flood

inondation, crue

Une grande quantité d’eau qui recouvre des terres normalement sèches.

En anglais simple : A large amount of water that covers land which is normally dry.

• The flood damaged our house.
• Heavy rain caused floods across the region.
• Families left the village after a flood warning.

Synonymes : inundation

Contraires : drought

Expressions courantes : severe flood, flood damage, flood warning, river flood

avalanche, afflux

Un très grand nombre de choses qui arrivent rapidement, souvent en quantité difficile à gérer.

En anglais simple : A very large number of things arriving quickly, often too many to deal with.

• We received a flood of emails.
• A flood of visitors arrived after lunch.
• The office struggled with the sudden flood of applications.

Comment l'utiliser : a flood of something (The announcement brought a flood of questions.)

Synonymes : deluge, torrent

Contraires : trickle

Expressions courantes : flood of complaints, flood of messages, a sudden flood

inonder

Recouvrir un endroit d’eau, ou se retrouver recouvert d’eau.

En anglais simple : To cover a place with water, or become covered with water.

• The river flooded our garden.
• Our basement floods whenever it rains heavily.
• The storm flooded several streets last night.

Synonymes : inundate, submerge

Expressions courantes : flood the streets, flood a house, flood the basement

déborder

Sortir de ses limites ou entrer en grande quantité dans un lieu, surtout après de fortes pluies, en parlant d’eau.

En anglais simple : To overflow or flow into a place in large amounts, especially after heavy rain.

• The river began to flood.
• Rainwater flooded into the kitchen.
• After the storm, water flooded over the riverbanks.

Comment l'utiliser : flood into something (Water flooded into the cellar.); flood over something (The river flooded over its banks.)

Synonymes : overflow

Expressions courantes : river starts to flood, flood into something, flood over something

inonder, submerger

Remplir un lieu ou accabler quelqu’un avec une très grande quantité de choses.

En anglais simple : To fill a place or overwhelm someone with a very large number of things.

• Advertisements flood my inbox.
• Cheap products have flooded the market.
• Fans flooded the website with messages of support.

Comment l'utiliser : flood something with something (Cheap imports flooded the market with low-priced toys.)

Synonymes : overwhelm, inundate, swamp

Expressions courantes : flood the market, flood with something, flood someone’s inbox, flood someone with something