medley

pot-pourri

Fragments de plusieurs chansons enchaînés et joués ou chantés comme un seul morceau.

En anglais simple : Parts of several songs played or sung together as one piece of music.

• The band played a medley.
• She sang a medley of famous love songs.
• Their final medley included three old hits.

Comment l'utiliser : a medley of something (He performed a medley of songs from the show.)

Expressions courantes : medley of songs, musical medley, perform a medley

mélange

Ensemble de choses différentes réunies.

En anglais simple : A mixture of different things.

• She served a medley of vegetables.
• The garden was a medley of bright colors.
• We heard a strange medley of voices and bells.

Comment l'utiliser : a medley of something (The plate held a medley of fresh fruit.)

Synonymes : mixture, mix, assortment

Expressions courantes : fruit medley, vegetable medley, medley of colors

quatre nages

Course de natation où l'on utilise quatre façons différentes de nager.

En anglais simple : A swimming race using four different ways of swimming.

• She won the individual medley.
• Our team entered the medley relay.
• He trained for the four-hundred-meter medley.

Expressions courantes : individual medley, medley relay, swim a medley

tissu multicolore

Tissu fabriqué avec plusieurs couleurs différentes.

En anglais simple : Cloth made with several different colors.

• The tailor chose a woolen medley.
• Her coat was made from medley cloth.
• The merchant displayed medleys in several color combinations.

Expressions courantes : medley cloth, woolen medley

mélanger, combiner

Réunir des choses différentes pour former un seul mélange.

En anglais simple : To combine different things into one mixture.

• They medley several tunes together.
• The arranger medleyed the songs into one piece.
• She likes to medley fragments from different melodies.

Synonymes : combine, mix, blend

Contraires : separate

Expressions courantes : medley songs together, medley several tunes