corn

maïs

Céréale à gros grains généralement jaunes, consommés cuits ou moulus en farine.

En anglais simple : A food grain with large, usually yellow seeds, often eaten cooked or ground into flour.

• We ate corn with dinner.
• She added corn to the soup.
• Would you like butter on your corn?

Synonymes : maize

Expressions courantes : sweet corn, corn on something, corn flour

maïs

Grande plante qui produit de gros grains jaunes utilisés comme aliment.

En anglais simple : A tall plant that produces large yellow seeds used as food.

• We planted corn this spring.
• The corn grew taller than the fence.
• Farmers harvest corn in the autumn.

Synonymes : maize

Expressions courantes : grow corn, corn field, plant corn

cor

Petite zone de peau épaisse et dure, souvent douloureuse, généralement sur un orteil ou le pied.

En anglais simple : A small, hard, often painful area of thick skin, usually on a toe or foot.

• This corn hurts when I walk.
• Tight shoes can cause corns.
• She had a corn removed from her toe.

Comment l'utiliser : a corn on something (I have a corn on my little toe.)

Synonymes : clavus

Expressions courantes : painful corn, corn plaster, corn on something

céréale, grain

Grains cultivés pour l’alimentation, comme le blé, l’orge ou l’avoine.

En anglais simple : Grain grown for food, such as wheat, barley, or oats.

• The farmer sold his corn.
• The mill turns corn into flour.
• Rain damaged the corn harvest.

Synonymes : grain, cereal

Expressions courantes : corn harvest, corn merchant, corn mill

granuler

Transformer une substance en petits grains.

En anglais simple : To make a substance into small grains.

• The workers corn the powder.
• The mixture was corned before drying.
• They corned the gunpowder into evenly sized grains.

Comment l'utiliser : corn something (Workers corned the damp gunpowder.)

Synonymes : granulate

Expressions courantes : corn gunpowder, corn the mixture

nourrir au grain

Donner des céréales à manger à un animal.

En anglais simple : To give an animal grain to eat.

• They corn the horses every morning.
• The farmer corned his cattle before sunrise.
• Who will corn the animals tonight?

Synonymes : feed

Expressions courantes : corn the horses, corn the cattle