complement

complément

Chose qui apporte ce qui manque à une autre, pour améliorer ou compléter l’ensemble.

En anglais simple : Something that adds what another thing needs, making the whole better or complete.

• The salad is a perfect complement.
• Her skills are a useful complement to ours.
• These illustrations provide an attractive complement to the text.

Comment l'utiliser : a complement to something (The sauce is a lovely complement to the fish.)

Expressions courantes : perfect complement, complement to something, natural complement

complément

Mot ou groupe de mots qui complète la structure d’une phrase, souvent en décrivant son sujet ou son objet.

En anglais simple : A word or phrase that completes a sentence structure, often describing its subject or object.

• This verb needs a complement.
• In “She is happy”, “happy” is the subject complement.
• The teacher asked us to identify the complements.

Expressions courantes : subject complement, object complement, verb complement

équipage, effectif

Ensemble des personnes nécessaires au fonctionnement d’un navire.

En anglais simple : The full number of people needed to operate a ship.

• The ship carries its full complement.
• Our complement includes six officers.
• The vessel sailed with a complement of eighty sailors.

Comment l'utiliser : a complement of people (The vessel has a complement of forty sailors.)

Synonymes : crew

Expressions courantes : full complement, crew complement, complement of sailors

angle complémentaire

Angle qui, ajouté à un autre, donne quatre-vingt-dix degrés.

En anglais simple : An angle that adds to another angle to make ninety degrees.

• Find the complement of this angle.
• These two angles are complements of each other.
• An angle of forty degrees has a complement of fifty degrees.

Comment l'utiliser : the complement of something (The complement of thirty degrees is sixty degrees.)

Synonymes : complementary angle

Expressions courantes : complement of something, find the complement, angle and complement

couleur complémentaire

Couleur qui, mélangée à une autre, produit une lumière blanche ou un mélange sombre sans teinte dominante.

En anglais simple : A colour that combines with another to make white light or a neutral dark mixture.

• Orange is blue’s complement on this colour wheel.
• The artist mixed a colour with its complement.
• Adding its complement made the paint look darker and less bright.

Comment l'utiliser : the complement of something (This colour is the complement of that shade of blue.)

Synonymes : complementary colour

Expressions courantes : colour complement, complement of something, exact complement

complémentaire

Éléments d’un ensemble plus grand qui n’appartiennent pas à un sous-ensemble donné.

En anglais simple : The members of a larger set that are not in a particular smaller set.

• Find the complement of set A.
• The complement contains all numbers outside the chosen set.
• Within the integers, the odd numbers are the complement of the even numbers.

Comment l'utiliser : the complement of a set (The complement of this set contains all the remaining elements.)

Expressions courantes : complement of something, set complement, relative complement

compléter, s’accorder avec

Bien fonctionner avec quelqu’un ou quelque chose parce que chacun apporte ce qui manque à l’autre.

En anglais simple : To work well with someone or something because each provides what the other needs.

• These colours complement each other.
• The wine complemented the cheese beautifully.
• Her careful planning complements his creative ideas.

Synonymes : go well with, enhance

Contraires : clash

Expressions courantes : complement each other, complement something perfectly, complement a meal

compléter

Ajouter ce qui manque pour rendre une autre chose complète.

En anglais simple : To add something needed so that another thing becomes complete.

• These skills complement our team.
• The final painting complemented his collection.
• You can complement the course with extra reading.

Comment l'utiliser : complement something with something (She complemented her training with practical experience.)

Synonymes : complete, round out

Expressions courantes : complement a team, complement something with something, complement a collection