roast

rôtir

Cuire des aliments au four ou au feu, généralement sans liquide et sans couvercle.

En anglais simple : To cook food in an oven or over a fire, usually without liquid or a cover.

• Roast the potatoes for an hour.
• She roasted a chicken for dinner.
• You can roast these vegetables together in one tray.

Comment l'utiliser : roast something in something (Roast the chicken in a hot oven.); roast something over something (We roasted the meat over an open fire.)

Expressions courantes : roast a chicken, roast potatoes, roast in something

réprimander, passer un savon

Critiquer ou réprimander quelqu’un très durement, souvent devant d’autres personnes.

En anglais simple : To criticize someone very harshly, often in front of other people.

• The boss roasted me.
• She roasted him for losing the keys again.
• The coach roasted the players after their poor performance.

Comment l'utiliser : roast someone for something (The manager roasted us for missing the deadline.)

Synonymes : scold, tell off, berate

Contraires : praise

Expressions courantes : roast someone, roast someone for something

torréfier, griller

Chauffer et sécher quelque chose, souvent pour développer son goût ou le préparer à l’utilisation.

En anglais simple : To heat and dry something, often to develop its flavor or prepare it for use.

• They roast their own coffee beans.
• She roasted the nuts until they smelled sweet.
• These beans were roasted yesterday.

Expressions courantes : roast coffee beans, roast nuts, roast cocoa beans

cuire dans les braises

Cuire des aliments en les plaçant dans des cendres chaudes, des braises ou d’autres matières chauffées.

En anglais simple : To cook food by putting it among hot ashes, glowing pieces of wood, or other heated material.

• We roasted potatoes in the ashes.
• They roast the roots in hot sand.
• The campers roasted their food among the glowing embers.

Comment l'utiliser : roast something in something (They roasted the potatoes in hot ashes.)

Expressions courantes : roast in ashes, roast in embers, roast a potato

rôti

Gros morceau de viande cuit au four ou prêt à être cuit ainsi.

En anglais simple : A large piece of meat that is cooked, or ready to be cooked, in an oven.

• The roast is ready.
• She bought a pork roast from the butcher.
• He carved the roast into thick slices.

Synonymes : joint

Expressions courantes : beef roast, pork roast, carve a roast

repas de rôti

Repas composé d’aliments cuits au four, généralement de viande, de pommes de terre et de légumes.

En anglais simple : A meal of food cooked in an oven, usually meat with potatoes and vegetables.

• We had a roast for lunch.
• My mother makes a Sunday roast every week.
• Would you like gravy with your roast?

Synonymes : roast dinner

Expressions courantes : Sunday roast, a roast dinner, have a roast

torréfaction, degré de torréfaction

Degré auquel quelque chose a été chauffé pour être préparé, surtout les grains de café.

En anglais simple : The amount of heating used to prepare something, especially coffee beans.

• I prefer a dark roast.
• This light roast has a fruity flavor.
• These beans have a darker roast than our usual coffee.

Synonymes : roasting level

Expressions courantes : dark roast, light roast, medium roast

barbecue

Réunion où l’on fait cuire des aliments au feu pour les manger ensemble.

En anglais simple : A social gathering where people cook food over a fire and eat it together.

• We held a corn roast.
• Friends gathered around the fire for a wiener roast.
• The club’s annual roast takes place by the lake.

Synonymes : cookout

Expressions courantes : wiener roast, corn roast, host a roast