assimilation

assimilation

Processus par lequel un groupe culturel minoritaire adopte les coutumes et le mode de vie du groupe majoritaire.

En anglais simple : The process of a smaller cultural group adopting the customs and ways of the main group.

• Assimilation changed the community’s traditions.
• Some families resisted forced assimilation.
• The debate focused on cultural assimilation and the loss of language.

Comment l'utiliser : assimilation into something (Assimilation into the wider society took several generations.)

Expressions courantes : cultural assimilation, forced assimilation, assimilation into society

assimilation

Processus qui consiste à absorber quelque chose ou à devenir partie d’un ensemble plus grand.

En anglais simple : The process of taking something in or becoming part of a larger whole.

• Assimilation happened gradually.
• The report describes the assimilation of separate units into one organization.
• Complete assimilation requires changes on both sides.

Comment l'utiliser : assimilation of something into something (The assimilation of these parts into one system took months.)

Synonymes : absorption, incorporation, integration

Expressions courantes : gradual assimilation, complete assimilation, assimilation into something

assimilation

Processus qui consiste à intégrer de nouvelles informations à sa manière habituelle de comprendre les choses.

En anglais simple : The process of fitting new information into the way you already understand things.

• Assimilation connects new ideas with familiar ones.
• The teacher encouraged the assimilation of new information.
• Children use assimilation when they fit new experiences into familiar categories.

Comment l'utiliser : assimilation of something into something (Learning involves the assimilation of new facts into existing knowledge.)

Synonymes : absorption, incorporation

Expressions courantes : assimilation of ideas, assimilation of knowledge

assimilation

Processus par lequel le corps transforme les substances alimentaires en matière pour ses propres cellules.

En anglais simple : The process by which the body changes substances from food into material for its own cells.

• Assimilation helps the body build new tissue.
• The study measured nutrient assimilation in young animals.
• Poor assimilation of protein can slow growth.

Comment l'utiliser : assimilation of something (Illness can interfere with the assimilation of nutrients.)

Expressions courantes : nutrient assimilation, assimilation of nutrients

assimilation

Changement par lequel un son de la parole devient plus semblable à un son voisin.

En anglais simple : A change in which one speech sound becomes more like a nearby sound.

• Assimilation can make speech easier.
• Nasal assimilation changes the sound before a particular consonant.
• We heard examples of assimilation in everyday conversation.

Expressions courantes : consonant assimilation, nasal assimilation, sound assimilation