parrot

perroquet

Oiseau tropical au bec courbé, souvent coloré, parfois capable d’imiter la parole humaine.

En anglais simple : A tropical bird with a curved beak, often colorful, that can sometimes copy human speech.

• Our parrot can say hello.
• Two parrots sat on a branch.
• What do you feed your parrot?

Expressions courantes : pet parrot, talking parrot, parrot cage, colorful parrot

perroquet

Personne qui répète les paroles ou les idées des autres sans y réfléchir.

En anglais simple : Someone who repeats other people’s words or ideas without thinking about them.

• He is a parrot who repeats every slogan.
• She called him a mere parrot of his teacher.
• We need thinkers, not parrots.

Synonymes : imitator

Expressions courantes : a mere parrot, parrot of someone

répéter, rabâcher

Répéter les paroles ou les idées d’une autre personne, souvent sans les comprendre ni y réfléchir.

En anglais simple : To repeat another person’s words or ideas, often without understanding or thinking about them.

• He just parrots what his friends say.
• The students parroted the answer without understanding it.
• Please do not parrot my opinions.

Comment l'utiliser : parrot something back (She parroted the instructions back to me.)

Synonymes : repeat, echo

Expressions courantes : parrot someone, parrot something back, parrot a slogan