free

gratuit

Qu’on peut obtenir ou utiliser sans payer.

En anglais simple : Available without paying any money.

• The tickets are free.
• They offer free delivery on large orders.
• Is breakfast free for hotel guests?

Synonymes : complimentary

Expressions courantes : free entry, free delivery, free sample

libre, disponible

Qu’on peut utiliser car personne ne s’en sert, ou qui a du temps car il n’est pas occupé.

En anglais simple : Available because nobody is using it or because you are not busy.

• Is this seat free?
• I am free after lunch.
• We found a free table by the window.

Synonymes : available, unoccupied

Contraires : occupied, busy

Expressions courantes : free seat, free room, free this evening

libre

Qui peut se déplacer où il veut, sans être enfermé ni retenu.

En anglais simple : Able to move or go where you want, without being held or trapped.

• The bird is free now.
• After ten years in prison, she was finally free.
• The horses are free to run across the fields.

Comment l'utiliser : free to + verb (The animals are free to roam.)

Synonymes : unconfined, unrestrained

Contraires : captive, trapped

Expressions courantes : free to roam, free bird, free to go

libre

Sans règles qui limitent injustement ce qu’on peut faire, dire ou utiliser.

En anglais simple : Without rules that unfairly limit what people can do, say, or use.

• We live in a free country.
• The law protects free speech.
• Free software lets users share and change its code.

Synonymes : unrestricted

Contraires : restricted

Expressions courantes : free country, free speech, free software

insouciant, libre

Sans obligations ni soucis qui empêchent de faire ce qu’on veut.

En anglais simple : Without duties or worries that prevent you from doing what you want.

• On holiday, I feel completely free.
• She enjoyed a day free of responsibilities.
• With the work finished, we felt free again.

Comment l'utiliser : free from/of something (For one week, I was free from all responsibilities.)

Synonymes : carefree, unburdened

Expressions courantes : free of worries, free from responsibilities, feel free

dégagé, libre

Sans obstacle qui empêche de se déplacer ou de passer.

En anglais simple : Clear of anything that stops movement or passage.

• The water needs a free passage.
• Keep the entrance free of obstacles.
• The pipe is now free from anything blocking it.

Comment l'utiliser : free of/from something (Make sure the pipe is free of blockages.)

Synonymes : clear, unobstructed

Contraires : blocked, obstructed

Expressions courantes : free passage, free flow, free of blockages

gratuitement

Sans dépenser d’argent.

En anglais simple : Without paying any money.

• Children travel free.
• We got these tickets free.
• Hotel guests can use the pool free.

Synonymes : for nothing, free of charge

Expressions courantes : travel free, eat free, get something free

libérer, délivrer

Faire sortir une personne ou un animal d’une prison, d’une cage ou d’un autre lieu où il est retenu.

En anglais simple : To let someone or something leave a prison, cage, or other place holding them.

• They freed the birds.
• Firefighters freed him from the damaged car.
• Will the government free the prisoners?

Comment l'utiliser : free someone/something from something (They freed the dog from the trap.)

Synonymes : release, liberate

Contraires : imprison, capture

Expressions courantes : free a prisoner, free someone from something, free a bird