adobe

brique de terre crue, adobe

Brique faite de terre, souvent mêlée de paille, séchée au soleil sans cuisson.

En anglais simple : A brick made from earth, often mixed with straw, and dried in the sun rather than baked.

• The wall is made of adobe.
• Workers left the adobe bricks in the sun.
• These old adobe walls keep the rooms cool.

Synonymes : mud brick

Expressions courantes : adobe brick, adobe wall, adobe construction

terre à adobe

Terre utilisée pour fabriquer des briques qu’on fait sécher au soleil.

En anglais simple : Earth used to make bricks that dry in the sun.

• They mixed the adobe with water.
• The adobe contained clay, sand, and small pieces of straw.
• Wet adobe was pressed into wooden molds.

Expressions courantes : wet adobe, mix adobe, adobe soil

maison en adobe

Maison construite avec des briques de terre séchées au soleil.

En anglais simple : A house built with bricks made from earth and dried in the sun.

• They lived in a small adobe.
• The old adobe had two rooms and a flat roof.
• Several abandoned adobes stood at the edge of the village.

Synonymes : adobe house

Expressions courantes : small adobe, old adobe, live in an adobe