constituent

électeur, administré

Personne qui habite dans la zone représentée par un élu.

En anglais simple : Someone who lives in the area that an elected politician represents.

• The politician met a constituent.
• Her constituents want better public transport.
• He received hundreds of letters from angry constituents.

Expressions courantes : meet a constituent, local constituent, constituent concerns

composant, constituant

L’une des parties ou substances qui composent quelque chose.

En anglais simple : One of the parts or substances that make up something.

• We identified each constituent of the mixture.
• The main constituent of the gas is nitrogen.
• Researchers measured the chemical constituents of the soil.

Comment l'utiliser : constituent of something (Water is a major constituent of the human body.)

Synonymes : component, part, element, ingredient

Expressions courantes : a major constituent, chemical constituent, constituent of something

constituant

Mot ou groupe de mots qui fonctionne comme une seule unité dans une expression ou une phrase.

En anglais simple : A word or group of words that works as a single part within a phrase or sentence.

• This noun phrase is a constituent.
• The diagram shows how constituents form a sentence.
• A constituent may contain just one word.

Synonymes : syntactic unit

Expressions courantes : a syntactic constituent, a sentence constituent, constituent structure

constitutif

Qui fait partie des éléments formant ensemble un tout.

En anglais simple : Being one of the parts that together make a whole.

• We examined the machine's constituent parts.
• The mixture's constituent elements were listed on the label.
• Each constituent unit has a different role.

Synonymes : component

Expressions courantes : constituent parts, constituent elements, constituent materials

constituant

Qui a le pouvoir d’établir la constitution d’un pays, fixant les règles fondamentales de son gouvernement.

En anglais simple : Having the authority to create a country's constitution, the basic rules for how it is governed.

• The constituent assembly met today.
• Delegates to the constituent convention debated the new constitution.
• The elected body was given constituent powers.

Synonymes : constitution-making

Expressions courantes : constituent assembly, constituent power, constituent convention