populous

peuplé, très peuplé

Se dit d’un pays ou d’un lieu où vivent beaucoup de personnes.

En anglais simple : A country or place like this has a large number of people living there.

• It is a populous country.
• The capital is the nation's most populous city.
• Several populous states supported the proposal.

Synonymes : heavily populated

Expressions courantes : populous country, populous city, most populous state

densément peuplé

Se dit d’un lieu où beaucoup de personnes vivent très près les unes des autres.

En anglais simple : A place like this has many people living close together.

• They live in a populous district.
• The river passes through a populous valley.
• New housing spread across this already populous region.

Synonymes : densely populated

Contraires : sparsely populated

Expressions courantes : populous district, populous region, populous neighborhood

largement parlé

Se dit d’une langue parlée par un grand nombre de personnes.

En anglais simple : A language like this is spoken by a large number of people.

• The survey compares several populous languages.
• A populous language may have many regional forms.
• The report ranks populous languages by their numbers of native speakers.

Synonymes : widely spoken

Expressions courantes : populous language, most populous languages

bondé, fréquenté

Rempli de personnes rassemblées au même endroit.

En anglais simple : Full of people gathered together.

• They crossed the populous square.
• By noon, the market was populous and noisy.
• She sought a quiet corner beyond the populous hall.

Synonymes : crowded, busy

Contraires : empty, deserted

Expressions courantes : populous street, populous market, populous hall