spear

lance

Long bâton à pointe acérée, utilisé pour attaquer des personnes ou chasser des animaux.

En anglais simple : A long stick with a sharp point, used to attack people or hunt animals.

• The hunter carried a spear.
• A warrior threw his spear at the enemy.
• The museum displays ancient spears and shields.

Synonymes : lance

Expressions courantes : throw a spear, a sharp spear, spear and shield

pousse, lamelle

Morceau ou pousse longue et fine d’un légume, notamment d’une asperge.

En anglais simple : A long, thin piece or shoot of a vegetable, especially asparagus.

• Put an asparagus spear on each plate.
• We grilled the tender spears with a little oil.
• She served the sandwich with a pickle spear.

Synonymes : shoot, strip

Expressions courantes : an asparagus spear, a pickle spear, spear of asparagus

harpon, foëne

Long outil pointu muni de pointes recourbées, servant à attraper des poissons.

En anglais simple : A long pointed tool with hooked tips, used to catch fish.

• He caught the fish with a spear.
• The fishing spear had three barbed points.
• They carried spears into the shallow river.

Synonymes : fish gig

Expressions courantes : a fishing spear, a barbed spear, a three-pronged spear

piquer, embrocher

Enfoncer un objet pointu dans quelque chose, souvent pour le soulever.

En anglais simple : To push a pointed object into something, often to pick it up.

• He speared a potato with his fork.
• She carefully speared the olives onto a wooden stick.
• Can you spear that last piece of cheese?

Comment l'utiliser : spear something with something (She speared a piece of melon with her fork.)

Synonymes : pierce, skewer, impale

Expressions courantes : spear with something, spear an olive, spear a potato

harponner, transpercer

Enfoncer une arme longue et pointue dans une personne ou un animal, en la poussant ou en la lançant.

En anglais simple : To push or throw a long, sharp weapon into a person or animal.

• They learned to spear fish.
• The hunter speared a large animal.
• People once speared salmon in this river.

Synonymes : impale, pierce

Expressions courantes : spear a fish, spear an animal

masculin

Qui désigne le sexe masculin, notamment par opposition à une version ou à un équivalent féminin.

En anglais simple : Male, especially when compared with a female version or equivalent.

• The story gives the heroine a spear counterpart.
• He described the prince as the queen's spear equivalent.
• The writer contrasted the distaff character with her spear counterpart.

Synonymes : male, masculine

Contraires : female

Expressions courantes : spear counterpart, spear equivalent

paternel, patrilinéaire

Qui concerne les hommes d’une famille ou la lignée transmise de père en enfant.

En anglais simple : Connected with the men in a family or the family line through fathers.

• The title passed down the spear line.
• His spear ancestors came from the north.
• She traced the spear side of the family back four generations.

Synonymes : paternal, patrilineal

Contraires : maternal

Expressions courantes : spear side, spear line