floss

fil dentaire

Fil fin utilisé pour enlever les restes de nourriture entre les dents.

En anglais simple : Thin thread used to remove food from between your teeth.

• I use floss every evening.
• The dentist gave me some dental floss.
• This floss slides easily between my teeth.

Synonymes : dental floss

Expressions courantes : dental floss, use floss, waxed floss

barbe à papa

Friandise légère et gonflée faite de très fins fils de sucre.

En anglais simple : A light, fluffy sweet made from thin threads of sugar.

• We shared some candy floss.
• Pink floss stuck to her fingers.
• The stall sells bags of freshly made candy floss.

Synonymes : cotton candy, candy floss

Expressions courantes : candy floss, pink floss, sugar floss

fil à broder, soie floche

Fil doux, notamment pour broder, composé de plusieurs brins fins peu serrés entre eux.

En anglais simple : A soft material made of several thin threads lying together without being tightly twisted.

• She bought red embroidery floss.
• Thread the needle with silk floss.
• Separate two strands from the cotton floss before stitching.

Synonymes : thread

Expressions courantes : embroidery floss, silk floss, cotton floss

plume du corps d’autruche

Plume douce provenant du corps d’une autruche.

En anglais simple : A soft feather from the body of an ostrich.

• A soft floss fell from the ostrich.
• The female bird’s flosses were grey.
• Black flosses covered the male’s body.

Expressions courantes : ostrich floss, soft floss

passer le fil dentaire

Nettoyer les espaces entre les dents avec du fil dentaire.

En anglais simple : To clean between your teeth using a thin thread.

• I floss my teeth every night.
• She brushed and flossed before bed.
• Do you floss after eating?

Expressions courantes : floss your teeth, floss every day, brush and floss