glitch

problème technique, bug

Petit problème imprévu qui empêche quelque chose de fonctionner correctement, souvent pendant peu de temps.

En anglais simple : A small, unexpected problem that stops something from working properly, often for a short time.

• A glitch stopped the music.
• The team fixed a technical glitch before the meeting.
• Have you noticed any glitches in the system?

Comment l'utiliser : a glitch in something (A glitch in the payment system delayed the order.)

Synonymes : fault, bug, hiccup

Expressions courantes : technical glitch, minor glitch, glitch in something, software glitch

bug, faille

Erreur dans un jeu vidéo permettant aux joueurs de faire des choses normalement interdites par le jeu.

En anglais simple : An error in a game that players can use to do things the game normally prevents.

• This glitch gives players extra coins.
• She used a glitch to skip the final level.
• Speedrunners discovered a glitch that lets them pass through locked doors.

Synonymes : exploit, bug

Expressions courantes : use a glitch, perform a glitch, glitch through walls

buguer, dysfonctionner

Se mettre soudainement à mal fonctionner, souvent pendant peu de temps.

En anglais simple : To suddenly stop working correctly, often for only a short time.

• My phone keeps glitching.
• The screen glitched during the video call.
• Does the app glitch when you open it?

Synonymes : malfunction, act up

Expressions courantes : glitch during something, glitch on startup

exploiter un bug

Utiliser une erreur dans un jeu vidéo pour faire quelque chose de normalement impossible.

En anglais simple : To use an error in a video game to do something normally impossible.

• She glitched through the wall.
• Players can glitch into the locked room.
• He glitched out of the level and reached the ending early.

Comment l'utiliser : glitch through/into something (You can glitch through the fence by jumping here.); glitch out of something (The player glitched out of the map.)

Synonymes : exploit a bug

Expressions courantes : glitch through something, glitch into something, glitch out of something