plum

prune

Petit fruit rond et sucré, à peau lisse, avec un noyau dur à l’intérieur.

En anglais simple : A small, round, sweet fruit with smooth skin and a hard stone inside.

• I ate a sweet plum.
• These plums are not ripe yet.
• We picked enough plums to make three jars of jam.

Synonymes : plum-color

Expressions courantes : a ripe plum, plum tree, plum jam

prune

Couleur violette foncée légèrement teintée de rouge.

En anglais simple : A dark purple color with some red in it.

• She chose plum for the walls.
• The scarf comes in plum and gray.
• A touch of plum adds warmth to this color scheme.

Expressions courantes : a deep plum, a shade of plum, plum and cream

aubaine, sinécure

Quelque chose de très recherché, comme un emploi bien payé ou une mission importante.

En anglais simple : Something especially desirable, such as a well-paid job or an important assignment.

• That job is a real plum.
• The best assignments were plums reserved for senior staff.
• She secured the biggest plum: a posting to Paris.

Synonymes : prize, reward

Expressions courantes : a political plum, a real plum, the biggest plum

raisin sec

Raisin séché utilisé dans les gâteaux ou les desserts.

En anglais simple : A dried grape used in a cake or sweet pudding.

• This old recipe calls raisins plums.
• The cook stirred the plums into the cake mixture.
• In traditional plum pudding, the plums are dried grapes.

Synonymes : raisin

Expressions courantes : plum pudding, plum cake

enviable, de choix

Particulièrement avantageux ou recherché, souvent pour l’argent, le confort ou le prestige qu’il apporte.

En anglais simple : Especially good or desirable, often because it brings money, comfort, or importance.

• He got a plum job.
• She landed a plum role in the new film.
• Why do the same people always get the plum assignments?

Synonymes : desirable, choice, coveted

Contraires : undesirable

Expressions courantes : a plum job, a plum role, a plum assignment

prune

D’une couleur violette foncée légèrement teintée de rouge.

En anglais simple : Having a dark purple color with some red in it.

• She wore a plum coat.
• The bedroom walls are plum.
• Would plum curtains look good with this carpet?

Synonymes : plum-colored

Expressions courantes : plum lipstick, a plum dress, plum walls

complètement, totalement

Entièrement, sans exception ni partie restante.

En anglais simple : Completely or entirely.

• I'm plum tired.
• He plum forgot to lock the door.
• After working all day, we were plum worn out.

Synonymes : completely, totally, utterly

Contraires : partly

Expressions courantes : plum tired, plum forgot, plum worn out