burnt

brûlé

Abîmé ou blessé par le feu ou une forte chaleur.

En anglais simple : Damaged or hurt by fire or strong heat.

• The fire left burnt wood everywhere.
• He put cold water on his burnt hand.
• They replaced the burnt roof after the fire.

Synonymes : scorched, singed

Expressions courantes : burnt wood, burnt skin, badly burnt

brûlé, carbonisé

Noirci par une chaleur excessive, notamment pour un aliment cuit trop longtemps.

En anglais simple : Blackened by too much heat, especially food cooked for too long.

• The toast is burnt.
• A burnt smell came from the kitchen.
• She scraped the burnt rice from the pan.

Synonymes : charred, blackened

Expressions courantes : burnt toast, burnt food, burnt smell

brûlé par le soleil

Dont la peau est rouge et douloureuse après une exposition excessive au soleil.

En anglais simple : Having skin that is red and painful from too much sun.

• My shoulders are burnt from the sun.
• Her burnt nose hurt when she touched it.
• He returned from the beach with burnt arms.

Synonymes : sunburnt, sunburned

Expressions courantes : burnt shoulders, sun burnt skin, badly burnt

brûlé

Qualifie une nuance plus foncée d’une couleur, généralement tirant davantage sur le brun.

En anglais simple : Describing a darker, usually browner, form of a colour.

• She wore a burnt orange scarf.
• The artist mixed burnt sienna with white.
• We painted the wall a warm burnt umber.

Expressions courantes : burnt orange, burnt sienna, burnt umber

résidu carbonisé

Matière noire qui reste après la combustion partielle de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Black material left when something has been partly burned.

• A layer of burnt covered the wood.
• They scraped the burnt from the surface.
• The sample contained ash and burnt.

Synonymes : char

Expressions courantes : layer of burnt, scrape off burnt