epic

épique, grandiose

D’une ampleur, d’une force impressionnante ou d’un héroïsme qui donne un sentiment d’importance.

En anglais simple : Extremely large, impressive, or heroic in a way that feels important.

• They began an epic journey across the desert.
• The team won after an epic struggle.
• The rescue became an epic story of courage and teamwork.

Synonymes : heroic, grand, monumental

Expressions courantes : epic journey, epic battle, epic proportions

épique, extraordinaire

Bien plus grand, passionnant ou impressionnant que d’habitude.

En anglais simple : Much bigger, more exciting, or more impressive than usual.

• That was an epic party.
• We went on an epic journey across the desert.
• Their attempt to cook dinner ended in an epic failure.

Synonymes : extraordinary, amazing, spectacular

Contraires : ordinary

Expressions courantes : epic adventure, epic party, epic failure

épique

Qui concerne les longs poèmes consacrés aux héros et à leurs exploits.

En anglais simple : Relating to long poems about heroes and their great deeds.

• She studies epic poetry.
• The class read an epic poem about an ancient warrior.
• He explained the role of gods in the epic tradition.

Synonymes : epical

Expressions courantes : epic poem, epic poetry, epic tradition

épimorphique

Qualifie une application mathématique qui, composée avec deux applications ultérieures distinctes, donne toujours des compositions distinctes.

En anglais simple : Describing a mathematical map whose composition with other maps lets you tell those other maps apart.

• This map is epic.
• The proof shows that the morphism is epic.
• Are all these arrows epic in this category?

Expressions courantes : epic morphism, epic map

épopée, saga

Long récit, film ou enchaînement d’événements marqué par de grandes aventures ou réussites.

En anglais simple : A long story, film, or series of events involving great adventures or achievements.

• We watched a historical epic last night.
• Her novel is an epic about three generations of explorers.
• The director’s latest epic took five years to complete.

Synonymes : saga

Expressions courantes : historical epic, war epic, an adventure epic

épopée, poème épique

Long poème racontant les exploits et les aventures d’un héros.

En anglais simple : A long poem telling the story of a hero’s great deeds and adventures.

• The poet wrote an epic about a king.
• We read an ancient Greek epic in class.
• These epics describe battles between heroes and gods.

Synonymes : heroic poem

Expressions courantes : ancient epic, heroic epic, compose an epic

epic

Grand ensemble de travail prévu pour un logiciel et divisé en tâches plus petites.

En anglais simple : A large piece of planned software work that is divided into smaller tasks.

• This epic covers the new payment system.
• The team split the epic into smaller user stories.
• Three epics remain in the product backlog.

Expressions courantes : split an epic, product epic, epic backlog