marshmallow

guimauve

Confiserie légère et moelleuse, souvent blanche, que l'on mange seule ou ajoute à des boissons.

En anglais simple : A soft, light sweet, often white, that people eat alone or add to drinks.

• Would you like a marshmallow?
• We toasted marshmallows over the fire.
• She put a marshmallow in my hot chocolate.

Expressions courantes : toasted marshmallow, marshmallow cream, roast a marshmallow

gros tendre

Personne très douce et gentille qui a du mal à se montrer stricte.

En anglais simple : A very gentle, kind person who finds it hard to be strict.

• Dad is a marshmallow at heart.
• He looks tough, but he is really a marshmallow.
• Those strict teachers become marshmallows around their grandchildren.

Synonymes : softie

Expressions courantes : total marshmallow, big marshmallow, really a marshmallow

guimauve

Plante à fleurs pâles poussant dans les sols humides, dont les racines sont utilisées en médecine.

En anglais simple : A plant with pale flowers that grows in wet ground and has roots used in medicine.

• Marshmallow grows in wet soil.
• The gardener planted marshmallow beside the pond.
• Dried marshmallow roots were stored in glass jars.

Synonymes : marsh mallow

Expressions courantes : marshmallow root, marshmallow plant, marshmallow flowers