affinity

affinité

Attirance spontanée pour une personne ou une chose, ou sentiment de bien la comprendre.

En anglais simple : A natural liking for someone or something, or a feeling that you understand them.

• She has an affinity for music.
• I felt an immediate affinity with him.
• The two friends share a strong affinity for nature.

Comment l'utiliser : affinity for someone/something (She has an affinity for animals.); affinity with someone/something (He felt an affinity with the other students.)

Synonymes : liking, connection, sympathy

Contraires : aversion

Expressions courantes : affinity for something, natural affinity, strong affinity

affinité, parenté

Ressemblance ou lien entre plusieurs choses.

En anglais simple : A connection or similarity between things.

• The two languages show a close affinity.
• There is an affinity between their ideas.
• The paintings have little affinity with his earlier work.

Comment l'utiliser : affinity between A and B (There is a clear affinity between the two styles.); affinity with something (This language has a close affinity with its neighbors.)

Synonymes : similarity, relationship, connection

Expressions courantes : affinity between things, close affinity, cultural affinity

parenté par alliance

Lien familial créé par un mariage, sans avoir de parents ou d’ancêtres communs.

En anglais simple : A family connection created through marriage rather than through shared parents or ancestors.

• Their relationship is one of affinity.
• The law distinguishes affinity from blood relationships.
• Marriage creates affinity between certain relatives.

Synonymes : relationship by marriage

Expressions courantes : relationship by affinity, degree of affinity

parent par alliance

Personne qui fait partie de votre famille par un mariage.

En anglais simple : A person who is related to you through marriage.

• His affinity joined the family gathering.
• The will named an affinity as a beneficiary.
• She welcomed her affinities into the household.

Synonymes : in-law

Expressions courantes : an affinity, his affinity