frontier

frontière

Limite d’un pays avec un autre pays ou avec une région située au-delà de ses terres habitées.

En anglais simple : The edge of a country where it meets another country or an area beyond its settled land.

• They crossed the frontier at dawn.
• Troops gathered near the northern frontier.
• The frontier between the countries follows the river.

Comment l'utiliser : frontier between A and B (Soldiers guarded the frontier between the two countries.); frontier with something (They reached the country’s frontier with Spain.)

Synonymes : border, boundary

Expressions courantes : cross the frontier, frontier town, frontier with something

frontière, pointe

Limite la plus avancée des connaissances ou du développement, où apparaissent de nouvelles découvertes et transformations.

En anglais simple : The furthest point reached in knowledge or development, where new discoveries and changes happen.

• Space remains a frontier of discovery.
• Scientists are exploring new frontiers in medicine.
• Their work lies at the frontier of computer technology.

Comment l'utiliser : frontier of something (She works at the frontier of medical research.)

Synonymes : leading edge, cutting edge

Expressions courantes : frontier of science, new frontier, at the frontier

région pionnière, frontière

Terres peu colonisées, au-delà des régions où des villes et des fermes ont déjà été établies.

En anglais simple : Land with few settlers, beyond areas where people have already built towns and farms.

• They built a cabin on the frontier.
• Life on the frontier was often difficult.
• Settlers moved west as the frontier expanded.

Synonymes : wilderness

Expressions courantes : the western frontier, on the frontier, frontier life