Formation des mots – Vocabulaire anglais
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33 mots de vocabulaire anglais avec leur sens : -ant, -ics, -ology, bio-, borrowing… Révisez-les avec des cartes mémoire, des quiz et un entraînement oral…
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Liste de mots
- -ant (noun) — -ant
Exemple:The suffix -ant can form a noun.
Synonymes: suffix, ending, morpheme - -ics (phrase) — -ique
Exemple:The suffix -ics appears in physics and economics.
- -ology (phrase) — -logie
Exemple:The ending -ology means the study of something.
- bio- /'baɪoʊ/ (prefix) — bio-
Exemple:Bio- means life.
- borrowing /'bɒr.oʊ.ɪŋ/ (noun) — emprunt
Exemple:Word borrowing can change a language over time.
Synonymes: loanword adoption, lexical borrowing - constitute /'kɑnstɪ,tut/ (verb) — constituer; former
Exemple:These fees constitute most of the cost.
Synonymes: make up, form, compose - generalise /'dʒenrəlaɪz/ (verb) — généraliser
Exemple:It's hard to generalise from one example.
Synonymes: broaden, infer generally, make a general statement - implant /ɪm'plænt/ (verb) — implanter
Exemple:The doctor will implant the device under the skin.
Synonymes: insert, embed - mechanical /mə'kænɪkl/ (adjective) — mécanique
Exemple:The machine has a mechanical arm.
Synonymes: machine-driven, automated, robotic - morpheme /'mɔ:rfi:m/ (noun) — morphème
Exemple:The prefix "un-" is a morpheme.
Synonymes: word part, smallest meaning unit, morph - not the most /nɑt ðə moʊst/ (phrase) — pas le plus
Exemple:She's not the most patient person.
Synonymes: not very, less than ideal, not especially - outweigh /,aʊt'weɪ/ (verb) — l'emporter sur
Exemple:The benefits outweigh the risks.
Synonymes: surpass, exceed, be more important than - post-colonial /,poʊstkə'loʊniəl/ (adjective) — postcolonial
Exemple:The novel explores post-colonial life.
Synonymes: postindependence, after colonial rule, post-imperial - power-hungry /,paʊər'hʌŋɡri/ (adjective) — gourmand en énergie
Exemple:This game is power-hungry and drains the battery fast.
Synonymes: power-intensive, energy-hungry - pre-colonial /,pri:kə'loʊniəl/ (adjective) — précolonial
Exemple:The museum shows pre-colonial artifacts.
Synonymes: before colonial rule, preindependence, pre-imperial - primitive /'prɪmɪtɪv/ (adjective) — primitif
Exemple:The cave paintings look primitive.
Synonymes: basic, simple, old-fashioned - product of its time /'prɑ:.dʌkt əv ɪts taɪm/ (phrase) — produit de son époque
Exemple:The film is a product of its time.
Synonymes: period piece, shaped by its era - quadruple /'kwɑ:drəpəl/ (verb) — quadrupler
Exemple:The company plans to quadruple its output.
Synonymes: multiply by four, increase fourfold, times four - recover from a long decline /rɪ'kʌvər frəm ə lɔ:ŋ dɪ'klaɪn/ (phrase) — se remettre d'un long déclin
Exemple:The economy is starting to recover from a long decline.
Synonymes: bounce back, recover, improve - redevelop /,ri:dɪ'vɛləp/ (verb) — réaménager
Exemple:The city plans to redevelop the old dock area.
Synonymes: rebuild, renovate, revitalize - run-of-the-mill /,rʌn əv ðə 'mɪl/ (adjective) — banal
Exemple:It was a run-of-the-mill meeting.
Synonymes: ordinary, average, commonplace - shoddy /'ʃɑ:di/ (adjective) — de mauvaise qualité
Exemple:The chair was shoddy and broke quickly.
Synonymes: poor-quality, cheap, inferior - substandard /,sʌb'stændərd/ (adjective) — de qualité inférieure
Exemple:The work was substandard and needed fixing.
Synonymes: inferior, below standard, poor-quality - substantive /səb'stæn.tɪv/ (adjective) — substantiel
Exemple:The report includes substantive evidence.
Synonymes: important, meaningful, significant - threefold /'θri:foʊld/ (adverb) — triple
Exemple:Profits have increased threefold this year.
Synonymes: three times, triple, three times as much - thrive (on) /θraɪv/ (verb) — prospérer (grâce à)
Exemple:These plants thrive on warm weather.
Synonymes: flourish, prosper - twofold /'tu:foʊld/ (adjective) — double
Exemple:The team saw a twofold increase in sales.
Synonymes: double, twice, two times as much - unprocessed /,ʌnprə'sest/ (adjective) — non transformé
Exemple:This soup is unprocessed and contains only natural ingredients.
Synonymes: natural, unrefined, raw - upgrade /'ʌpɡreɪd/ (verb) — améliorer
Exemple:We need to upgrade the software.
Synonymes: improve, modernize, enhance - utilise /'ju:təlaɪz/ (verb) — utiliser
Exemple:We can utilise old boxes for storage.
Synonymes: use, employ, make use of
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