parallel

parallèle

Se dit de deux lignes qui restent toujours à la même distance et ne se rencontrent jamais.

En anglais simple : Two lines stay the same distance apart along their whole length and never meet.

• The two lines are parallel.
• Opposite sides of a rectangle are parallel.
• Is this edge parallel to that one?

Comment l'utiliser : parallel to something (Draw a line parallel to the bottom edge.)

Contraires : intersecting

Expressions courantes : parallel lines, parallel sides, two parallel tracks

parallèle

Qui suit la même direction générale qu’autre chose, habituellement à côté.

En anglais simple : Going in the same general direction, usually side by side.

• We followed parallel paths through the forest.
• The road is parallel to the river.
• Two roughly parallel routes lead to the village.

Comment l'utiliser : parallel to something (The railway is roughly parallel to the coast.)

Expressions courantes : parallel roads, parallel routes, parallel to something

parallèle

Qui permet à un ordinateur d’effectuer plusieurs tâches en même temps.

En anglais simple : Using a computer to carry out several tasks at the same time.

• Parallel processing saves time.
• The program uses a parallel algorithm.
• Multiple cores make parallel execution possible.

Synonymes : concurrent

Contraires : sequential, serial

Expressions courantes : parallel processing, parallel computing, a parallel algorithm

similitude, ressemblance

Point sur lequel deux personnes, choses ou situations se ressemblent.

En anglais simple : A way in which two people, things, or situations are similar.

• I see a parallel between their lives.
• There are striking parallels with earlier events.
• Can you find any parallels in these stories?

Comment l'utiliser : a parallel between A and B (There is a parallel between their childhoods.); a parallel with something (Her story has a clear parallel with mine.)

Synonymes : similarity, resemblance

Contraires : difference

Expressions courantes : a striking parallel, a close parallel, find a parallel

comparaison, parallèle

Comparaison qui montre les ressemblances entre deux personnes ou deux choses.

En anglais simple : A comparison that shows how two people or things are alike.

• He drew a parallel between the two wars.
• Her essay develops a parallel between two poets.
• The critic’s parallel highlights their shared themes.

Comment l'utiliser : draw a parallel between A and B (The writer draws a parallel between the two leaders.)

Synonymes : comparison, analogy

Expressions courantes : draw a parallel, a historical parallel, an extended parallel

parallèle

Ligne imaginaire autour de la Terre reliant les lieux de même latitude, au nord ou au sud de l’équateur.

En anglais simple : An imaginary line around the Earth connecting places equally far north or south of the equator.

• The border follows the 49th parallel.
• Mark these parallels on the map.
• The town lies just north of the 30th parallel.

Synonymes : line of latitude

Expressions courantes : the northern parallel, the 38th parallel, parallel of latitude

parallèlement

À côté d’autre chose, en gardant la même distance ou en suivant la même direction.

En anglais simple : Alongside something else, keeping the same distance from it or following the same direction.

• The tracks run parallel.
• The stream flows parallel to the road.
• We walked parallel to the fence.

Comment l'utiliser : run parallel to something (The road runs parallel to the canal.)

Expressions courantes : run parallel, flow parallel, parallel to something

ressembler à, correspondre à

Ressembler à autre chose sur des points importants.

En anglais simple : To be similar to something else in important ways.

• Her experience parallels mine.
• The novel’s events paralleled his own life.
• These findings closely parallel those of earlier studies.

Synonymes : resemble, mirror, correspond to

Expressions courantes : parallel someone’s experience, closely parallel something, parallel historical events