hazel

noisette

D’une couleur brune légèrement verte, surtout en parlant des yeux.

En anglais simple : Brown with some green in it, especially when describing eyes.

• She has hazel eyes.
• His hazel eyes looked green in the sunlight.
• The portrait shows a girl with dark hair and hazel eyes.

Synonymes : greenish-brown

Expressions courantes : hazel eyes, hazel brown

noisetier

Petit arbre ou arbuste qui produit des noisettes à coque dure et brune.

En anglais simple : A small tree or bush that produces round nuts with hard brown shells.

• A hazel grows beside the path.
• The hazels are covered in yellow catkins.
• We planted a hazel tree near the fence.

Synonymes : hazelnut tree

Expressions courantes : hazel tree, hazel bush

bois de noisetier

Bois du noisetier, souvent utilisé pour fabriquer des bâtons et des clôtures tressées.

En anglais simple : Wood from the tree that produces hazelnuts, often used for sticks and woven fences.

• The handle is made of hazel.
• He cut hazel for the garden fence.
• Flexible hazel was woven into a basket.

Synonymes : hazel wood

Expressions courantes : hazel wood, hazel rods

noisette

Couleur brune légèrement verte, surtout utilisée pour parler des yeux.

En anglais simple : A brown colour with some green in it, especially as an eye colour.

• Her eyes are a warm hazel.
• The artist chose a shade of hazel.
• His eye colour is somewhere between green and hazel.

Expressions courantes : a warm hazel, shade of hazel

noisette

Petit fruit rond que l’on mange, protégé par une coque dure et brune.

En anglais simple : A round edible nut with a hard brown shell.

• He cracked a hazel between two stones.
• The children gathered hazels in a basket.
• She ate a handful of roasted hazels.

Synonymes : hazelnut, filbert

Expressions courantes : ripe hazel, roasted hazel