maroon

bordeaux

Couleur rouge foncé tirant un peu sur le brun.

En anglais simple : A dark red color with some brown in it.

• She chose maroon for the walls.
• The fabric comes in blue and maroon.
• This maroon looks almost brown in the shade.

Synonymes : reddish brown

Expressions courantes : deep maroon, shade of maroon, dark maroon

marron

Personne noire ayant fui l’esclavage en Amérique ou aux Caraïbes, ou l’un de ses descendants.

En anglais simple : A Black person who escaped slavery in the Americas or Caribbean, or someone descended from them.

• The maroons built a village in the hills.
• A maroon guided the group through the forest.
• The museum explains how maroons resisted slavery.

Synonymes : Boschneger

Expressions courantes : maroon community, escaped maroon, maroon settlement

bordeaux

D’un rouge foncé tirant un peu sur le brun.

En anglais simple : Dark red with some brown in it.

• He wore a maroon shirt.
• The curtains are maroon.
• She bought a pair of maroon shoes.

Synonymes : reddish-brown

Expressions courantes : maroon shirt, maroon dress, maroon walls

abandonner, isoler

Laisser quelqu’un dans un lieu éloigné ou désert dont il ne peut pas sortir facilement.

En anglais simple : To leave someone in a faraway or empty place where they cannot easily escape.

• The pirates marooned him on an island.
• A broken engine left us marooned far from shore.
• They were marooned in a remote village for weeks.

Comment l'utiliser : maroon someone on something (The captain marooned two sailors on a small island.)

Synonymes : strand, abandon

Contraires : rescue

Expressions courantes : maroon someone, maroon on an island