chip

puce, microprocesseur

Très petit composant électronique qui traite des informations ou commande le fonctionnement d’un appareil.

En anglais simple : A very small electronic part that controls or processes information inside a device.

• The phone needs a new chip.
• This computer uses a powerful memory chip.
• Factories produce millions of chips for electronic devices.

Synonymes : microchip, integrated circuit

Expressions courantes : computer chip, memory chip, silicon chip

chips

Fine tranche croustillante de pomme de terre ou d’un autre aliment, généralement frite ou cuite au four.

En anglais simple : A thin, crisp slice of potato or another food, usually fried or baked.

• Would you like a chip?
• We shared a bag of potato chips.
• She dipped a tortilla chip into the sauce.

Synonymes : crisp

Expressions courantes : potato chip, tortilla chip, bag of chips

frite

Morceau allongé de pomme de terre frit dans l’huile et mangé chaud.

En anglais simple : A long, thin piece of potato cooked in hot oil and eaten hot.

• Would you like some chips?
• We ate fish and chips by the sea.
• These chips need more salt.

Synonymes : French fry, fry

Expressions courantes : a crispy chip, chip shop, chip butty

éclat, copeau

Petit morceau détaché d’un objet plus grand par une cassure ou une coupe.

En anglais simple : A small piece that has broken or been cut off something larger.

• A chip of paint fell onto the floor.
• Tiny wood chips covered his shoes.
• She brushed a metal chip off the table.

Comment l'utiliser : a chip of something (A chip of stone landed near my foot.)

Synonymes : fragment, splinter

Expressions courantes : wood chip, chip of paint, stone chip

ébréchure, éclat

Petit endroit abîmé sur une surface, là où un morceau s’est détaché.

En anglais simple : A small damaged place where a piece has broken off a surface.

• There is a chip in this cup.
• The plate has two chips along its edge.
• Can you repair the chip in my windscreen?

Comment l'utiliser : a chip in something (I noticed a chip in the glass.)

Synonymes : nick

Expressions courantes : chip in something, small chip, repair a chip

jeton

Petite pièce utilisée à la place de l’argent dans des jeux comme le poker.

En anglais simple : A small piece used instead of money in games such as poker.

• He put a chip on the table.
• The dealer pushed the chips towards the winner.
• Players exchange their chips for cash after the game.

Synonymes : token

Expressions courantes : poker chip, casino chip, stack of chips

ébrécher, écailler

Détacher un petit morceau de la surface ou du bord d’un objet en le cassant.

En anglais simple : To break a small piece off the surface or edge of something.

• Don't chip the plate.
• He chipped a tooth on a hard sweet.
• I chipped the old paint off the window frame.

Comment l'utiliser : chip something off something (She chipped some paint off the door.)

Synonymes : break a piece off, nick

Expressions courantes : chip a tooth, chip the paint, chip something off

s'écailler, s'ébrécher

Pour une surface ou un bord, perdre de petits morceaux qui se détachent en se cassant.

En anglais simple : If a surface or edge does this, small pieces break off it.

• This paint chips easily.
• The cup chipped when I dropped it.
• My nail polish has already chipped.

Synonymes : flake, flake off

Expressions courantes : chip easily, chip at edges