fig

figue

Fruit tendre et sucré contenant de nombreuses petites graines, généralement en forme de petite poire.

En anglais simple : A soft, sweet fruit with many tiny seeds, usually shaped like a small pear.

• I ate a ripe fig.
• She served fresh figs with cheese.
• Would you like some fig jam on your toast?

Expressions courantes : fresh fig, dried fig, fig jam

figuier

Arbre ou grand arbuste des régions chaudes qui produit des fruits tendres et sucrés contenant beaucoup de graines.

En anglais simple : A tree or large bush that grows in warm places and produces soft, sweet fruit with many seeds.

• We planted a fig beside the wall.
• The old fig provides shade in summer.
• These figs need plenty of sunlight to grow.

Synonymes : fig tree

Expressions courantes : fig tree, plant a fig, mature fig