load

charge

Ce que l’on porte ou transporte, surtout quand c’est lourd.

En anglais simple : Something carried, especially something heavy.

• He carried a heavy load.
• The donkey struggled under its load.
• We lifted the load onto the cart.

Comment l'utiliser : load of something (The truck carried a load of bricks.)

Synonymes : burden, cargo

Expressions courantes : heavy load, carry a load, load of something

tas

Quantité ou nombre très important de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A large amount or number of something.

• We have loads of time.
• He spent a load of money.
• Did you take loads of photos?

Comment l'utiliser : a load of something (We have a load of spare blankets.); loads of something (She has loads of friends.)

Synonymes : lot, ton

Expressions courantes : a load of, loads of something, loads to do

charge de travail

Quantité de travail ou de responsabilités qu’une personne doit assumer.

En anglais simple : The amount of work or responsibility someone has.

• The extra assistant reduced my load.
• Teachers have a heavy load this term.
• We shared the load between three people.

Synonymes : workload

Expressions courantes : work load, teaching load, share the load

chargement, lot

Quantité qu’un véhicule ou une machine peut transporter ou traiter en une seule fois.

En anglais simple : An amount that a vehicle or machine can carry or handle at one time.

• The truck takes one load at a time.
• We need three loads of sand.
• This machine processes each load in ten minutes.

Comment l'utiliser : load of something (They delivered a full load of sand.)

Synonymes : batch

Expressions courantes : full load, load of something, one load

lessive

Vêtements ou autres articles lavés ensemble dans une machine à laver.

En anglais simple : The clothes or other things washed together in a washing machine.

• I washed a load of towels.
• There are two loads of laundry left.
• Can you put a load on before breakfast?

Comment l'utiliser : load of laundry/washing (I put a load of laundry in the machine.)

Synonymes : washload

Expressions courantes : load of washing, load of laundry, wash a load

charge électrique

Quantité de puissance électrique qu’un appareil fournit ou doit fournir.

En anglais simple : The amount of electrical power a device supplies or needs to supply.

• The generator can handle this load.
• Switching on the heater increased the electrical load.
• Engineers measured the load during peak demand.

Comment l'utiliser : load on something (The load on the generator increased.)

Expressions courantes : electrical load, peak load, load on something

charger

Mettre des objets sur ou dans quelque chose pour les transporter.

En anglais simple : To put things onto or into something so they can be carried.

• We loaded the truck.
• She loaded her bags into the car.
• Have they loaded all the boxes yet?

Comment l'utiliser : load something onto/into something (We loaded the boxes onto the truck.); load something with something (They loaded the van with furniture.)

Synonymes : pack

Contraires : unload

Expressions courantes : load a truck, load something onto something, load with something, load cargo

charger

Mettre dans une machine ou une arme ce dont elle a besoin pour fonctionner.

En anglais simple : To put the supplies a machine or weapon needs inside it.

• He loaded the gun.
• Please load the printer with fresh paper.
• She loaded film into the camera.

Comment l'utiliser : load something with something (She loaded the printer with paper.)

Synonymes : fill

Contraires : unload

Expressions courantes : load a gun, load a printer, load with something