boat

bateau, barque

Véhicule servant à se déplacer sur l’eau, généralement plus petit qu’un navire.

En anglais simple : A vehicle, usually smaller than a ship, used to travel on water.

• We crossed the lake by boat.
• Three boats were tied to the dock.
• Can you row this boat to the shore?

Synonymes : craft, vessel

Expressions courantes : fishing boat, row a boat, boat trip

saucière

Récipient bas muni d’une anse et d’un bec, utilisé pour servir la sauce.

En anglais simple : A low container with a handle and pouring edge, used to serve sauce.

• Pass me the gravy boat.
• She poured sauce from a small boat.
• We bought two matching gravy boats for dinner parties.

Synonymes : sauce jug

Expressions courantes : gravy boat, sauce boat, silver boat

navette

Petit récipient contenant l’encens avant qu’il soit brûlé lors d’une cérémonie religieuse.

En anglais simple : A small container that holds incense before it is burned during a religious service.

• The priest opened the incense boat.
• A small spoon rested inside the boat.
• The church keeps its silver incense boat near the altar.

Synonymes : navicula

Expressions courantes : incense boat, silver incense boat, liturgical boat

naviguer, aller en bateau

Se déplacer sur l’eau à bord d’une petite embarcation.

En anglais simple : To travel on water in a small vessel.

• We boated across the lake.
• They boat along the river every summer.
• Have you ever boated around these islands?

Comment l'utiliser : boat across something (We boated across the bay before sunset.); boat down something (They boated down the river to the village.)

Expressions courantes : boat across something, boat down something, boat on something