height

hauteur, taille

Distance entre le bas et le sommet d’une personne ou d’un objet.

En anglais simple : The distance from the bottom to the top of a person or thing.

• What is the height of this table?
• The tree reached a height of ten metres.
• They measured the children’s heights.

Synonymes : tallness

Expressions courantes : height of something, average height, full height, someone’s height

hauteur, altitude

Distance au-dessus du sol, de la mer ou d’un autre niveau choisi comme référence.

En anglais simple : The distance above the ground, sea, or another chosen level.

• The plane flew at a great height.
• Keep the shelf at a height children can reach.
• The balloon rose to a height of fifty metres.

Comment l'utiliser : at a height of + measurement (The helicopter hovered at a height of twenty metres.)

Synonymes : altitude, elevation

Expressions courantes : at a height, height above ground, great height

apogée, comble

Moment ou point où quelque chose atteint sa plus grande force, réussite ou intensité.

En anglais simple : The time or point when something is strongest, most successful, or most extreme.

• She was at the height of her career.
• We visited at the height of summer.
• At the height of the storm, the lights went out.

Comment l'utiliser : at the height of something (At the height of the crisis, thousands needed help.)

Synonymes : peak, climax, pinnacle

Expressions courantes : height of something, at the height, height of summer