engagement

fiançailles

Promesse de se marier avec quelqu’un, ou période entre cette promesse et le mariage.

En anglais simple : An agreement to marry someone, or the time between this agreement and the wedding.

• They announced their engagement yesterday.
• She showed us her engagement ring.
• After a long engagement, the couple finally married.

Comment l'utiliser : engagement to someone (Her engagement to David lasted two years.)

Synonymes : betrothal

Expressions courantes : engagement ring, announce an engagement, long engagement

engagement, rendez-vous

Accord pour assister à un événement, donner une conférence ou se produire à un moment précis.

En anglais simple : An arrangement to attend an event, give a talk, or perform at a particular time.

• She has a speaking engagement tonight.
• He cancelled his engagement because he was ill.
• A prior engagement prevents me from attending your dinner.

Synonymes : appointment, commitment

Expressions courantes : speaking engagement, prior engagement, public engagement

combat, affrontement

Affrontement entre des forces militaires.

En anglais simple : A fight between military forces.

• The engagement lasted two hours.
• Both armies lost soldiers in the engagement.
• The fleet won several naval engagements that summer.

Comment l'utiliser : engagement with someone (Several soldiers died in an engagement with enemy forces.)

Synonymes : battle, clash

Expressions courantes : military engagement, naval engagement, armed engagement

embrayage, engrènement

Jonction de pièces pour qu’elles tiennent ensemble ou fonctionnent ensemble.

En anglais simple : The joining of parts so that they hold together or work together.

• Check the engagement of the gears.
• Smooth clutch engagement prevents sudden movement.
• The mechanism failed because the teeth were not in full engagement.

Comment l'utiliser : engagement of A with B (The engagement of the gear with the shaft transfers power.)

Synonymes : connection, coupling

Contraires : disengagement

Expressions courantes : gear engagement, clutch engagement, full engagement

engagement

Moment où les adversaires sont assez proches pour mettre leurs lames en contact ou attaquer.

En anglais simple : In fencing, the point when opponents are close enough to touch swords or attack.

• The fencers reached engagement and raised their blades.
• At engagement, she moved quickly to attack.
• He stayed beyond engagement until his opponent stepped forward.

Expressions courantes : point of engagement, engagement distance