stone

pierre

Petit morceau de roche dure que l’on trouve sur le sol ou dans la terre.

En anglais simple : A small, hard piece of rock found on or in the ground.

• There is a stone in my shoe.
• She threw stones into the river.
• He picked up a smooth stone from the beach.

Synonymes : rock, pebble

Expressions courantes : throw a stone, small stone, smooth stone

pierre

Matière naturelle dure utilisée pour construire des murs, des maisons et d’autres ouvrages.

En anglais simple : Hard natural material used to build walls, houses, and other structures.

• The walls are made of stone.
• They built the bridge from local stone.
• The artist carved a face in the stone.

Synonymes : rock

Expressions courantes : made of stone, carved in stone, natural stone

noyau

Partie dure au centre de fruits comme la pêche ou la cerise, contenant la graine.

En anglais simple : The hard part in the middle of fruits such as peaches and cherries that contains the seed.

• Remove the stone from the peach.
• These plums have large stones.
• She planted an apricot stone in a pot.

Synonymes : pit

Expressions courantes : peach stone, cherry stone, remove the stone

en pierre

Fabriqué avec de la pierre.

En anglais simple : Made from hard rock material.

• We crossed a stone bridge.
• The cottage has stone walls.
• She sat on the cold stone steps.

Synonymes : stonen

Expressions courantes : stone wall, stone bridge, stone floor

d’aspect pierre

Qui ressemble à la pierre par sa couleur, sa texture ou sa forme.

En anglais simple : Looking like rock in color, texture, or shape.

• The plastic panel has a stone finish.
• We chose a stone effect for the painted wall.
• The ceramic pot has a stone appearance.

Synonymes : stonelike

Expressions courantes : stone finish, stone effect, stone appearance

complètement, totalement

Renforce l’idée de totalité, notamment pour décrire quelque chose de froid ou une personne qui n’entend pas.

En anglais simple : Completely, especially when describing something cold or someone unable to hear.

• My coffee is stone cold.
• Her grandfather is stone deaf.
• By morning, the fire was stone dead.

Synonymes : completely, totally

Expressions courantes : stone cold, stone deaf, stone dead, stone crazy

lapider

Lancer des pierres sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose, parfois pour tuer une personne.

En anglais simple : To throw rocks at someone or something, sometimes to kill a person.

• The crowd tried to stone him.
• They stoned the building and broke its windows.
• The prisoner was stoned to death.

Comment l'utiliser : stone someone to death (The mob threatened to stone the man to death.)

Synonymes : pelt with rocks

Expressions courantes : stone someone, stone to death, stone a building

La source ne fournit pas de sens exploitable pour ce verbe.

En anglais simple : The source does not provide a usable meaning for this verb.