jacket

veste, blouson

Vêtement court à manches porté par-dessus d’autres vêtements sur le haut du corps.

En anglais simple : A short piece of clothing with sleeves, worn over other clothes on your upper body.

• Put on your jacket.
• She took her keys from her jacket pocket.
• Do you need a warmer jacket?

Synonymes : sleeve

Expressions courantes : leather jacket, denim jacket, wear a jacket, winter jacket

veste

Partie supérieure d’un costume, portée sur une chemise et généralement assortie au pantalon.

En anglais simple : The upper part of a suit, worn over a shirt and usually matching the trousers.

• His suit jacket is black.
• She hung her jacket beside the matching trousers.
• He buttoned his jacket before entering the meeting.

Expressions courantes : suit jacket, jacket and trousers, button a jacket

jaquette, pochette

Enveloppe extérieure qui protège un objet, comme un livre ou un disque.

En anglais simple : An outer covering that protects something, such as a book or record.

• The book has a blue jacket.
• She removed the torn dust jacket.
• The record jacket features a photograph of the band.

Synonymes : cover, sleeve

Expressions courantes : dust jacket, book jacket, record jacket

gainer, envelopper

Entourer quelque chose d’une enveloppe qui le protège.

En anglais simple : To put a protective outer covering around something.

• We need to jacket the pipe.
• The manufacturer jackets each cable with plastic.
• They jacketed the tank to reduce heat loss.

Comment l'utiliser : jacket something with something (The workers jacketed the pipe with insulating material.)

Synonymes : cover, encase, sheathe

Expressions courantes : jacket a pipe, jacket a cable, jacket with something, jacket something