period

période, durée

Intervalle de temps pendant lequel quelque chose se produit ou une situation dure.

En anglais simple : A length of time during which something happens or a particular situation exists.

• We waited for a short period.
• The shop closed during a period of heavy rain.
• Sales grew over a period of three years.

Comment l'utiliser : a period of something (There was a period of silence.); over/for a period of + time (She worked abroad for a period of six months.)

Synonymes : time, interval, spell

Expressions courantes : short period, period of time, over a period

point

Signe placé à la fin d’une phrase ou dans certaines abréviations.

En anglais simple : The dot used at the end of a sentence or in some shortened words.

• Put a period after this sentence.
• You forgot the period at the end.
• Some abbreviations have periods after each letter.

Synonymes : full stop

Expressions courantes : a period, period at end, use a period

règles, menstruation

Jours du cycle menstruel pendant lesquels du sang s’écoule par le vagin.

En anglais simple : The days when blood leaves the body through the vagina as part of the monthly cycle.

• My period started yesterday.
• She has painful periods every month.
• Stress can sometimes make your period late.

Synonymes : menstruation

Expressions courantes : have a period, miss a period, heavy period, on your period

période, phase

Étape de la carrière d’un artiste ou écrivain marquée par un style ou un sujet dominant.

En anglais simple : A part of an artist’s or writer’s working life with a particular style or main interest.

• These paintings belong to her early period.
• He wrote mostly poems during that period of his career.
• The museum displays works from the artist’s final period.

Comment l'utiliser : a period in/of someone’s career (These poems come from an early period in her career.)

Synonymes : phase, stage

Expressions courantes : early period, creative period, blue period

d’époque, historique

Qui montre ou reproduit les vêtements, les bâtiments et la vie d’une époque passée.

En anglais simple : Showing or copying the clothes, buildings, and way of life of a time in the past.

• We watched a period drama.
• The actors wore beautiful period costumes.
• This period film is set in eighteenth-century France.

Synonymes : historical

Expressions courantes : period drama, period piece, period costumes

d’époque

Qui appartient à une époque précise du passé ou a été fabriqué à cette époque.

En anglais simple : Belonging to or made in a particular time in the past.

• The house has period windows.
• They restored the rooms with original period furniture.
• We admired the building’s beautiful period features.

Synonymes : historic

Expressions courantes : period furniture, period features, period windows

un point c’est tout, point final

Indique qu’une décision est définitive et qu’on n’en discutera plus.

En anglais simple : Used to say that a decision is final and you will not discuss it further.

• You are staying home, period.
• We will not sell the house, period.
• I said no, period.

Synonymes : full stop, end of story

Expressions courantes : no period, end here period

point, un point c’est tout

Souligne qu’une affirmation est entièrement vraie, sans ajout ni réserve.

En anglais simple : Used to emphasize that a statement is completely true, with nothing added or left out.

• She is the best, period.
• Everyone deserves respect, period.
• This is our finest work, period.

Synonymes : full stop

Expressions courantes : best period, only one period