factory

usine

Bâtiment où des ouvriers et des machines fabriquent de nombreux produits.

En anglais simple : A building where workers and machines make large numbers of products.

• My father works in a factory.
• The factory makes shoes.
• Two new factories opened near the town.

Synonymes : plant

Expressions courantes : car factory, factory worker, build a factory, factory floor

usine

Désigne l’état ou les réglages d’un appareil à sa sortie d’usine.

En anglais simple : The original state or choices a device had when it was made.

• I restored the phone to factory settings.
• A factory reset deleted my photos.
• Choose factory defaults to undo your changes.

Expressions courantes : factory settings, factory reset, factory defaults

usine, fabrique

Lieu, organisme ou autre chose qui produit énormément de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Something that produces a large amount of a particular thing.

• That school is a talent factory.
• His brain is a factory of strange ideas.
• The movie industry became a dream factory.

Expressions courantes : idea factory, talent factory, dream factory

d’origine

Fabriqué ou installé par le fabricant, sans modification ultérieure.

En anglais simple : Made or fitted by the manufacturer, with no later changes.

• Those wheels are factory.
• The car still has its factory paint.
• Is this radio factory or was it added later?

Synonymes : original, stock

Contraires : modified

Expressions courantes : factory original, factory paint, factory wheels