coop

poulailler

Petit abri fermé où l’on garde des poules ou d’autres petits animaux.

En anglais simple : A small enclosed shelter where chickens or other small animals are kept.

• The hens sleep in the coop.
• We built a new chicken coop behind the house.
• Have you cleaned the coops yet?

Synonymes : pen, enclosure

Expressions courantes : chicken coop, wooden coop, clean the coop

enfermer, confiner

Garder quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans un petit espace, souvent trop longtemps.

En anglais simple : To keep someone or something in a small space, often for too long.

• Do not coop the children up indoors.
• Bad weather cooped us up for three days.
• I hate being cooped up in a tiny office.

Comment l'utiliser : coop someone up in something (The rain cooped us up in the house all day.)

Synonymes : confine, shut in

Contraires : release, free

Expressions courantes : coop someone up, coop someone indoors, coop someone inside

enfermer au poulailler

Mettre des oiseaux ou de petits animaux dans un abri fermé.

En anglais simple : To put birds or small animals in an enclosed shelter.

• We coop the chickens at night.
• She cooped the hens before the storm.
• The farmer coops his birds to protect them from foxes.

Comment l'utiliser : coop something up (We coop the hens up before dark.)

Synonymes : pen, enclose

Expressions courantes : coop the hens, coop the chickens, coop birds up