folding

pliant, pliable

Conçu pour que ses parties se replient et prennent moins de place.

En anglais simple : Made so that its parts can bend together to take up less space.

• Bring a folding chair.
• Our folding table fits in the car.
• She rides a folding bicycle to work.

Synonymes : foldable, collapsible

Expressions courantes : folding chair, folding table, folding bicycle, folding bed

pliage, pli

Action de rabattre une partie sur une autre, ou pli ainsi formé.

En anglais simple : The act of bending one part of something over another, or the bend made by doing this.

• The folding took ten minutes.
• Paper folding is a relaxing hobby.
• Careful folding keeps these shirts neat.

Comment l'utiliser : folding of something (Careful folding of the map keeps it small.)

Contraires : unfolding

Expressions courantes : paper folding, careful folding, folding of something

repliement de code

Masquage de certaines parties du code à l’écran pour faciliter la lecture du reste.

En anglais simple : Hiding sections of computer code on the screen so that the remaining code is easier to read.

• This editor supports code folding.
• Folding makes long files easier to navigate.
• You can disable automatic folding in the settings.

Expressions courantes : code folding, enable folding, automatic folding

parcage des moutons

Maintien des moutons dans un enclos sur des terres agricoles, souvent pour fertiliser le sol avec leurs excréments.

En anglais simple : Keeping sheep inside fences on farmland, often so their waste makes the soil better.

• Folding helped improve the soil.
• The farmer used folding to fertilize his fields.
• Night folding kept the sheep in one enclosure.

Synonymes : penning

Expressions courantes : sheep folding, night folding, folding of sheep

billets

Argent sous forme de billets de papier.

En anglais simple : Money in the form of paper notes.

• Have you got any folding?
• He had plenty of folding in his wallet.
• She wanted folding rather than a pocketful of coins.

Synonymes : banknotes, paper money, bills

Expressions courantes : some folding, plenty of folding