incidentally

au fait, à propos

S’emploie pour ajouter une remarque ou aborder un autre sujet dans une conversation.

En anglais simple : Used to add another point or introduce a different topic in a conversation.

• Incidentally, your brother called.
• The meal was excellent; incidentally, who cooked it?
• Incidentally, I will be away next week.

Synonymes : by the way

Expressions courantes : incidentally I heard, incidentally did you, incidentally she said

en passant, accessoirement

Brièvement ou comme élément secondaire, sans en faire le sujet principal.

En anglais simple : Briefly or as a minor part of something, rather than as the main subject.

• She mentioned the cost only incidentally.
• The book discusses politics incidentally, focusing mainly on art.
• His childhood appears incidentally in a chapter about his career.

Synonymes : in passing, briefly

Expressions courantes : mentioned incidentally, only incidentally, discuss incidentally

par hasard, fortuitement

Par hasard, sans avoir été prévu ni provoqué par un autre événement.

En anglais simple : By chance, without being planned or caused by another event.

• They met incidentally at the station.
• The fault was incidentally discovered during routine cleaning.
• Two unrelated studies incidentally reached the same conclusion.

Synonymes : by chance, coincidentally, accidentally

Expressions courantes : incidentally discovered, incidentally found, incidentally encountered