floating

flottant

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

En anglais simple : Staying on the surface of water or another liquid instead of sinking.

• Floating leaves covered the pond.
• We crossed the lake on a floating platform.
• The rescue boat avoided the floating debris.

Synonymes : afloat

Contraires : sunken

Expressions courantes : floating debris, floating island, floating platform

flottant, variable

Dont la position, l’opinion ou l’organisation n’est pas fixe et peut changer.

En anglais simple : Not fixed in one position, opinion, or arrangement, and able to change or move.

• Floating voters may decide the election.
• The country uses a floating exchange rate.
• A floating population moves between towns looking for work.

Synonymes : unfixed, changeable

Contraires : fixed

Expressions courantes : floating voter, floating exchange rate, floating population

flottant

Présent dans la structure sonore d’une langue, mais sans être rattaché à un son ou à une syllabe précise.

En anglais simple : Represented in a language’s sound structure but not attached to a particular sound or syllable.

• The analysis includes a floating tone.
• A floating feature may attach to the next syllable.
• Researchers disagree about the position of this floating tone.

Expressions courantes : floating tone, floating feature

flottement

Déplacement d’une chose qui reste à la surface d’un liquide.

En anglais simple : The movement of something resting on a liquid’s surface.

• The gentle floating of the leaves was calming.
• We watched the floating of logs down the river.
• A weak current caused the slow floating of the raft.

Synonymes : drifting

Expressions courantes : gentle floating, floating of logs

matière flottante

Matière qui reste à la surface d’un liquide.

En anglais simple : Material that rests on the surface of a liquid.

• The floating formed a thin layer on the water.
• Workers removed the floating from the tank.
• The sample contained floating as well as heavier material.

Synonymes : floating material

Expressions courantes : remove the floating, floating in water

lissage du plâtre

Travail qui consiste à étaler et à lisser un enduit encore mou sur les murs.

En anglais simple : The work of spreading and smoothing a soft covering on walls.

• Floating gives the wall a smooth surface.
• The plaster needs floating before it dries.
• Careful floating removed the marks left by the tool.

Expressions courantes : floating of plaster, wall floating

râpage dentaire

Soin qui consiste à lisser avec un outil les parties pointues des dents d’un cheval.

En anglais simple : The treatment of making sharp parts of a horse’s teeth smooth with a tool.

• The horse needs floating.
• Regular floating can help a horse chew comfortably.
• The vet checked its teeth before floating.

Expressions courantes : dental floating, routine floating