master

maître, expert

Personne qui excelle dans une activité, notamment un art.

En anglais simple : Someone who is extremely good at an activity, especially an art.

• She is a master of painting.
• The young musician studied the great masters.
• He became a master at creating tiny sculptures.

Comment l'utiliser : master of something (She is a master of portrait painting.); master at doing something (He is a master at shaping wood.)

Synonymes : expert, virtuoso

Contraires : beginner

Expressions courantes : master of something, a great master, old master, master at something

master

Diplôme généralement obtenu après un premier diplôme universitaire, ou personne qui le possède.

En anglais simple : A university qualification usually earned after a first degree, or a person with this qualification.

• She has a master's degree in biology.
• He graduated as a Master of Arts.
• Does this course lead to a master's?

Expressions courantes : master of arts, master of science, master's degree

maître

Personne qui exerce un pouvoir sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A person who has power over someone or something.

• He is master of his own life.
• The servants obeyed their master.
• Who is the real master here?

Comment l'utiliser : master of something (She wanted to be master of her own future.)

Synonymes : ruler, controller

Contraires : servant

Expressions courantes : master of something, own master

maître

Propriétaire d’un animal ; autrefois, aussi une personne qui possédait des personnes réduites en esclavage.

En anglais simple : A person who owns an animal, or historically a person who owned enslaved people.

• The dog followed its master home.
• The horse recognized its master immediately.
• Enslaved workers were forced to obey their masters.

Synonymes : owner

Expressions courantes : dog master, slave master, his master

expert, maître

Qui est extrêmement habile dans un métier ou une activité précise.

En anglais simple : Extremely good at a particular job or activity.

• He is a master carpenter.
• A master chef prepared our dinner.
• The workshop employs three master builders.

Synonymes : expert, highly skilled

Contraires : unskilled

Expressions courantes : master craftsman, master carpenter, master chef

magistral

Qui montre beaucoup d’habileté et d’assurance.

En anglais simple : Showing great skill and confidence.

• It was a master performance.
• That master stroke changed the whole match.
• Critics praised her master technique.

Synonymes : masterful, skillful

Contraires : clumsy

Expressions courantes : master performance, master stroke, master move

maîtriser

Apprendre quelque chose assez bien pour le faire facilement et avec succès.

En anglais simple : To learn something so well that you can do it easily and successfully.

• You can master this skill with practice.
• She mastered the basics in a week.
• Have you mastered the new software yet?

Synonymes : learn, get the hang of

Expressions courantes : master a skill, master a language, master the basics, master a technique

obtenir un master

Achever des études universitaires après un premier diplôme et obtenir un master.

En anglais simple : To complete university study and receive a degree above a first degree.

• He mastered in chemistry.
• She plans to master in English next year.
• They mastered in education at the same college.

Comment l'utiliser : master in something (She mastered in history at a local university.)

Expressions courantes : master in something, master in english