portion

portion

Quantité de nourriture servie à une personne.

En anglais simple : An amount of food served to one person.

• The portions here are huge.
• Give the children smaller portions.
• Would you like another portion of rice?

Comment l'utiliser : a portion of something (I ordered a portion of chips.)

Synonymes : serving, helping

Expressions courantes : small portion, generous portion, portion size

partie, part

Une partie d’un ensemble plus grand ou d’une quantité totale.

En anglais simple : A part of a larger thing or amount.

• This portion of the road is closed.
• She saved a large portion of her income.
• Which portions of the report have you read?

Comment l'utiliser : a portion of something (A portion of the money goes to charity.)

Synonymes : part, share, section

Expressions courantes : large portion, small portion, remaining portion

répartir, distribuer

Diviser quelque chose en parts et les donner à différentes personnes.

En anglais simple : To divide something into amounts and give them to different people.

• Please portion out the rice.
• They portioned the water out equally.
• We portioned out enough food for everyone.

Comment l'utiliser : portion something out among people (She portioned the bread out among the children.)

Synonymes : divide up, share out, distribute

Expressions courantes : portion something out, portion out food