cone

cône

Forme à base plate et ronde qui se rétrécit jusqu’à une pointe à l’autre extrémité.

En anglais simple : A shape with a round flat base that narrows to a point at the other end.

• Draw a cone on the page.
• The roof is shaped like a cone.
• We measured the heights of three cones.

Expressions courantes : solid cone, cone shape, circular cone, right cone

cornet

Récipient comestible, fin et croustillant, qui contient de la glace et se termine généralement en pointe.

En anglais simple : A thin, crisp container that holds ice cream and usually narrows to a point.

• I would like a cone of vanilla ice cream.
• She ate the cone after finishing the ice cream.
• Do you want your ice cream in a cone?

Comment l'utiliser : a cone of something (He ordered a cone of chocolate ice cream.)

Synonymes : cornet

Expressions courantes : ice cream cone, waffle cone, cone of something

pomme de pin, cône

Enveloppe dure contenant les graines des pins ou d’arbres similaires, formée d’écailles de bois qui se chevauchent.

En anglais simple : A hard seed case from a pine or similar tree, made of overlapping woody parts.

• A cone fell from the pine tree.
• We collected cones in the forest.
• Seeds hide between the scales of a cone.

Expressions courantes : pine cone, fir cone, fallen cone

surface conique

Surface pointue obtenue en faisant tourner une droite autour d’une autre droite qui la coupe.

En anglais simple : A pointed surface made by turning a straight line around another line that crosses it.

• The line traces a cone as it rotates.
• This cone extends beyond the drawing.
• The two cones share a vertex.

Synonymes : conical surface

Expressions courantes : circular cone, infinite cone, cone surface

donner une forme conique

Donner à quelque chose une base ronde et une forme qui se rétrécit jusqu’à une pointe.

En anglais simple : To shape something so that it has a round base and narrows to a point.

• Cone the clay before shaping the bowl.
• The potter coned the clay on the wheel.
• This tool can cone the end of the rod.

Synonymes : taper

Expressions courantes : cone the clay, cone an end