clap

applaudir

Taper dans ses mains pour montrer qu’on a aimé quelque chose ou qu’on l’approuve.

En anglais simple : To hit your hands together to show that you enjoyed or approved of something.

• Everyone clapped at the end.
• The audience clapped the actors as they left the stage.
• We stood up and clapped for the winning team.

Comment l'utiliser : clap for someone/something (Everyone clapped for the young singer.)

Synonymes : applaud

Contraires : boo

Expressions courantes : clap for someone, clap and cheer, clap the performers

taper dans les mains

Frapper ses mains l’une contre l’autre pour produire un son.

En anglais simple : To hit your hands together to make a sound.

• Clap your hands twice.
• The children clapped in time with the song.
• Can you clap this rhythm?

Comment l'utiliser : clap along to something (The children clapped along to the music.)

Synonymes : applaud, beclap

Expressions courantes : clap your hands, clap in time, clap along

donner une tape

Donner à quelqu’un un petit coup amical avec la main ouverte.

En anglais simple : To hit someone lightly with an open hand in a friendly way.

• He clapped me on the back.
• The coach clapped each player's shoulder.
• She smiled and clapped her friend on the back.

Comment l'utiliser : clap someone on the back/shoulder (She clapped me on the shoulder.)

Synonymes : pat, slap

Expressions courantes : clap someone's back, clap someone's shoulder, clap someone warmly

claquement de mains

Un seul geste où l’on frappe ses mains l’une contre l’autre pour produire un son.

En anglais simple : One action of hitting your hands together to make a sound.

• She gave a loud clap.
• Three claps marked the start of the game.
• He got their attention with a clap of his hands.

Expressions courantes : a loud clap, a single clap, give a clap

claquement, détonation

Bruit fort et soudain, notamment un coup de tonnerre ou le claquement d’une fermeture brutale.

En anglais simple : A sudden loud sound, especially thunder or something closing hard.

• A loud clap shook the windows.
• We heard three claps of thunder.
• The book snapped shut with a sharp clap.

Comment l'utiliser : a clap of thunder (A clap of thunder woke us.)

Synonymes : bang, crack

Expressions courantes : clap of thunder, a sudden clap, a sharp clap

tape

Petit coup amical avec la main ouverte, généralement sur le dos ou l’épaule.

En anglais simple : A friendly hit with an open hand, usually on someone's back or shoulder.

• He greeted me with a clap on the shoulder.
• A friendly clap on the back encouraged her.
• Their coach gave each player a cheerful clap on the shoulder.

Comment l'utiliser : a clap on the back/shoulder (She gave him a clap on the back.)

Synonymes : pat, slap

Expressions courantes : clap on something, a friendly clap, give someone a clap