avatar

avatar

Image ou personnage numérique qui représente une personne sur internet ou dans un jeu vidéo.

En anglais simple : A picture or digital character that represents a person online or in a computer game.

• Choose an avatar for your profile.
• Her avatar wears a bright green hat.
• Players can change their avatars before each game.

Expressions courantes : choose an avatar, profile avatar, customize an avatar

avatar, incarnation

Un dieu apparaissant sur terre sous forme humaine ou animale, notamment Vishnou dans la croyance hindoue.

En anglais simple : A god appearing on earth in a human or animal body, especially Vishnu in Hindu belief.

• Rama is an avatar of Vishnu.
• The temple honors this divine avatar.
• The book explains the different avatars described in Hindu tradition.

Comment l'utiliser : avatar of someone (Krishna is an avatar of Vishnu.)

Synonymes : incarnation

Expressions courantes : avatar of Vishnu, a divine avatar

incarnation, personnification

Personne ou forme concrète qui représente une idée ou une qualité.

En anglais simple : A person or physical form that represents an idea or quality.

• The statue is an avatar of hope.
• The writer presents her heroine as an avatar of freedom.
• To his followers, he was an avatar of everything they believed in.

Comment l'utiliser : avatar of something (The hero becomes an avatar of courage.)

Synonymes : embodiment, personification

Expressions courantes : avatar of something, an avatar of justice