float

flotter

Rester à la surface de l’eau ou d’un autre liquide sans couler.

En anglais simple : To stay on the surface of water or another liquid without sinking.

• The leaf floated on the water.
• I like to float on my back in the pool.
• Several empty bottles were floating near the boat.

Comment l'utiliser : float on something (A leaf floated on the pond.); float in something (Small pieces of ice floated in my drink.)

Synonymes : stay afloat

Contraires : sink

Expressions courantes : float on water, float in something, float on your back

flotter

Pouvoir rester à la surface d’un liquide sans couler.

En anglais simple : To be able to stay on the surface of a liquid without sinking.

• Cork can float.
• Does this type of plastic float in water?
• Our homemade boat would not float, even without passengers.

Synonymes : be buoyant

Contraires : sink

Expressions courantes : float in water, float or sink, float easily

faire flotter

Mettre quelque chose dans l’eau ou un autre liquide pour qu’il reste à la surface.

En anglais simple : To put something in water or another liquid so it stays on the surface.

• We floated a toy boat in the bath.
• The workers floated the logs down the river.
• Can we float this raft on the lake?

Comment l'utiliser : float something on/in something (The children floated paper boats on the pond.)

Synonymes : launch

Contraires : sink, submerge

Expressions courantes : float a boat, float a raft, float something downstream

flotteur, bouée

Objet qui flotte et soutient quelque chose ou le maintient près de la surface.

En anglais simple : An object that stays on water and supports something or keeps it near the surface.

• The child held a swimming float.
• Attach a small float to the fishing line.
• Two floats kept the equipment above the water.

Synonymes : buoy, flotation device

Expressions courantes : fishing float, swimming float, attach a float, supporting float

char

Véhicule décoré qui défile lors d’une fête publique.

En anglais simple : A vehicle covered with decorations that moves along in a public celebration.

• The float was covered in flowers.
• Children waved from a float in the parade.
• Several colorful floats moved slowly along the main street.

Synonymes : parade vehicle

Expressions courantes : parade float, carnival float, decorated float

soda à la glace

Boisson faite en ajoutant de la glace à un soda sucré.

En anglais simple : A drink made by putting ice cream into a sweet fizzy drink.

• I ordered a root beer float.
• She made floats with cola and vanilla ice cream.
• Would you like a straw for your float?

Synonymes : ice cream soda

Expressions courantes : root beer float, ice cream float, soda float

taloche

Outil plat servant à lisser le béton ou le plâtre encore humide.

En anglais simple : A flat tool used to make wet concrete or plaster smooth.

• Use a float to smooth the concrete.
• The builder cleaned the plaster from his float.
• Wooden floats leave a different finish from metal ones.

Expressions courantes : concrete float, wooden float, plastering float