home

maison, foyer

Lieu où l’on vit, où l’on dort habituellement et où l’on garde ses affaires.

En anglais simple : The place where you live and usually sleep and keep your things.

• Our home is small.
• They bought a new home near the park.
• Do you work from home?

Synonymes : house, residence, dwelling

Expressions courantes : at home, a new home, leave home, my own home

pays natal, maison familiale, chez-soi

Lieu où l’on a grandi, où vivent ses parents ou auquel on se sent attaché.

En anglais simple : The place where you grew up, where your parents live, or where you feel you belong.

• I miss my childhood home.
• She visits her parents at home every summer.
• Even after twenty years abroad, he still calls Italy home.

Synonymes : homeland, birthplace

Expressions courantes : my childhood home, back at home, far from home, visit home

habitat, berceau, foyer

Lieu où quelque chose vit naturellement, se trouve couramment ou est apparu à l’origine.

En anglais simple : The place where something naturally lives, is commonly found, or originally came from.

• The forest is a home for many animals.
• This region is the original home of that plant.
• The island is home to several rare birds.

Comment l'utiliser : the home of something (This valley is the home of a rare orchid.); a home to/for something (The marsh is a home for many birds.)

Synonymes : habitat, birthplace, native area

Expressions courantes : home of something, home to wildlife, natural home, original home

regagner son foyer, retourner

Pour un animal, retrouver le chemin vers son propriétaire ou son lieu de vie habituel.

En anglais simple : For an animal to find its way back to its owner or usual living place.

• The pigeon homed safely.
• The lost dog homed to its owner after three days.
• These birds can home over great distances.

Comment l'utiliser : home to + place/person (The pigeon homed to its owner's loft.)

Synonymes : return, find one's way back

Expressions courantes : home to someone, home back, home successfully

domestique, national, familial

Qui concerne la maison ou le pays auquel on appartient.

En anglais simple : Related to your house or your own country.

• I miss her home cooking.
• The company sells mainly to the home market.
• His busy job leaves little time for home life.

Synonymes : domestic, local

Contraires : foreign

Expressions courantes : home cooking, home life, home market, home industry

à domicile, local

Qui concerne l’équipe jouant sur son propre terrain ou dans son propre stade.

En anglais simple : Related to the team playing at its own ground or stadium.

• The home team won.
• We have three home games this month.
• The home supporters cheered as the players ran out.

Synonymes : host

Contraires : away

Expressions courantes : home team, home game, home advantage, home supporters

chez soi, à la maison

Dans le lieu où l’on vit ou auquel on se sent habituellement attaché.

En anglais simple : In the place where you live or usually belong.

• I'm home today.
• She stayed home because she was sick.
• Will anyone be home when the parcel arrives?

Synonymes : at home

Contraires : away

Expressions courantes : stay home, be home, home alone, home all day

profondément, pleinement

De façon à bien comprendre, ressentir profondément ou établir solidement quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Deeply or completely, so that something is firmly understood, felt, or established.

• His words hit home.
• The teacher drove the lesson home with a simple example.
• The empty house brought her loss home to her.

Comment l'utiliser : bring something home to someone (The accident brought the danger home to us.); drive something home (Her story drove the message home.)

Synonymes : deeply, fully, forcefully

Expressions courantes : hit home, drive something home, bring something home, strike home