chicken

poulet

Viande de poulet consommée comme aliment.

En anglais simple : Meat from a farm bird, eaten as food.

• We had chicken for dinner.
• She grilled the chicken with lemon and garlic.
• Would you like a chicken sandwich?

Expressions courantes : roast chicken, chicken soup, chicken breast

poule, poulet

Oiseau élevé à la ferme ou chez soi pour ses œufs et sa viande.

En anglais simple : A bird kept on farms or at home for its eggs and meat.

• A chicken laid an egg.
• We keep six chickens in our garden.
• The chickens were pecking at seeds on the ground.

Expressions courantes : keep a chicken, chicken coop, a young chicken, backyard chicken

jeu du poulet

Jeu dangereux où deux personnes foncent l’une vers l’autre ; la première à éviter la collision perd.

En anglais simple : A dangerous game where people move towards each other, and the first to avoid a crash loses.

• They played chicken on an empty road.
• A game of chicken can end in a serious crash.
• Never play chicken with a train.

Comment l'utiliser : play chicken with someone/something (The drivers were playing chicken with each other.)

Expressions courantes : play chicken, chicken with someone, game of chicken

trouillard

Qui a trop peur pour faire quelque chose de difficile ou de dangereux.

En anglais simple : Too afraid to do something difficult or dangerous.

• Do not be chicken!
• I was too chicken to jump into the lake.
• Are you chicken, or will you try it?

Comment l'utiliser : too chicken to do something (He was too chicken to climb the ladder.)

Synonymes : scared, cowardly

Contraires : brave

Expressions courantes : be chicken, too chicken, chicken about something