lightning, we did hear the thunder.
2. n. A discharge of this kind.
The lightning was hot enough to melt the sand.
That tree was hit by lightning.
3. n. (figuratively) Anything that moves very fast.
4. n. The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers.
5. adj. Extremely fast or sudden.
6. adj. Moving at the speed of lightning.
7. v. (impersonal, childish, or nonstandard) To produce lightning.
français > anglais
éclair
1. n-m. lightning bolt
2. n-m. flash
3. n-m. sparkle
4. n-m. éclair (pastry)
éclair au chocolat - chocolate éclair
5. adj. (postpositive, idiomatic) Very fast