canal

canal

Voie d’eau construite pour les bateaux ou pour apporter de l’eau aux champs.

En anglais simple : A water route people build for boats or to carry water to fields.

• A boat passed along the canal.
• They built a canal to carry water to the fields.
• We cycled beside the old canals.

Synonymes : waterway

Expressions courantes : canal boat, along the canal

canal, conduit

Passage étroit dans un corps ou une plante, permettant à quelque chose de circuler.

En anglais simple : A narrow passage inside a body or plant through which something can pass.

• Water entered her ear canal.
• The dentist cleaned the root canal.
• Fluid moves through tiny canals in the plant.

Synonymes : channel, passage

Expressions courantes : ear canal, root canal

creuser un canal

Construire une voie d’eau artificielle à travers un lieu.

En anglais simple : To build an artificial water route through a place.

• They planned to canal through the low hills.
• Workers canalled the land to connect the lakes.
• The company proposed to canal across the plain.

Comment l'utiliser : canal through/across something (They wanted to canal through the valley.)

Expressions courantes : canal through something, canal the land