plate

assiette

Récipient presque plat sur lequel on sert ou mange des aliments.

En anglais simple : A nearly flat dish that you put food on to serve or eat it.

• Put the bread on a plate.
• I washed the dirty plates after dinner.
• Could you pass me a clean plate?

Synonymes : dish

Expressions courantes : dinner plate, an empty plate, wash a plate

assiette, portion

Quantité de nourriture servie dans une assiette.

En anglais simple : The amount of food served on one flat dish.

• She ate a plate of pasta.
• We ordered two plates of chips.
• Would you like another plate of vegetables?

Comment l'utiliser : a plate of something (He ate a plate of rice.)

Synonymes : plateful, serving

Expressions courantes : plate of something, a full plate, a second plate

disque de musculation

Disque lourd percé au centre, utilisé sur une barre ou une machine de sport.

En anglais simple : A heavy round disc with a central hole, used on a bar or exercise machine.

• Add a plate to each end of the bar.
• The gym has several sizes of weight plates.
• She removed two plates before her next set.

Synonymes : weight, weight disc

Expressions courantes : weight plate, load a plate, a heavy plate

dresser

Disposer des aliments cuisinés sur une assiette pour les servir.

En anglais simple : To put cooked food on a dish, ready to serve.

• Plate the fish and add the sauce.
• The chef plated each dessert carefully.
• We need to plate the food before the guests arrive.

Synonymes : dish up, serve

Expressions courantes : plate the food, plate a dish, plate something up

plaquer

Recouvrir un objet d’une fine couche de métal.

En anglais simple : To cover an object with a thin layer of metal.

• They plate the rings with gold.
• The spoons were plated with silver.
• This process plates steel with a thin layer of copper.

Comment l'utiliser : plate something with something (They plated the handle with silver.)

Synonymes : coat

Expressions courantes : plate with gold, plate with silver, plate the surface

faire marquer

Au baseball, marquer un point ou permettre à un coureur d’en marquer un.

En anglais simple : In baseball, to score a run or allow a runner to score.

• His single plated a runner.
• The double plated two runs in the final inning.
• Can this batter plate the winning run?

Synonymes : score, drive in

Expressions courantes : plate a runner, plate a run, plate two runs

émettre un billet

Choisir la compagnie aérienne au nom de laquelle un billet d’avion est émis.

En anglais simple : To choose the airline in whose name a flight ticket is issued.

• The agent will plate the ticket today.
• These tickets were plated on a different airline.
• Which carrier should we plate this booking on?

Comment l'utiliser : plate a ticket on an airline (The agent plated the ticket on the main carrier.)

Expressions courantes : plate a ticket, plate on something