department

service, département

Partie d’une organisation chargée d’un type particulier de travail.

En anglais simple : A part of an organization that does a particular kind of work.

• She works in the sales department.
• The hospital opened a new emergency department.
• Which department handles payments?

Comment l'utiliser : the department of something (He teaches in the department of history.)

Synonymes : division, section

Expressions courantes : sales department, finance department, department of something

rayon

Partie d’un grand magasin où l’on vend un type particulier de produit.

En anglais simple : A part of a large shop where a particular type of product is sold.

• The toy department is upstairs.
• She asked an assistant in the furniture department.
• Which floor has the shoe department?

Synonymes : section

Expressions courantes : shoe department, toy department, clothing department

domaine, compétence

Activité ou sujet que quelqu’un connaît bien ou dont il est responsable.

En anglais simple : An activity or subject that someone knows about or is responsible for.

• Cooking is his department.
• Ask Sara about repairs; that is her department.
• Sorry, legal questions are not my department.

Synonymes : area, specialty, responsibility

Expressions courantes : my department, someone's department, not my department

côté, domaine

Qualité ou aspect d’une chose que l’on considère séparément de ses autres caractéristiques.

En anglais simple : A particular quality or part of something, considered separately from its other qualities.

• The cake wins in the taste department.
• This car is lacking in the comfort department.
• Her new phone is much better in the speed department.

Comment l'utiliser : in the ... department (The hotel did well in the service department.)

Synonymes : aspect, respect

Expressions courantes : looks department, in that department, comfort department

domaine, branche

Domaine particulier de la vie, du travail ou des études.

En anglais simple : A particular area of life, work, or study.

• She explored every department of knowledge.
• His interests cover several departments of human activity.
• The book examines this neglected department of study.

Comment l'utiliser : a department of something (Music is an important department of the arts.)

Synonymes : field, area, branch

Expressions courantes : department of knowledge, department of life, department of study