inferior

inférieur, de moindre qualité

De qualité, de capacité, d’importance ou de rang moins élevé qu’une autre personne ou chose.

En anglais simple : Lower in quality, ability, importance, or rank than someone or something else.

• These shoes are made from inferior materials.
• He felt inferior to his classmates.
• The new model is inferior to the old one.

Comment l'utiliser : inferior to someone/something (The cheaper fabric is inferior to the original.)

Synonymes : poorer, lower, worse

Contraires : superior

Expressions courantes : inferior quality, inferior materials, inferior to something

inférieur, intérieur

Dont l’orbite est plus proche du Soleil que celle de la Terre.

En anglais simple : Having an orbit closer to the Sun than Earth's orbit.

• Venus is an inferior planet.
• The inferior planets orbit closer to the Sun than Earth does.
• Mercury and Venus are both inferior planets.

Synonymes : interior

Contraires : superior

Expressions courantes : inferior planet, inferior planets

en indice

Écrit sous la ligne habituelle du texte, souvent en caractères plus petits.

En anglais simple : Printed below the usual line of text, often in a smaller size.

• The formula ends with an inferior figure.
• Set the number in inferior type.
• The printer placed the inferior characters below the line.

Synonymes : subscript

Contraires : superscript

Expressions courantes : inferior letter, inferior figure, inferior character

inférieur

Situé sous la ligne où le ciel semble rejoindre la terre.

En anglais simple : Situated below the line where the sky seems to meet the earth.

• The diagram shows the inferior semicircle.
• The inferior meridian arc lies below the horizon.
• Students marked the inferior portion of the celestial circle.

Contraires : superior

Expressions courantes : inferior meridian arc, inferior semicircle

inférieur, subordonné

Personne considérée comme ayant un rang, une position ou des capacités inférieurs à ceux d’une autre.

En anglais simple : A person considered lower in rank, position, or ability than another person.

• He treated everyone as an inferior.
• The officer expected his inferiors to obey.
• She never regarded her assistants as inferiors.

Comment l'utiliser : someone's inferior (She refused to treat him as her inferior.)

Synonymes : subordinate

Contraires : superior

Expressions courantes : social inferior, an inferior, someone's inferior

indice

Lettre, chiffre ou symbole écrit sous la ligne habituelle du texte.

En anglais simple : A letter, number, or symbol printed below the usual line of text.

• The final digit is an inferior.
• This font includes several numerical inferiors.
• The printer moved the inferior below the main line.

Synonymes : subscript

Contraires : superscript

Expressions courantes : an inferior, numerical inferior, print an inferior