dormant

dormant, inactif

Qui n’est pas actif actuellement, mais peut le redevenir.

En anglais simple : Not active now, but able to become active again.

• The volcano is dormant.
• Their plans lay dormant for several years.
• The bank closed hundreds of dormant accounts.

Synonymes : inactive, sleeping

Contraires : active

Expressions courantes : dormant volcano, dormant account, lie dormant, dormant seeds

dormant

Représenté sur des armoiries couché, la tête sur les pattes avant, comme s’il dormait.

En anglais simple : Shown lying down with the head resting on the front legs, as if asleep, in a coat of arms.

• The shield shows a lion dormant.
• A bear dormant appears beneath the crown.
• The artist drew the beast dormant, with its head on its paws.

Expressions courantes : lion dormant, bear dormant, dormant beast