picnic

pique-nique

Moment convivial en plein air où chacun apporte de la nourriture pour manger ensemble.

En anglais simple : A relaxed outdoor gathering where people bring food and eat together.

• Let's have a picnic in the park.
• They organized a family picnic by the lake.
• Will you join us for the school picnic on Saturday?

Expressions courantes : have a picnic, go on a picnic, family picnic, picnic in something

pique-nique

Repas qu’on emporte pour le manger dehors, souvent dans un parc ou à la campagne.

En anglais simple : A meal you bring with you and eat outside, often in a park or the countryside.

• We ate our picnic under a tree.
• She packed a picnic of bread, cheese, and fruit.
• Our picnic was ruined when ants got into the sandwiches.

Synonymes : outdoor meal, packed lunch

Expressions courantes : pack a picnic, picnic lunch, picnic basket, eat a picnic

jeu d'enfant, partie de plaisir

Chose facile ou agréable à faire ; s’emploie souvent à la forme négative pour dire qu’une tâche est difficile.

En anglais simple : Something easy or pleasant to do, usually mentioned when saying a task is difficult.

• This job is no picnic.
• Looking after six puppies was hardly a picnic.
• Compared with the last exam, this one was a picnic.

Comment l'utiliser : be no picnic (Moving house with three children is no picnic.)

Synonymes : breeze, piece of cake, easy task

Contraires : ordeal

Expressions courantes : no picnic, be a picnic, hardly a picnic

pique-niquer

Emporter de la nourriture dans un lieu en plein air pour y manger, généralement pour le plaisir.

En anglais simple : To bring food somewhere outdoors and eat it there, usually for pleasure.

• We often picnic in the park.
• They picnicked beside the river yesterday.
• Families were picnicking on the grass near the beach.

Synonymes : eat outdoors, have a picnic

Expressions courantes : picnic by something, picnic in something, picnic on something