laurel

laurier, laurier-sauce

Arbre ou arbuste toujours vert dont les feuilles très parfumées servent en cuisine.

En anglais simple : An evergreen tree or bush with strongly scented leaves used in cooking.

• A laurel grows in our garden.
• She added a laurel leaf to the soup.
• The laurel bushes stayed green all winter.

Synonymes : bay, bay laurel, bay tree

Expressions courantes : bay laurel, laurel leaves, laurel bush

honneurs, gloire, lauriers

Éloges ou honneurs obtenus grâce à une réussite ; le mot anglais s’emploie généralement au pluriel.

En anglais simple : Praise or honors earned through success, usually spoken of in the plural.

• The team won fresh laurels.
• Her early novels earned her international laurels.
• You cannot rest on your laurels forever.

Comment l'utiliser : rest on one's laurels (After winning the award, she refused to rest on her laurels.)

Synonymes : honors, glory, distinction, fame

Contraires : disgrace

Expressions courantes : win laurel, earn laurel

couronne de laurier

Couronne de feuilles de laurier traditionnellement remise à un vainqueur.

En anglais simple : A crown made from bay leaves, traditionally given to a winner.

• The winner wore a laurel.
• A golden laurel rested on the statue's head.
• The poet received a laurel at the ceremony.

Synonymes : laurel wreath, laurel crown

Expressions courantes : laurel crown, laurel wreath, victor's laurel

lauracée

Tout arbre ou arbuste appartenant à la même famille de plantes que le laurier-sauce.

En anglais simple : Any tree or bush belonging to the same plant family as the bay tree.

• This tropical laurel has broad leaves.
• The botanist identified several laurels in the forest.
• Avocado and cinnamon are laurels from the same plant family.

Expressions courantes : tropical laurel, laurel species, laurel family

couronner de laurier

Décorer quelqu’un ou quelque chose de feuilles de laurier, notamment d’une couronne faite de ces feuilles.

En anglais simple : To decorate someone or something with bay leaves, especially a crown made from them.

• They laureled the winner's head.
• The poet's brow was laureled with green leaves.
• Workers laureled the monument before the celebration.

Comment l'utiliser : laurel someone/something with something (They laureled the statue with fresh bay leaves.)

Synonymes : crown with laurel

Expressions courantes : laurel someone's brow, laurel a statue

couronner, orner de guirlandes

Entourer ou décorer quelqu’un ou quelque chose d’un cercle de feuilles ou de fleurs.

En anglais simple : To surround or decorate someone or something with a ring of leaves or flowers.

• They laureled her with flowers.
• A ring of roses laureled the statue's head.
• The dancers were laureled with woven garlands.

Comment l'utiliser : laurel someone/something with something (They laureled her head with spring flowers.)

Synonymes : wreathe, enwreathe

Expressions courantes : laurel someone's head, laurel with flowers

honorer, récompenser

Accorder à quelqu’un les plus grands honneurs pour une réussite.

En anglais simple : To give someone the highest honors for an achievement.

• The judges laureled the young poet.
• She was laureled for her contribution to science.
• The festival laureled three filmmakers this year.

Comment l'utiliser : laurel someone for something (The academy laureled her for a lifetime of achievement.)

Synonymes : honor, acclaim

Expressions courantes : laurel a poet, laurel the winner