archipelago

archipel

Ensemble d’îles proches les unes des autres.

En anglais simple : A group of islands close to one another.

• We sailed around the archipelago.
• The archipelago contains dozens of small islands.
• Several volcanic archipelagos lie in this ocean.

Synonymes : island group, island chain

Expressions courantes : tropical archipelago, volcanic archipelago, island archipelago, remote archipelago

ensemble dispersé

Ensemble d’éléments séparés et répartis sur une vaste zone.

En anglais simple : A collection of separate things spread over a wide area.

• The city is an archipelago of neighbourhoods.
• An archipelago of research stations stretches across the desert.
• These parks form a green archipelago among the factories.

Comment l'utiliser : an archipelago of something (The region became an archipelago of isolated villages.)

Expressions courantes : archipelago of something, urban archipelago