formal

officiel, formel

Organisé, reconnu ou enregistré de manière officielle.

En anglais simple : Officially arranged, recognized, or recorded.

• She made a formal complaint.
• He has no formal training in music.
• We are waiting for formal approval.

Synonymes : official

Contraires : unofficial

Expressions courantes : formal education, formal complaint, formal approval

formel, habillé

Qui respecte les règles de politesse, souvent avec une attitude sérieuse ou des vêtements élégants.

En anglais simple : Following polite social rules, often with serious behaviour or special clothes.

• You need formal clothes for dinner.
• His manner was polite and formal.
• Is the wedding very formal?

Synonymes : ceremonious

Contraires : casual, informal

Expressions courantes : formal dress, formal dinner, formal occasion

formel, soutenu

Qui suit les règles admises ou les usages traditionnels pour parler, écrire ou agir.

En anglais simple : Following accepted rules or traditional ways of speaking, writing, or doing things.

• Use formal language in this letter.
• Her essay follows a formal style.
• Formal English avoids many everyday shortened expressions.

Synonymes : conventional

Contraires : informal

Expressions courantes : formal English, formal language, formal style

formel

Qui concerne la forme ou l’organisation de quelque chose.

En anglais simple : Concerned with how something is organized or shaped.

• We studied the poem’s formal structure.
• Formal analysis considers how the parts fit together.
• The paintings share several formal features.

Synonymes : structural

Expressions courantes : formal structure, formal analysis, formal features

bal

Soirée ou bal, souvent pour des étudiants, où l’on porte des vêtements élégants.

En anglais simple : A social event, often for students, where people wear special, smart clothes.

• She wore a blue dress to the formal.
• Our school formal is next Friday.
• They attended several formals together.

Synonymes : formal dance

Expressions courantes : school formal, attend a formal, the annual formal