| 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 |  |