vanilla

vanille

Arôme doux et délicat souvent utilisé dans les gâteaux, les glaces et d’autres desserts.

En anglais simple : A sweet, gentle flavor often used in cakes, ice cream, and other desserts.

• I like vanilla ice cream.
• This cake has a strong taste of vanilla.
• Would you prefer chocolate or vanilla?

Expressions courantes : vanilla ice cream, vanilla flavor, taste of vanilla

vanillier

Plante grimpante dont les longues gousses donnent aux aliments un parfum et un goût doux et agréables.

En anglais simple : A climbing plant whose long seed cases are used to give food a sweet, pleasant smell and taste.

• Vanilla grows in warm countries.
• The farmer grows vanilla for its valuable pods.
• These vanilla plants need support as they climb.

Expressions courantes : grow vanilla, vanilla plant, vanilla pods, vanilla orchid

standard, de base

Dans sa forme standard, sans modifications ni fonctions supplémentaires.

En anglais simple : In its standard, basic form, without changes or extra features.

• We tested the vanilla version first.
• The website runs on vanilla JavaScript.
• A vanilla installation includes only the standard features.

Synonymes : standard, basic, unmodified

Contraires : modified

Expressions courantes : vanilla version, vanilla software, vanilla installation

fade, banal

Ordinaire et sans audace, sans rien de passionnant, d’original ou d’inhabituel.

En anglais simple : Ordinary and safe, with nothing exciting, original, or unusual.

• His ideas were rather vanilla.
• They gave a vanilla performance of the song.
• The design felt too vanilla for such an adventurous brand.

Synonymes : bland, unimaginative, conventional

Contraires : original, exciting

Expressions courantes : vanilla performance, vanilla approach, rather vanilla