negative

négatif, défavorable

Mauvais, nuisible ou désagréable.

En anglais simple : Bad, harmful, or unpleasant.

• The news had a negative effect.
• His review was mostly negative.
• The changes brought several negative consequences.

Comment l'utiliser : a negative effect on something (The noise had a negative effect on her sleep.)

Synonymes : bad, harmful, unfavourable

Contraires : positive

Expressions courantes : negative effect, negative impact, negative feedback

pessimiste, négatif

Qui pense surtout aux problèmes et s’attend à ce que les choses tournent mal.

En anglais simple : Thinking mainly about problems and expecting things to go badly.

• Try not to be so negative.
• She has a negative attitude towards change.
• Why are you always negative about new ideas?

Comment l'utiliser : be negative about something (He is always negative about our plans.)

Synonymes : pessimistic

Contraires : positive, optimistic

Expressions courantes : negative attitude, negative about something, negative thinking

négatif

Qui indique qu’un test n’a pas détecté la maladie ou la substance recherchée.

En anglais simple : Showing that a test did not find the condition or substance it was looking for.

• My test was negative.
• He tested negative for the infection.
• Both blood samples came back negative.

Comment l'utiliser : test negative for something (She tested negative for the virus.)

Contraires : positive

Expressions courantes : negative test, test negative, come back negative

négatif

Qui exprime un refus, une absence ou le fait que quelque chose n’est pas vrai.

En anglais simple : Expressing no, not, or never, or saying that something is not true.

• She gave a negative answer.
• “I do not swim” is a negative sentence.
• Change these statements into negative forms.

Synonymes : denying

Contraires : affirmative

Expressions courantes : negative answer, negative sentence, negative form

négatif

Qui est inférieur à zéro.

En anglais simple : Less than zero.

• Minus five is a negative number.
• The account showed a negative balance.
• Two negative numbers can produce a positive answer when multiplied.

Synonymes : minus

Contraires : positive

Expressions courantes : negative number, negative value, negative balance

négatif

Qui porte le même type de charge électrique que les électrons.

En anglais simple : Having the type of electrical charge that electrons have.

• Electrons carry a negative charge.
• Connect the black wire to the negative terminal.
• A negative particle is attracted to a positive one.

Contraires : positive

Expressions courantes : negative charge, negative terminal, negative pole

inconvénient, point négatif

Caractéristique défavorable, désavantage ou aspect nuisible de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A bad feature, disadvantage, or harmful part of something.

• The price is a major negative.
• We discussed the positives and negatives of moving.
• Long working hours were the only negative of the job.

Synonymes : disadvantage, drawback, downside

Contraires : positive, advantage

Expressions courantes : a big negative, positives and negatives, negative of something

négatif

Image photographique dont les zones claires et sombres, ou les couleurs, sont inversées.

En anglais simple : A photographic image whose light and dark areas, or colors, are reversed.

• Keep the negative for later.
• She made three prints from one negative.
• The photographer stored his negatives in paper sleeves.

Expressions courantes : photo negative, film negative, print from a negative, old negative