ideal

idéal, optimal

Aussi bon ou adapté qu’on pourrait le souhaiter.

En anglais simple : As good or suitable as you could want.

• This is an ideal place for a picnic.
• The weather was ideal for walking.
• What would your ideal job be?

Comment l'utiliser : ideal for someone/something (This quiet room is ideal for studying.)

Synonymes : perfect, optimal

Expressions courantes : ideal for someone, ideal place, ideal solution, ideal world

idéaliste

Relatif à l’idée que la réalité dépend de l’esprit ou des idées.

En anglais simple : Connected with the belief that reality depends on the mind or ideas.

• The course examines ideal philosophy.
• Her essay contrasts ideal and materialist theories.
• He defended an ideal view of reality.

Synonymes : idealist, idealistic

Contraires : materialist

Expressions courantes : ideal philosophy, ideal theory

idéal

Considéré, dans certains domaines des mathématiques, comme situé à une distance infinie.

En anglais simple : Treated as existing infinitely far away in certain kinds of mathematics.

• Parallel lines meet at an ideal point.
• The diagram includes an ideal line.
• These ideal points lie outside the ordinary plane.

Expressions courantes : ideal point, ideal boundary, ideal line

idéal, modèle

Exemple parfait d’une qualité ou d’un type, que l’on admire ou cherche à atteindre.

En anglais simple : A perfect example of a quality or type that people admire or aim for.

• She was his ideal of kindness.
• The design comes close to our ideal.
• Different cultures have different ideals of beauty.

Comment l'utiliser : ideal of something (The statue represents an ideal of beauty.)

Synonymes : model, perfect example, paragon

Expressions courantes : ideal of beauty, represent an ideal, achieve an ideal