villain

méchant

Personnage mauvais d’une histoire qui s’oppose au personnage principal.

En anglais simple : The bad character in a story who opposes the main character.

• The villain escapes at the end.
• She played the villain in that film.
• The heroes finally defeated the villains.

Synonymes : antagonist, bad guy

Contraires : hero

Expressions courantes : the main villain, play the villain, a movie villain

scélérat, méchant

Personne qui agit avec cruauté ou commet des actes très mauvais.

En anglais simple : A person who behaves cruelly or does seriously wrong things.

• He was a cruel villain.
• The papers called the businessman a villain.
• Those villains cheated elderly people out of their savings.

Synonymes : scoundrel, wrongdoer

Expressions courantes : a cruel villain, a real villain, the main villain, a wicked villain

adversaire

Joueur adverse au poker, notamment lorsqu’on explique un exemple de main.

En anglais simple : An opposing player in poker, especially when explaining an example hand.

• Villain raises before the flop.
• If villain folds, we win the pot.
• The villains have smaller stacks than we do.

Synonymes : opponent

Expressions courantes : villain bets, villain calls, villain folds