cane

canne, baguette

Bâton long et fin, souvent utilisé pour marcher ou, autrefois, pour punir.

En anglais simple : A long, thin stick, often used for walking or, in the past, for punishment.

• He walks with a cane.
• She used her cane to find the steps.
• The teacher kept a cane beside his desk.

Synonymes : stick

Expressions courantes : walking cane, bamboo cane, use a cane

canne, roseau

Grande plante ressemblant à une herbe, avec des tiges longues et fines.

En anglais simple : A tall grass-like plant with long, thin stems.

• Cane grows beside the river.
• They planted cane in the wet field.
• Tall canes hid the water from view.

Synonymes : reed

Expressions courantes : sugar cane, wild cane, grow cane

tige, canne

Tige longue, fine et souple d’une plante comme le bambou.

En anglais simple : A long, thin, flexible stem of a plant such as bamboo.

• The cane bent in the wind.
• Tie the young plant to a bamboo cane.
• She cut several canes from the bamboo plant.

Synonymes : stem

Expressions courantes : bamboo cane, cut a cane, long cane

frapper, fouetter

Frapper quelqu’un avec un bâton long et fin, généralement pour le punir.

En anglais simple : To hit someone with a long, thin stick, usually as punishment.

• The teacher used to cane pupils.
• He was caned for breaking the school rules.
• The guards caned the prisoner across his back.

Synonymes : beat

Expressions courantes : cane someone, cane a pupil, cane a prisoner

canner

Fabriquer ou réparer des meubles en tressant de fines bandes de matière végétale.

En anglais simple : To make or repair furniture using thin strips of plant material woven together.

• She learned to cane chairs.
• The craft worker caned the damaged seat.
• We need someone to cane this old chair.

Expressions courantes : cane a chair, cane a seat