beard

barbe

Poils qui poussent sur le menton et les joues d’une personne.

En anglais simple : Hair growing on a person’s chin and cheeks.

• He has a short beard.
• My father grew a beard last winter.
• Do you prefer him with or without a beard?

Synonymes : facial hair

Expressions courantes : grow a beard, long beard, trim a beard, thick beard

barbe

Touffe de poils qui pend sous le menton d’un animal.

En anglais simple : A hanging bunch of hair below an animal’s chin.

• The goat has a white beard.
• Its beard moved as it chewed the grass.
• Both goats had long beards.

Expressions courantes : goat beard, long beard, white beard

partenaire de façade

Personne qui se fait passer pour le partenaire de quelqu’un afin de cacher son homosexualité.

En anglais simple : A pretend partner who helps hide that someone is gay.

• She agreed to be his beard.
• He brought a beard to the family wedding.
• They dated publicly, but she was only his beard.

Expressions courantes : act as someone’s beard, be someone’s beard

barbe

Parties longues, fines et rigides qui poussent sur certaines plantes, surtout les céréales.

En anglais simple : Long, thin, stiff parts that grow from some plants, especially grains.

• Each barley seed has a long beard.
• The plant’s beard caught on my sleeve.
• These grasses have fine beards.

Synonymes : awn

Expressions courantes : barley beard, beard of wheat

défier, affronter

Affronter avec courage une personne puissante ou dangereuse et la défier.

En anglais simple : To face and challenge a powerful or dangerous person bravely.

• Few dared to beard the king.
• She bearded the governor in his own office.
• He was famous for bearding powerful men.

Comment l'utiliser : beard someone (The young lawyer dared to beard the judge.)

Synonymes : confront, challenge, defy

Expressions courantes : beard someone, beard the king