merger

fusion

Réunion de plusieurs groupes ou éléments auparavant séparés pour former un seul ensemble.

En anglais simple : The joining of two or more separate groups or things into one.

• The two banks announced a merger.
• Staff worried about jobs after the company merger.
• Will the proposed merger create a larger team?

Comment l'utiliser : merger of A and B (The merger of the two clubs created a stronger team.); merger between A and B (They announced a merger between the two banks.); merger with something (The company approved a merger with its largest rival.)

Synonymes : combination, union

Contraires : split

Expressions courantes : a company merger, a proposed merger, approve a merger

fusion phonémique

Évolution d’une langue où des sons auparavant différents deviennent identiques.

En anglais simple : A change in language in which different speech sounds become the same sound.

• This dialect has a vowel merger.
• The merger makes those two words sound identical.
• Researchers traced the merger across several generations of speakers.

Comment l'utiliser : merger of A and B (The merger of these vowels is common in this dialect.)

Contraires : split

Expressions courantes : vowel merger, a phonemic merger