extract

extrait, passage

Une petite partie d’un livre, d’un document ou d’un enregistrement, présentée séparément.

En anglais simple : A short part of a book, document, or recording presented separately from the whole.

• Read this extract from the novel.
• The programme played extracts from several interviews.
• Which chapter does this extract come from?

Comment l'utiliser : extract from something (We read an extract from her diary.)

Synonymes : excerpt, passage, quotation

Expressions courantes : extract from something, short extract, read an extract

extrait

Une substance retirée d’une plante ou d’une autre matière, souvent utilisée dans les aliments ou les médicaments.

En anglais simple : A substance taken out of a plant or another material, often for use in food or medicine.

• The cream contains a plant extract.
• These extracts give the soap its fresh smell.
• They tested an extract from the leaves.

Comment l'utiliser : extract from something (This cream contains an extract from rose petals.)

Expressions courantes : plant extract, herbal extract, natural extract

extrait, essence

Un liquide contenant des arômes ou d’autres substances utiles tirées d’une plante ou d’une autre matière.

En anglais simple : A liquid containing flavor or other useful substances taken from a plant or another material.

• Add a little vanilla extract.
• This extract gives the cake an almond flavor.
• Keep the bottle of extract away from sunlight.

Synonymes : essence

Expressions courantes : vanilla extract, almond extract, add some extract

extraire, retirer

Retirer quelque chose d’un ensemble plus grand, y compris des informations utiles d’un texte ou d’une collection.

En anglais simple : To take something out of a larger thing, including useful information from a text or collection.

• We can extract useful information from this report.
• She extracted the dates from each letter.
• Can you extract the files from this folder?

Comment l'utiliser : extract something from something (The program extracts names from the records.)

Synonymes : take out, remove, draw out

Expressions courantes : extract information, extract data, extract something from something

extraire, arracher

Retirer en tirant quelque chose qui est fixé ou coincé à un endroit.

En anglais simple : To remove something fixed in place by pulling it out.

• The dentist will extract the tooth.
• They extracted the bullet from his shoulder.
• She carefully extracted a thorn from her foot.

Comment l'utiliser : extract something from something (The doctor extracted a splinter from my hand.)

Synonymes : pull out, remove

Expressions courantes : extract a tooth, extract a splinter, extract a bullet

extraire

Obtenir une substance à partir d’une matière grâce à un procédé physique ou chimique.

En anglais simple : To obtain a substance from a material by using a physical or chemical process.

• They extract juice from fresh fruit.
• The laboratory extracted a chemical from the leaves.
• Heat helps us extract the oil more quickly.

Comment l'utiliser : extract something from something (They extract oil from the seeds.)

Synonymes : draw out, separate

Expressions courantes : extract oil, extract juice, extract something from something