watery

dilué, trop liquide

Qui contient trop d’eau et manque de goût ou de consistance, pour un aliment ou une boisson.

En anglais simple : Containing too much water, so that food or drink is weak or thin.

• This soup is watery.
• The cafe served weak, watery coffee.
• Cook the sauce longer if it seems too watery.

Synonymes : diluted, thin, weak

Contraires : thick, concentrated

Expressions courantes : watery soup, watery coffee, watery sauce

larmoyant, aqueux

Qui produit ou laisse couler un liquide fluide, souvent à cause d’une maladie ou d’une irritation.

En anglais simple : Producing or releasing a thin liquid, often because of illness or irritation.

• My eyes are watery today.
• The dust left her with red, watery eyes.
• The nurse asked about the child's watery diarrhoea.

Expressions courantes : watery eyes, watery discharge, watery diarrhoea

aqueux, pâle

Qui rappelle l’eau, notamment par sa transparence, sa pâleur ou sa fluidité.

En anglais simple : Looking or feeling like water, especially because something is clear, pale, or flows easily.

• A watery liquid leaked from the pipe.
• Watery sunlight came through the winter clouds.
• She painted the sky a pale, watery blue.

Synonymes : waterlike

Expressions courantes : watery liquid, watery sunlight, watery blue