expire

expirer, arriver à expiration

Atteindre sa date limite et ne plus être valable ou disponible.

En anglais simple : To reach an end date and no longer be valid or available.

• My passport expires next month.
• The offer expired yesterday.
• When does your parking ticket expire?

Synonymes : end, run out, lapse

Expressions courantes : expire next month, expire in June

se périmer

Pour un aliment ou un médicament, dépasser la date jusqu’à laquelle il doit être utilisé.

En anglais simple : For food or medicine, to pass the date by which it should be used.

• This milk expires tomorrow.
• The tablets expired last year.
• Check whether the yoghurt has expired.

Synonymes : go out of date

Expressions courantes : expire this week, expire in May

mourir, expirer

Cesser de vivre.

En anglais simple : To die.

• The patient expired during the night.
• He expired peacefully with his family beside him.
• Several injured prisoners expired before help arrived.

Synonymes : die, pass away

Expressions courantes : expire peacefully, expire suddenly

expirer

Faire sortir l’air des poumons en respirant.

En anglais simple : To push air out of your lungs when breathing.

• Inspire deeply, then expire slowly.
• The patient expired air through a tube.
• Measure the volume of air expired during each breath.

Synonymes : breathe out, exhale

Contraires : inhale, inspire

Expressions courantes : expire slowly, expire air