bloom

floraison

État d’une plante qui porte des fleurs ouvertes.

En anglais simple : The state of a plant having open flowers.

• The roses are in bloom.
• Spring brought the trees into bloom.
• We visited the garden at the height of its bloom.

Comment l'utiliser : be in bloom (The apple trees are in bloom.); come into bloom (These roses come into bloom in June.)

Synonymes : flowering, blossoming

Expressions courantes : in bloom, full bloom, come into bloom

fleur

Fleur qui s’est ouverte.

En anglais simple : A flower that has opened.

• A pink bloom opened today.
• She cut three blooms for the vase.
• These plants produce bright blooms all summer.

Synonymes : flower, blossom

Expressions courantes : rose bloom, beautiful bloom, single bloom

fraîcheur, épanouissement

Période ou état de beauté fraîche, de bonne santé ou de vigueur.

En anglais simple : A time or state of fresh beauty, health, or strength.

• Her cheeks had the bloom of health.
• He remembered her in the bloom of youth.
• Their friendship had lost its early bloom.

Synonymes : freshness, prime

Expressions courantes : bloom of youth, bloom of health, lose its bloom

minéral vivement coloré

Forme d’un minéral présentant une couleur vive.

En anglais simple : A brightly coloured form of a mineral.

• The rock carries pink cobalt bloom.
• Nickel bloom covered part of the sample.
• She identified the bright mineral as cobalt bloom.

Expressions courantes : cobalt bloom, nickel bloom

fleurir, s’épanouir

S’ouvrir, pour une fleur ; aussi se déployer ou s’étendre progressivement de façon semblable.

En anglais simple : If a flower does this, it opens; other things can gradually open or spread in a similar way.

• The roses bloom in June.
• Purple flowers bloomed across the hillside.
• Colour slowly bloomed across the wet paper.

Comment l'utiliser : bloom into something (The tiny buds bloomed into bright flowers.)

Synonymes : flower, blossom, open

Contraires : wither

Expressions courantes : bloom in spring, bloom into something, flowers bloom