kite

cerf-volant

Objet léger qui vole dans le vent et que l’on retient avec une longue ficelle.

En anglais simple : A light object that flies in the wind while you hold it by a long string.

• Let’s fly a kite on the beach.
• Her kite got caught in a tree.
• The children made colorful kites from paper.

Expressions courantes : fly a kite, paper kite, kite string, kite tail

milan

Oiseau aux longues ailes qui chasse de petits animaux ou mange des animaux morts.

En anglais simple : A bird with long wings that hunts small animals or eats dead ones.

• A red kite flew over the field.
• The kite circled above a dead animal.
• We saw several kites hunting near the river.

Expressions courantes : red kite, black kite

cerf-volant

Quadrilatère ayant deux paires de côtés égaux, les côtés de chaque paire étant voisins.

En anglais simple : A shape with four sides, arranged in two pairs of equal sides that meet at a corner.

• Draw a kite with four sides.
• A square is a kite under some mathematical definitions.
• The students measured the diagonals of their kites.

Expressions courantes : draw a kite, kite shape

faire du kitesurf

Se déplacer sur l’eau, la neige ou le sol en se faisant tirer par un grand cerf-volant.

En anglais simple : To move over water, snow, or land while pulled by a large object flying in the wind.

• We kited across the bay.
• She learned to kite on snow last winter.
• They were kiting along the coast when the wind dropped.

Comment l'utiliser : kite across/along something (They kited across the lake in a strong wind.)

Synonymes : kitesurf

Expressions courantes : kite across something, kite around something

faire monter, propulser

Faire monter ou augmenter quelque chose très rapidement.

En anglais simple : To make something rise or increase very quickly.

• Higher fuel charges kited delivery costs.
• A sudden gust kited the loose sheet upward.
• The shortage has kited prices across the region.

Synonymes : raise, drive up

Contraires : lower

Expressions courantes : kite prices, kite something upward