public

public

Accessible à tous les membres d’une communauté ou destiné à tous.

En anglais simple : Available to or intended for everyone in a community.

• This is a public beach.
• The town needs more public spaces.
• Is there a public library nearby?

Synonymes : communal

Contraires : private

Expressions courantes : public place, public park, public transport, public library

public, étatique

Géré, financé ou réalisé par l’État pour la collectivité.

En anglais simple : Run, paid for, or carried out by the state for the community.

• She works in the public sector.
• Public money paid for the new bridge.
• The city built more public housing.

Synonymes : government, state

Contraires : private

Expressions courantes : public housing, public sector, public money

public, population

Les gens ordinaires pris dans leur ensemble, notamment ceux d’un pays ou d’une communauté.

En anglais simple : Ordinary people considered together, especially the people of a country or community.

• The public needs clear information.
• The museum opens to the public tomorrow.
• The reading public welcomed her new book.

Comment l'utiliser : the public (The public has a right to know.)

Synonymes : people, population

Expressions courantes : the general public, members of the public, the reading public