candy

bonbons, confiserie

Aliments sucrés faits surtout de sucre, souvent présentés en petits morceaux.

En anglais simple : Sweet food made mainly from sugar, often in small pieces.

• Would you like some candy?
• The children shared a bag of candy.
• I ate too much candy after dinner.

Synonymes : sweets, confectionery

Expressions courantes : candy store, bag of candy, hard candy

bonbon

Petit morceau individuel d’un aliment sucré fait surtout de sucre.

En anglais simple : One small piece of sweet food made mainly from sugar.

• She gave me a candy.
• Each candy had a shiny wrapper.
• He picked two candies from the box.

Synonymes : sweet, bonbon

Expressions courantes : a candy, wrapped candy, chocolate candy

bracelet de perles

Bracelets de perles colorées et autres bijoux portés et échangés lors d’événements de musique électronique dansante.

En anglais simple : Bright bead bracelets and other decorations worn and exchanged at dance music events.

• She wore candy on both wrists.
• We exchanged candy at the festival.
• His candy bracelets matched his shirt.

Synonymes : kandi

Expressions courantes : candy bracelet, candy kid, trade candy

confire

Recouvrir un aliment de sucre liquide ou le cuire dans un sirop de sucre.

En anglais simple : To cover food with liquid sugar or cook it in liquid sugar.

• We candy fruit for cakes.
• She candied strips of orange peel.
• Can you candy ginger at home?

Synonymes : sugar

Expressions courantes : candy orange peel, candy some fruit