farm

ferme

Lieu où l’on cultive des plantes ou élève des animaux pour produire de la nourriture ou d’autres produits.

En anglais simple : A place where people grow crops or keep animals for food or other products.

• We visited a farm yesterday.
• Their farm produces apples and milk.
• Many small farms sell food directly to local families.

Comment l'utiliser : on a farm (My aunt keeps sheep on a farm.)

Expressions courantes : dairy farm, small farm, live on a farm, cattle farm

parc, installation

Lieu regroupant de nombreuses structures ou machines semblables utilisées ensemble pour une activité industrielle.

En anglais simple : A site with many similar structures or machines used together for an industrial purpose.

• A wind farm stands on the hill.
• The new solar farm supplies electricity to nearby villages.
• Fuel is stored in a tank farm beside the airport.

Expressions courantes : wind farm, solar farm, tank farm, antenna farm

ferme de serveurs

Ensemble d’ordinateurs travaillant ensemble pour fournir des services ou traiter de grandes quantités d’informations.

En anglais simple : A group of computers that work together to provide services or process large amounts of information.

• The company runs a server farm.
• Our film was processed by a render farm.
• The farm needs powerful cooling equipment to prevent overheating.

Synonymes : server cluster

Expressions courantes : server farm, render farm, large server farm

cultiver, élever

Exploiter la terre pour cultiver des plantes ou élever des animaux afin d’obtenir de la nourriture ou d’autres produits.

En anglais simple : To use land to grow crops or raise animals for food or other products.

• Her family farms this land.
• They farmed sheep for many years.
• Can you farm successfully without chemical sprays?

Synonymes : cultivate

Expressions courantes : farm the land, farm cattle, farm organically

farmer

Répéter des tâches dans un jeu vidéo pour obtenir des objets utiles, de l’argent ou des points.

En anglais simple : To repeat tasks in a video game to collect useful items, money, or points.

• I farm gold after each battle.
• She farmed the same enemies for an hour.
• Where can we farm rare weapons?

Comment l'utiliser : farm for something (We farmed for rare items in the same dungeon.)

Synonymes : grind

Expressions courantes : farm gold, farm for items, farm experience points

affermer

Confier une propriété, une entreprise ou la collecte d’impôts à quelqu’un en échange d’une part des revenus.

En anglais simple : To let someone run property, a business, or tax collection in exchange for a share of the money.

• The king chose to farm the taxes.
• The owner farmed his estate to a local businessman.
• They farmed out the revenues in return for a fixed share.

Comment l'utiliser : farm something out to someone (The ruler farmed tax collection out to private contractors.)

Synonymes : lease out

Expressions courantes : farm the taxes, farm out revenues, farm an estate