roof

toit

Partie extérieure qui couvre le haut d’un bâtiment et empêche la pluie et la neige d’entrer.

En anglais simple : The outside covering at the top of a building that keeps rain and snow out.

• The roof is leaking.
• They replaced the old roof last summer.
• Snow covered the roofs of every house.

Expressions courantes : flat roof, roof tiles, repair the roof, under one roof

voûte, palais

Surface du haut à l’intérieur d’un espace creux, comme la bouche ou une grotte.

En anglais simple : The top surface inside a hollow space, such as your mouth or a cave.

• My tongue touched the roof of my mouth.
• Water dripped from the cave's roof.
• Workers checked the tunnel roof for cracks.

Comment l'utiliser : the roof of something (The hot soup burned the roof of my mouth.)

Synonymes : ceiling

Expressions courantes : roof of something, cave roof, tunnel roof

couvrir

Munir un bâtiment d’une couverture supérieure pour le protéger.

En anglais simple : To put a protective top covering on a building.

• We need to roof the shed.
• The workers roofed our house in three days.
• They are roofing the barn with metal sheets.

Comment l'utiliser : roof something with something (They roofed the cottage with slate.)

Synonymes : cover

Expressions courantes : roof a house, roof a shed, roof with tiles