property

biens, propriété

Choses qui appartiennent à une personne ou à une organisation, y compris les terrains et les bâtiments.

En anglais simple : Things that belong to a person or organization, including land and buildings.

• This bag is my property.
• The police returned her stolen property.
• Please respect other people’s property.

Synonymes : possessions, belongings

Expressions courantes : private property, personal property, someone’s property

biens, propriété

Ce qui appartient à une personne, à un groupe ou à une organisation.

En anglais simple : Something that belongs to a person, group, or organization.

• These tools are my property.
• Please return any lost property to the office.
• The police found stolen property in his car.

Comment l'utiliser : the property of someone (This bicycle is the property of the school.)

Synonymes : possessions, belongings

Expressions courantes : private property, personal property, stolen property

propriété, caractéristique

Caractéristique d’une matière ou d’un objet qui détermine son comportement ou ce qu’il peut faire.

En anglais simple : A feature of a substance or thing that affects how it behaves or what it can do.

• This material has a useful property.
• We studied the chemical properties of water.
• Which property makes this metal useful for wires?

Comment l'utiliser : property of something (One property of copper is its ability to carry electricity.)

Synonymes : characteristic, feature, attribute

Expressions courantes : physical property, chemical property, useful property

droit de propriété

Droit reconnu par la loi de posséder, d’utiliser et de vendre quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The legal right to own, use, and sell something.

• The law protects the right of property.
• They disputed her property in the land.
• Property in the goods passes to the buyer upon payment.

Comment l'utiliser : property in something (The agreement transfers property in the goods to the buyer.)

Synonymes : ownership, title

Expressions courantes : right of property, property rights, property in something