change

changer, modifier

Devenir différent ou rendre quelqu’un ou quelque chose différent.

En anglais simple : To become different, or to make someone or something different.

• The weather can change quickly.
• I changed my mind about the trip.
• Has your address changed?

Comment l'utiliser : change from A to B (The light changed from red to green.)

Synonymes : alter, modify

Expressions courantes : change your mind, change the plan, change over time

changer, remplacer

Enlever une chose pour en mettre une autre à sa place.

En anglais simple : To remove something and put another thing in its place.

• Please change the light bulb.
• We changed the sheets this morning.
• Have you changed the batteries?

Synonymes : replace

Contraires : keep

Expressions courantes : change a tire, change the sheets, change your clothes

transformer, se transformer

Devenir une autre sorte de personne ou de chose, ou provoquer cette transformation.

En anglais simple : To turn someone or something into a different kind of person or thing.

• Water changes into ice.
• The magician changed a coin into a flower.
• Could the potion change him into a bird?

Comment l'utiliser : change into something (The caterpillar changed into a butterfly.); change something into something (The spell changed the stone into gold.)

Synonymes : turn, transform, convert

Expressions courantes : change into something, change something into something

changement, modification

Le fait de devenir différent de ce qu’on était auparavant, ou le résultat de ce changement.

En anglais simple : A process or result in which something becomes different from how it was before.

• We need a change.
• She noticed a change in his voice.
• The new manager made several changes.

Comment l'utiliser : a change in something (There has been a change in the weather.); a change to something (We made a change to the schedule.); a change from A to B (The change from school to work can be difficult.)

Synonymes : alteration, modification

Expressions courantes : a big change, change in something, make a change

monnaie

L’argent qu’on te rend quand tu donnes plus que le prix à payer.

En anglais simple : Money returned to you when you pay more than the price of something.

• Here is your change.
• The cashier gave me the wrong change.
• You can keep the change.

Expressions courantes : keep the change, get your change, give someone change

monnaie, petite monnaie

Une petite somme d’argent, généralement sous forme de pièces.

En anglais simple : A small amount of money, usually in coins.

• I have some change in my pocket.
• She collected loose change in a jar.
• Do you have any change for the bus?

Synonymes : coins, small money

Expressions courantes : loose change, spare change, small change

monnaie

Des pièces ou petits billets dont la valeur totale égale celle d’un billet ou d’une pièce de plus grande valeur.

En anglais simple : Smaller notes or coins that together have the same value as a larger note or coin.

• Can you give me change for this note?
• The bank gave her change for a fifty-dollar bill.
• I need change for the parking machine.

Comment l'utiliser : change for a note/coin (Do you have change for a twenty-pound note?)

Expressions courantes : change for something, get some change

rechange

Une chose destinée à remplacer celle qu’on utilise, par exemple une autre tenue.

En anglais simple : Something you use instead of what you currently have, such as another set of clothes.

• Bring a change of clothes.
• She packed two changes of underwear.
• After the rain, we needed a dry change.

Comment l'utiliser : a change of something (Pack a change of clothes for the journey.)

Synonymes : replacement

Expressions courantes : change of clothes, change of socks, a fresh change