hood

capuche, capuchon

Partie souple qui couvre la tête et le cou, généralement attachée à un manteau ou à un autre vêtement.

En anglais simple : A soft covering for your head and neck, usually attached to a coat or other clothing.

• Put your hood up.
• His jacket has a warm hood.
• She pulled the hood over her head when it started raining.

Synonymes : head covering

Expressions courantes : put your hood up, a coat hood, hood over something

capot

Couvercle métallique qui s’ouvre au-dessus du moteur d’une voiture.

En anglais simple : The metal cover that opens above a car's engine.

• Open the hood, please.
• Smoke was coming from under the hood.
• The mechanic lifted the hood to check the engine.

Synonymes : bonnet

Expressions courantes : under the hood, car hood, open the hood

quartier

Mot familier désignant le quartier où quelqu’un vit, surtout en ville.

En anglais simple : The area of a town where someone lives, especially in a city.

• Everyone in the hood knows him.
• She still visits friends in her old hood.
• We grew up in the same hood.

Synonymes : neighbourhood, neighborhood

Expressions courantes : in the hood, around the hood, my old hood