dependent

dépendant

Qui a besoin de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose pour obtenir de l’aide, de l’argent ou le nécessaire.

En anglais simple : Needing someone or something for help, money, or something necessary.

• The baby is dependent on you.
• They became financially dependent on their parents.
• Our crops are dependent on regular rainfall.

Comment l'utiliser : dependent on someone/something (The village is dependent on tourism.); dependent on someone for something (She is dependent on her brother for transport.)

Synonymes : reliant

Contraires : independent

Expressions courantes : dependent on someone, financially dependent, dependent on something

pendant, retombant

Qui pend ou est dirigé vers le bas.

En anglais simple : Hanging or pointing downwards.

• The tree has dependent branches.
• Water gathered at the tips of the dependent leaves.
• The injured limb was kept in a dependent position.

Synonymes : hanging, drooping, pendulous

Expressions courantes : dependent branch, dependent leaves, dependent position

personne à charge

Personne qui dépend d’une autre pour son argent, sa nourriture ou ses soins.

En anglais simple : A person who needs another person to provide money, food, or other care.

• He has three dependents.
• You can add a dependent to your insurance plan.
• She supports two children and an elderly dependent.

Expressions courantes : a dependent child, claim a dependent, support a dependent

dépendant

Mot ou groupe de mots rattaché au mot principal d’un groupe ou d’une phrase.

En anglais simple : A word or group of words attached to the main word in a phrase or sentence.

• This adjective is a dependent.
• A head may have several dependents.
• The diagram links each dependent to its head.

Comment l'utiliser : dependent of something (The adjective is a dependent of the noun.)

Expressions courantes : syntactic dependent, dependent of something, head and dependent