catfish

poisson-chat

Poisson vivant généralement en rivière ou en lac, avec de longs filaments autour de la bouche, semblables à des moustaches.

En anglais simple : A fish, usually living in rivers or lakes, with long thin parts around its mouth like a cat’s whiskers.

• We caught a catfish in the river.
• Catfish often feed near the bottom.
• The restaurant serves fried catfish with rice.

Synonymes : catlet, sheat, sheatfish

Expressions courantes : fried catfish, catch catfish, catfish pond

imposteur en ligne

Personne qui utilise une fausse identité sur internet pour tromper les autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who uses a false identity online to trick other people.

• Her online boyfriend was a catfish.
• The catfish used someone else’s photographs.
• How can you spot a catfish on a dating app?

Synonymes : online impostor

Expressions courantes : a catfish, spot a catfish, dating a catfish

faux profil

Profil sur internet présentant une fausse identité pour tromper les autres.

En anglais simple : A false online profile used to trick other people.

• That profile is a catfish.
• They deleted the catfish from the dating site.
• The stolen photographs appeared on several catfish accounts.

Synonymes : fake profile

Expressions courantes : a catfish, create a catfish, delete a catfish

tromper avec un faux profil

Tromper quelqu’un sur internet en se faisant passer pour une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To trick someone online by pretending to be a different person.

• Someone tried to catfish me.
• She was catfished on a dating app.
• He catfishes strangers by pretending to be a famous actor.

Comment l'utiliser : catfish someone (He catfished several people using a stolen photograph.)

Expressions courantes : catfish someone, catfish people, catfish on something

pêcher le poisson-chat

Chercher à attraper des poissons-chats, des poissons de rivière ou de lac portant des filaments autour de la bouche.

En anglais simple : To try to catch the river or lake fish that have whisker-like parts around their mouths.

• We catfish in the river.
• They spent the evening catfishing from a boat.
• Do you usually catfish at night?

Expressions courantes : catfish at night, catfish in something, catfish from something