exotic

exotique

Qui vient d’un pays lointain et paraît inhabituel, intéressant ou fascinant.

En anglais simple : From a faraway place and seeming unusual, interesting, or exciting.

• The market sells exotic fruit.
• They dreamed of visiting exotic islands.
• The room smelled of exotic spices.

Contraires : familiar

Expressions courantes : exotic fruit, exotic flowers, exotic destination

exotique, non indigène

Se dit d’une plante ou d’un animal venant d’ailleurs et ne vivant pas naturellement dans ce milieu.

En anglais simple : A plant or animal that comes from another area and does not naturally live in this environment.

• This exotic plant came from Asia.
• Exotic species can threaten local wildlife.
• Several exotic fish now live in the lake.

Synonymes : non-native, introduced

Contraires : native, indigenous

Expressions courantes : exotic species, exotic plants, exotic animals

extraterrestre

Qui vient d’un lieu situé hors de la Terre.

En anglais simple : Coming from somewhere beyond Earth.

• The story describes exotic life from another planet.
• Scientists examined exotic material brought back from space.
• The spacecraft carried a sample of exotic rock.

Synonymes : extraterrestrial, alien

Contraires : terrestrial

Expressions courantes : exotic materials, exotic life, exotic origin

particule exotique

Particule étudiée en physique dont la structure ou les propriétés sont inhabituelles.

En anglais simple : A particle with an unusual structure or properties, studied in physics.

• The detector may have found an exotic.
• Physicists study exotics to understand how quarks interact.
• The team compared the exotic with ordinary particles.

Synonymes : exotic particle

Expressions courantes : an exotic, detect an exotic, a possible exotic