wafer

gaufrette

Biscuit très fin, léger et croustillant, souvent mangé avec de la crème, du chocolat ou de la glace.

En anglais simple : A very thin, light, crisp biscuit, often eaten with cream, chocolate, or ice cream.

• Would you like a wafer?
• She put two wafers beside the ice cream.
• The chocolate wafer broke into small pieces.

Expressions courantes : chocolate wafer, vanilla wafer, wafer biscuit

hostie

Petit morceau de pain fin et plat utilisé lors de la communion chrétienne.

En anglais simple : A small, thin piece of flat bread used in the Christian ceremony of communion.

• The priest held up a wafer.
• They received wafers during communion.
• The consecrated wafer was placed on her tongue.

Synonymes : host

Expressions courantes : communion wafer, consecrated wafer, receive a wafer

plaquette de silicium, wafer

Disque mince et plat sur lequel on fabrique de minuscules circuits électroniques.

En anglais simple : A thin, flat disc of material on which tiny electronic circuits are made.

• The chip is made on a wafer.
• Workers inspected each silicon wafer for damage.
• The factory produces thousands of wafers every month.

Expressions courantes : silicon wafer, semiconductor wafer, wafer production

pain à cacheter

Petite rondelle souple et collante servant à fermer des lettres ou à fixer des papiers.

En anglais simple : A small, soft, sticky disc used to close letters or attach papers.

• She sealed the letter with a wafer.
• He moistened a red wafer before closing the envelope.
• Old wafers still held the papers together.

Expressions courantes : sealing wafer, red wafer, wafer seal

cacheter

Fermer une lettre ou fixer des papiers à l’aide d’une petite rondelle collante.

En anglais simple : To close a letter or attach papers using a small, sticky disc.

• She wafered the letter shut.
• He wafered the folded papers together.
• The clerk wafered each envelope before sending it.

Synonymes : seal, fasten

Expressions courantes : wafer a letter, wafer the envelope, wafer papers together