sweet

sucré, doux

Qui a un goût semblable à celui du sucre.

En anglais simple : Having a taste like sugar.

• These grapes are sweet.
• The cake was too sweet for me.
• Do you prefer sweet or sour apples?

Synonymes : sugary

Contraires : bitter, sour

Expressions courantes : sweet taste, sweet fruit, sweet tea, too sweet

gentil, adorable, doux

Qui est gentil, agréable ou facile à aimer.

En anglais simple : Kind, pleasant, or easy to like.

• Your little sister is sweet.
• That was a sweet thing to say.
• It was sweet of him to help us.

Comment l'utiliser : it is sweet of someone to do something (It was sweet of you to bring me flowers.)

Synonymes : kind, nice, lovely

Contraires : unkind, mean

Expressions courantes : sweet child, sweet smile, sweet of someone, sweet little something

parfumé, odorant

Qui sent bon, souvent avec une odeur rappelant les fleurs ou les fruits.

En anglais simple : Having a pleasant smell, often like flowers or fruit.

• The flowers have a sweet smell.
• A sweet scent filled the garden.
• She loved the sweet perfume of the roses.

Synonymes : fragrant

Contraires : foul

Expressions courantes : sweet smell, sweet scent, sweet perfume, sweet fragrance

non salé, doux

Sans sel ajouté ou sans goût salé.

En anglais simple : Having no added salt or salty taste.

• Use sweet butter for this cake.
• She spread sweet butter on the bread.
• The recipe calls for sweet rather than salted butter.

Synonymes : unsalted

Contraires : salty, salted

Expressions courantes : sweet butter, fresh sweet butter, sweet cream butter

super, génial

Se dit pour montrer qu’une chose fait plaisir.

En anglais simple : Used to show that you are pleased about something.

• “We got free tickets.” “Sweet!”
• “The game is on sale.” “Oh, sweet!”
• “You can borrow my bike.” “Sweet, thanks!”

Synonymes : great, awesome, brilliant

Expressions courantes : oh sweet, sweet thanks

bonbon

Petite friandise faite avec du sucre, qu’on mange pour le plaisir.

En anglais simple : A small piece of food made with sugar, often eaten as a treat.

• Would you like a sweet?
• She bought a bag of sweets.
• The children shared their sweets after lunch.

Synonymes : candy, confection

Expressions courantes : a sweet, boiled sweet, sweet shop, eat a sweet

dessert

Plat généralement sucré que l’on mange à la fin du repas.

En anglais simple : A dish, usually sugary, eaten at the end of a meal.

• We had apple pie for our sweet.
• Would you like to order a sweet?
• The waiter brought the sweet menu after dinner.

Synonymes : dessert, pudding

Expressions courantes : sweet menu, sweet course, sweet trolley, a sweet