tickle

chatouiller

Toucher légèrement quelqu’un pour le faire rire ou bouger brusquement.

En anglais simple : To touch someone lightly in a way that makes them laugh or move suddenly.

• Don't tickle me!
• She tickled the baby's feet.
• The feather tickles my neck.

Expressions courantes : tickle someone, tickle someone's feet, tickle someone's belly

picoter, démanger

En parlant d’une partie du corps, provoquer une légère sensation de démangeaison.

En anglais simple : If a part of your body does this, it feels slightly itchy.

• My nose tickles.
• Her throat tickled whenever she breathed in.
• Do your feet tickle inside those wool socks?

Synonymes : itch

Expressions courantes : nose can tickle, throat may tickle

amuser, ravir

Faire plaisir à quelqu’un ou l’amuser.

En anglais simple : To make someone feel pleased or amused.

• His silly joke tickled me.
• She was tickled pink by the surprise.
• Does anything on the menu tickle your fancy?

Comment l'utiliser : be tickled by something (She was tickled by his unexpected reply.); be tickled to do something (I was tickled to receive their invitation.)

Synonymes : amuse, delight, please

Contraires : displease

Expressions courantes : tickle someone's fancy, tickle someone pink

chatouille

Contact léger qui fait rire quelqu’un ou le fait bouger brusquement.

En anglais simple : A light touch that makes someone laugh or move suddenly.

• Dad gave me a tickle.
• A tickle on her feet made the baby laugh.
• He woke his brother with a gentle tickle.

Expressions courantes : give a tickle, gentle tickle, little tickle

chatouillement, picotement

Légère sensation de démangeaison, surtout dans la gorge, qui peut faire tousser.

En anglais simple : A slight itchy feeling, especially in your throat, that can make you cough.

• I have a tickle in my throat.
• A sip of water stopped the tickle.
• That annoying tickle kept making her cough.

Comment l'utiliser : a tickle in something (I felt a tickle in my nose.)

Synonymes : itch, irritation

Expressions courantes : a throat tickle, persistent tickle, tickle in something