collective

collectif, commun

Partagé par tous les membres d’un groupe ou les concernant tous.

En anglais simple : Shared by or involving all the people in a group.

• It was a collective decision.
• Cleaning the beach required a collective effort.
• The tragedy remains part of our collective memory.

Synonymes : shared, joint, common

Contraires : individual

Expressions courantes : collective decision, collective effort, collective responsibility

collectif

Qui concerne un syndicat agissant ou concluant des accords au nom de ses membres.

En anglais simple : Involving a workers' union acting or making agreements for its members.

• The union wants a collective agreement.
• Collective bargaining helped workers secure better pay.
• Their collective action persuaded the employer to negotiate.

Expressions courantes : collective bargaining, collective agreement, collective action

global, total

Obtenu en réunissant toutes les quantités ou tous les résultats séparés.

En anglais simple : Found by putting all the separate amounts or results together.

• Their collective savings paid for the trip.
• The report measures the collective output of all factories.
• Our collective results exceeded last year's total.

Synonymes : combined, total, aggregate

Expressions courantes : collective amount, collective wealth, collective results

rassemblé, réuni

Formé en rassemblant des personnes ou des choses distinctes en un seul groupe.

En anglais simple : Made by gathering separate people or things into one group or body.

• The members form a collective body.
• Separate communities became one collective whole.
• The scattered particles gathered into a collective mass.

Synonymes : assembled, gathered, combined

Contraires : scattered

Expressions courantes : collective body, collective mass, collective whole

collectif

Groupe de personnes qui travaillent ensemble pour atteindre le même objectif.

En anglais simple : A group of people who work together toward the same goal.

• She joined an artists' collective.
• The collective organizes free concerts.
• Several creative collectives share this building.

Comment l'utiliser : collective of people (They formed a collective of local musicians.)

Synonymes : group, association

Expressions courantes : artists' collective, music collective, join a collective

coopérative

Entreprise appartenant à un groupe de personnes qui la dirigent ensemble.

En anglais simple : A business owned and run together by a group of people.

• The farm operates as a collective.
• Workers in the collective share its profits.
• They established a collective to sell their handmade furniture.

Synonymes : cooperative, co-op

Expressions courantes : workers' collective, farming collective, run a collective

nom collectif

Mot qui désigne un groupe de personnes, d’animaux ou de choses.

En anglais simple : A word that names a group of people, animals, or things.

• A flock is a collective for sheep.
• The teacher asked us to list five collectives.
• This collective names a group of birds.

Comment l'utiliser : collective for something (What is the collective for a group of geese?)

Synonymes : collective noun

Expressions courantes : a collective for, use a collective