parcel

colis, paquet

Objet ou ensemble d’objets emballés, souvent pour être envoyés par la poste.

En anglais simple : Something wrapped or packed in a box, often to be sent by post.

• Your parcel arrived this morning.
• She sent a parcel to her brother.
• The driver left two parcels outside our door.

Synonymes : package

Expressions courantes : send a parcel, parcel delivery, large parcel

parcelle, lot

Morceau de terrain considéré comme une seule unité pour la vente, l’achat ou la propriété.

En anglais simple : A piece of land treated as one unit when bought, sold, or owned.

• This parcel belongs to my aunt.
• The farmer sold two parcels of land.
• Each parcel has its own boundary on the map.

Comment l'utiliser : a parcel of land (They bought a parcel of land beside the river.)

Synonymes : plot, lot

Expressions courantes : parcel of land, land parcel

portion, parcelle

Partie distincte d’un ensemble plus grand, notamment un morceau de terrain.

En anglais simple : A separate part of something larger, especially a piece of land.

• They inherited a parcel of land.
• The estate was divided into smaller parcels.
• Each parcel of goods was stored separately.

Comment l'utiliser : a parcel of something (They received a small parcel of land.)

Synonymes : portion, part

Expressions courantes : parcel of land, small parcel

répartir, distribuer

Diviser quelque chose en parts et les donner à différentes personnes.

En anglais simple : To divide something into parts and give those parts to different people.

• They parcelled out the remaining food.
• The manager parcels out tasks each morning.
• We had to parcel the money out among six families.

Comment l'utiliser : parcel something out to someone (They parcelled the food out to the families.); parcel something out among people (She parcelled the work out among her assistants.)

Synonymes : distribute, share out, divide up

Expressions courantes : parcel something out, parcel out something

lotir, morceler

Diviser une propriété en petits lots pour les vendre séparément.

En anglais simple : To divide property into smaller pieces so they can be sold separately.

• They plan to parcel off the land.
• The estate was parcelled off and sold.
• Developers parcel large properties off into smaller building plots.

Comment l'utiliser : parcel something off into something (They parcelled the estate off into smaller plots.)

Synonymes : subdivide, divide up

Expressions courantes : parcel something off, parcel off land

emballer

Envelopper quelque chose dans du papier ou le mettre dans un paquet.

En anglais simple : To wrap something in paper or put it in a package.

• I need to parcel up these gifts.
• He parcelled the books up in brown paper.
• Can you parcel this up for me?

Comment l'utiliser : parcel something up (She parcelled the books up for posting.)

Synonymes : wrap up, package

Contraires : unwrap, unpack

Expressions courantes : parcel something up, parcel up something

fourrer

Enrouler des bandes de tissu autour d’un cordage pour le protéger.

En anglais simple : To wrap strips of cloth around a rope to protect it.

• The sailors parcel the rope with cloth.
• He parcelled the damaged section before covering it with cord.
• We must parcel these ropes to protect them from water.

Synonymes : wrap

Expressions courantes : parcel a rope, parcel the rigging