cure

guérir

Faire disparaître complètement une maladie ou ses effets nuisibles.

En anglais simple : To make a disease or its harmful effects go away completely.

• This medicine can cure the infection.
• The treatment cured her skin disease.
• Scientists are working to cure more types of cancer.

Synonymes : eliminate, heal

Expressions courantes : cure a disease, cure an infection, cure cancer

guérir

Rendre la santé à une personne ou à un animal malade.

En anglais simple : To make a sick person or animal healthy again.

• The doctor cured the sick child.
• That medicine cured him of his illness.
• Can this treatment cure every patient?

Comment l'utiliser : cure someone of something (The treatment cured her of the infection.)

Synonymes : heal

Expressions courantes : cure someone, cure a patient, cure someone completely

remédier à, corriger

Résoudre un problème ou faire cesser une habitude ou une situation indésirable.

En anglais simple : To solve a problem or stop an unwanted habit or condition.

• A new cable cured the problem.
• The trip cured my boredom.
• Can better training cure these repeated mistakes?

Comment l'utiliser : cure someone of something (That embarrassing mistake cured him of his habit of boasting.)

Synonymes : solve, fix, remedy

Expressions courantes : cure a problem, cure a habit, cure someone's boredom

saler, saumurer

Traiter les aliments avec du sel, de la fumée ou d’autres méthodes pour éviter qu’ils se gâtent.

En anglais simple : To keep food from going bad by adding salt or using smoke or other methods.

• We cure the meat with salt.
• The ham was cured for several weeks.
• Do you smoke the fish after curing it?

Comment l'utiliser : cure something with something (They cure the fish with salt and sugar.)

Synonymes : preserve

Expressions courantes : cure meat, cure with salt, cure the ham

remède, traitement

Ce qui fait disparaître une maladie ou résout un problème.

En anglais simple : Something that makes an illness go away or solves a problem.

• There is no cure for this disease.
• They are searching for a cure.
• A holiday is not always a cure for stress.

Comment l'utiliser : a cure for something (A walk can be a good cure for boredom.)

Synonymes : remedy, solution

Expressions courantes : cure for something, find a cure, effective cure, medical cure

guérison

Fait de retrouver la santé après une maladie ou une blessure, ou résultat de ce processus.

En anglais simple : The process or result of becoming healthy again after an illness or injury.

• A complete cure may take months.
• The treatment brought about a lasting cure.
• Doctors could not promise a permanent cure.

Synonymes : recovery, healing

Expressions courantes : complete cure, permanent cure, achieve a cure