label

étiquette

Petit morceau de papier ou d’une autre matière fixé à un objet pour donner des informations à son sujet.

En anglais simple : A small piece of paper or other material attached to something, giving information about it.

• Read the label on the bottle.
• The labels show the price.
• She put a name label on her bag.

Synonymes : tag, sticker

Expressions courantes : read the label, price label, label on something

marque, maison de disques

Marque de vêtements ou entreprise qui produit et vend de la musique.

En anglais simple : A brand or company that sells clothes or produces and sells music.

• She buys clothes from that label.
• The band signed with a small record label.
• Several fashion labels showed their new collections.

Synonymes : brand, record company

Expressions courantes : record label, fashion label, independent label

étiquette

Nom donné à quelqu’un ou quelque chose pour le rattacher à un groupe particulier.

En anglais simple : A name used to describe someone or something as belonging to a particular group.

• He dislikes the label of genius.
• These labels can make people feel excluded.
• She rejected the label that others gave her.

Synonymes : description, designation, category

Expressions courantes : unfair label, attach a label, reject a label

étiquette, alias

Nom choisi pour identifier un élément numéroté dans un système informatique.

En anglais simple : A name chosen to identify a numbered item in a computer system.

• The disk has the label BACKUP.
• You can find the device by its label.
• Each numbered entry has a user-defined label.

Synonymes : alias, identifier

Expressions courantes : volume label, device label, assign a label

étiqueter

Écrire des informations sur un objet ou y fixer une petite étiquette.

En anglais simple : To write information on something or attach a small sign to it.

• Please label every box.
• She labelled the jars with their contents.
• Have you labeled your luggage?

Comment l'utiliser : label something with something (Label each bag with your name.)

Synonymes : tag, mark

Expressions courantes : label a box, label something clearly, label with something, label a bottle

étiqueter, qualifier

Présenter quelqu’un ou quelque chose comme étant d’un certain type, souvent de manière injuste.

En anglais simple : To describe someone or something as a particular type, often unfairly.

• Do not label her lazy.
• Critics labelled the film a failure.
• He was labeled as a troublemaker at school.

Comment l'utiliser : label someone/something as something (The report labelled the plan as dangerous.); label someone/something + adjective (They labelled him lazy.)

Synonymes : classify, categorize, brand

Expressions courantes : label someone lazy, label as something, label someone dangerous