square

carré

Figure plane à quatre côtés droits de même longueur et quatre angles de 90 degrés.

En anglais simple : A flat shape with four equal straight sides and four corners of 90 degrees.

• Draw a square on the paper.
• The pattern contains circles and squares.
• Are all four sides of this square equal?

Expressions courantes : draw a square, small square, perfect square

case

Petit espace d’un plateau de jeu ou d’un tableau délimité par des lignes qui se croisent.

En anglais simple : One small space in a board or chart divided by crossing lines.

• Move your piece to the next square.
• Two squares on the board are empty.
• Write one letter in each square.

Synonymes : cell

Expressions courantes : empty square, chess square, black square

dièse

Le signe # sur le clavier d’un téléphone.

En anglais simple : The # sign on a telephone keypad.

• Press square after entering your number.
• The square key is below the nine.
• Did you press square at the end?

Synonymes : hash, pound sign

Expressions courantes : press square, square key

carré

Qui a quatre côtés égaux et quatre angles de 90 degrés.

En anglais simple : Having four equal straight sides and four corners of 90 degrees.

• We bought a square table.
• The bathroom has small square tiles.
• Is the box round or square?

Contraires : round

Expressions courantes : square table, square box, square window

droit

Qui présente ou forme un angle de 90 degrés.

En anglais simple : Having or forming an angle of 90 degrees.

• Make sure the corner is square.
• The carpenter checked both square edges.
• This cut must be square to the surface.

Synonymes : right-angled

Expressions courantes : square corner, square cut, square edge

d’équerre

Dont les parties sont droites et forment les bons angles, sans pencher ni se tordre.

En anglais simple : Having all parts straight and at the correct angles, without leaning or twisting.

• The door frame must be square.
• We checked that the wooden box was square.
• These walls are no longer square.

Synonymes : aligned

Expressions courantes : square frame, perfectly square, keep something square

élever au carré

Multiplier un nombre par lui-même.

En anglais simple : To multiply a number by itself.

• Square five to get twenty-five.
• We squared each number in the list.
• Do you need to square the result?

Expressions courantes : square a number, square the value

concilier, concorder

Faire concorder plusieurs choses, ou être en accord avec autre chose.

En anglais simple : To make things agree, or to fit with something else.

• These figures do not square with our records.
• She squared her decision with her personal values.
• Can you square the two accounts?

Comment l'utiliser : square with something (His story does not square with the evidence.); square something with something (How do you square those actions with your beliefs?)

Synonymes : reconcile, agree, fit

Expressions courantes : square with something, square the accounts, square something up