rotate

faire tourner, tourner

Faire bouger quelque chose autour d’un point central.

En anglais simple : To turn something around a central point.

• Rotate the handle to open the door.
• She rotated the picture until it was upright.
• Can you rotate the screen a little?

Comment l'utiliser : rotate something by an angle (Rotate the image by ninety degrees.)

Synonymes : turn, spin

Expressions courantes : rotate the image, rotate something clockwise, rotate the handle

tourner

Se déplacer en cercle autour d’un point central ou d’un axe.

En anglais simple : To move in a circle around a central point or line.

• The wheel rotates slowly.
• The fan blades rotated above our heads.
• How long does this planet take to rotate once?

Comment l'utiliser : rotate on/about an axis (The Earth rotates on its axis.)

Synonymes : turn, spin, revolve

Expressions courantes : rotate slowly, rotate on something, rotate clockwise

alterner, faire tourner

Changer régulièrement les tâches, les postes ou les places selon un ordre permettant à chacun de prendre son tour.

En anglais simple : To change jobs, positions, or tasks in a regular order so that people or things take turns.

• We rotate jobs every week.
• The nurses rotated between day and night shifts.
• Farmers rotate crops to keep the soil healthy.

Comment l'utiliser : rotate between/among things (The trainees rotate between three departments.); rotate something among people (We rotate cleaning duties among all team members.)

Synonymes : alternate, take turns

Expressions courantes : rotate duties, rotate crops, rotate between jobs

cabrer, effectuer la rotation

Relever le nez d’un avion pendant le décollage, juste avant qu’il quitte le sol.

En anglais simple : To raise an aircraft's front end during takeoff, just before it leaves the ground.

• The aircraft began to rotate.
• The pilot rotated too early during takeoff.
• At the correct speed, rotate gently and lift off.

Expressions courantes : rotate for takeoff, rotate at speed

rotacé

En forme de roue, avec des parties qui s’étendent du centre vers l’extérieur.

En anglais simple : Shaped like a wheel, with parts spreading outward from the center.

• The flower has a rotate corolla.
• Its rotate corolla spreads flat around the center.
• The botanist compared two plants with rotate flowers.

Synonymes : wheel-shaped

Expressions courantes : rotate corolla, rotate flower, rotate shape